SilliamWhale
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after the mess i made last year min tilled rape ,ploughed every bit this year get some air back into the soil ,will try min till again when conditions are right.cash flow is king, sorry I mentioned the plough lol take it easy
I think this is a myth. I don't think just because a soil gets saturated it is incapable of getting 0xygen back into it without tillage. If this was the case then floodplains and water meadows would not grow grass very well. You will have introduced air temporarily with the plough but it will last 6 weeks or so maybe. Certainly not much longer and not long enough to make an effect on grain formation.
The important thing is to try and develop a structure that can take a bit of water but also manage your land so that if it gets drowned/ flooded you haven't buggered it up with machines. Its all about a bit of planning, and thinking not just about todays crop but the one in 24months as well.
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