damage, not only to the plough. Painful to the wallet as well. That episode at sarn did both legs, I think, they are bent anyway.
Competition/commercial ploughing Cotswold Brash?
- Thread starter Pilatus
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- Cirencester
Found a picture of the worst field of Cotswold Brash that we have here for you, ideal for a ploughing match!!
tomlad
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- Location
- nr. preston
Ow what does Cotswold brash meen
- Location
- Cirencester
It is generally a clay/clay loam with a high amount of limestone content, a very thin layer of soil 10cm-15cm over Oolitic limestone. But it does differ markedly field to field, if does have a high clay content, hence why it has the ability to stick to anything when moisture is present, and stick it does!!!
It is low yielding and tends to drought out readily although does drain well when it doesnt have clay under the limestone.
We have a fair bit here, 60% of the farm but we also have thick blue/yellow clays, some nice sandy loam in a couple of places and some black type of soil that is soft and fluffy that wont plough for toffee, just pushes from one side to the other (grows BG like nothing else i have seen too)
The picture is the worst filed, it's not all like that!
Traditionally the whole area was down to grass and had sheep on it
Sounds to me like that tradition was about right then.
tomlad
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- Location
- nr. preston
Sojnds scary to me
Nowt like that here
Were heavier land , prob river silt going north becomes moss , next doors goes prob 15 ft deap black fluffy moss
Nowt like that here
Were heavier land , prob river silt going north becomes moss , next doors goes prob 15 ft deap black fluffy moss
15ft, blimey !
......barely 10 to 15 inches of top
Soil here, and even with that being rather nice stuff...... the sheep have always done a more for our farm than a plough ever did.
As for farting around with competition ploughing, who the heck with farm buisness to run and family to help out has time for that caper....
Happy days.
......barely 10 to 15 inches of top
Soil here, and even with that being rather nice stuff...... the sheep have always done a more for our farm than a plough ever did.
As for farting around with competition ploughing, who the heck with farm buisness to run and family to help out has time for that caper....
Happy days.
Mydexta
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- Location
- Dundee/angus
Some
Folk up here would still pay a rent to try and grow tatties in that stuff
looks like a killing field for a stone separator
Cotswolds Smash!
- Location
- Cheltenham
Just came across this post. cotswold brash is a funny soil and I’ve never seen it plough in a manner that matches normally provide. Dry and it falls over very easily and damp it’s too “fluffy” and will stick to metal like glue. Most is now min filled these days so ploughing isn’t the issue it once was
One of the finest ploughmen of my era managed a farm to the west of Peterborough. He taught me what little I know but also said that ploughing limestone brash was a waste of time. He could not practice on his home farm to gain any useful knowledge and I am sure he actively avoided the Cotswolds. I have ploughed in the Mendips and though the soil does not stick as badly it is better suited to dry stone walling competitions.
Bit like this. Lincolnshire though
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Wouldnt have been nr Wittering, would it Bob? I well remember the national being held there!One of the finest ploughmen of my era managed a farm to the west of Peterborough. He taught me what little I know but also said that ploughing limestone brash was a waste of time. He could not practice on his home farm to gain any useful knowledge and I am sure he actively avoided the Cotswolds. I have ploughed in the Mendips and though the soil does not stick as badly it is better suited to dry stone walling competitions.
Very, very close
massey765
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- nr clitheroe lancs
him that made time ........... made plenty of it15ft, blimey !
......barely 10 to 15 inches of top
Soil here, and even with that being rather nice stuff...... the sheep have always done a more for our farm than a plough ever did.
As for farting around with competition ploughing, who the heck with farm buisness to run and family to help out has time for that caper....
Happy days.
- Location
- Cirencester
A very interesting view of Brash when we had some test pits dug pre planning app for something, shows how much topsoil we dont have before the limestone but you can see why it's full of stone. We do have a stone picker which does a great job, the stone being very good for tracks
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
