Chicken muck after ploughing ? Then powerharrowed in

[Kingofgrass]

What's people's thoughts on power harrowing chicken muck in after it's been ploughed.for maize this is we always apply slurry b4 ploughing and chicken muck.just feel all the muck is to deep for the earlier stages of maize growth! I see in different countries they apply muck into the soil before sowing like this etc Thanks for any comments

 

[mo!]

I think I would want it pressed first otherwise it won't be even. Plenty of muck is applied without being ploughed in.

 

[7610 super q]

Fine.....but what about the compaction caused by the spreaders running about all over it ?

 

[Kingofgrass]

Fine.....but what about the compaction caused by the spreaders running about all over it ?

Subsoil the field after ploughing,and where the spreaders have been.its very dry muck so shouldn't be that heavy

 

[Dan7626]

We used to plough and then spread chicken muck, then power harrow for planting strawberries and they grew well. We always sub soiled the spreader tramlines out, mainly so we could pull a straight bed without getting pulled around by hard ground.

 

[Kingofgrass]

I think I would want it pressed first otherwise it won't be even. Plenty of muck is applied without being ploughed in.

Made a aerator roller a few years ago with bucket edge cleets around it,it does an amazing job of pressing and making it easy to powerharrow go on YouTube it's just like alstrong aeroator

 

[quattro]

I've done it for quite a few years plough/press spread chicken muck (layers so heavy) subsoil wheelings out then power harrow drill with cereals works well as long as it's not too wet

 

[Captain Mainwaring]

What advantage does the extra work gain you? I have ploughed layer manure in pre-maize and also incorporated it into the top few inches with a disc tine machine.

I assumed that keeping the nutrients nearer the seed would be beneficial to growth but there was never any visual difference between the methods and no significant difference in grain yield. Maize develops so rapidly that a few inches of loose soil between seed and nutrient doesn't seem to matter.

 

[Kingofgrass]

No extra work tho really just a different order in which way you do it,just wondering if there would be a benefit to doing it that way,as other countries are more advanced than us eg they put slurry into ploughing and they use mergers to gather crops into swaths

 

[ollie989898]

No problems so long as it isn't wet. Muck sat in a layer of wet anaerobic dirt is not a nice place to grow in.

 

[SRRC]

Maize hates compaction. Do your muck applications and then create a seedbed. It's nonsense to run about on what will be your seedbed.
The MAP or DAP that goes down the spout will be plenty to get it started, then as the roots go deeper they will find the chicken muck.

 

[Brisel]

Deep non inversion tillage will mix the muck through the soil profile if you have a drill that can take a bit of trash afterwards. Don't forget that the soil movement will mineralise soil N too. You'll also waste less soil moisture when you do ground prep for maize in April/May.