yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
The worms can take a few years to build up in no till
Drainage needs to be maintained and I find moleing regularly helps
Worms cannot cope with water logging but do not suffer too badly in tight land where the drainage is good
In notill fields the deep burrowing worm cast are 4 inches apart where as cultivated field I took on last year had a foot or more between deep burrowing worms
Currently I am balling straw with a 1 foot stubble after wheat the layer of dense chopped straw can be more of a hindrance than a benefit although I would like to spread the straw without chopping ,this leaves a more open soil surface
I now aim to have a dense covercrop where we bale straw as I think the roots in the top 4 inches of soil are more benefit than the chopped straw
Drainage needs to be maintained and I find moleing regularly helps
Worms cannot cope with water logging but do not suffer too badly in tight land where the drainage is good
In notill fields the deep burrowing worm cast are 4 inches apart where as cultivated field I took on last year had a foot or more between deep burrowing worms
Currently I am balling straw with a 1 foot stubble after wheat the layer of dense chopped straw can be more of a hindrance than a benefit although I would like to spread the straw without chopping ,this leaves a more open soil surface
I now aim to have a dense covercrop where we bale straw as I think the roots in the top 4 inches of soil are more benefit than the chopped straw