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OSR A Lazy Rooter?
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<blockquote data-quote="Cutlerstom" data-source="post: 3684312" data-attributes="member: 15572"><p>I like to think the same. However......</p><p>Traditionally we have always subsoiled (or at least ran the subsoiler 6") ahead of osr, and then drilled. The subsoil legs run at an angle to the drilling, and to look at the crops you would think the seed had gone on during the subsoil process, as the biggest, strongest, fastest growing plants are the ones which got drilled directly over the legs of the subsoiler. This COULD be because it's lazy. Or just that it's easier, or even just that there is more N mineralised in the strip where the soil was moved. I don't know. Until I get the combine in, I won't know which yields better - subsoil then drill or DD. But I know where my money is....</p><p></p><p>Having said that, any crop will find it quicker and easier getting roots down a loosened channel. Osr isn't any different, and the roots do a fantastic job of structuring the soil in between the subsoiler legs. I suspect (hope) that in years to come when the soil naturally improves, there would be no difference if you had put a leg through or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cutlerstom, post: 3684312, member: 15572"] I like to think the same. However...... Traditionally we have always subsoiled (or at least ran the subsoiler 6") ahead of osr, and then drilled. The subsoil legs run at an angle to the drilling, and to look at the crops you would think the seed had gone on during the subsoil process, as the biggest, strongest, fastest growing plants are the ones which got drilled directly over the legs of the subsoiler. This COULD be because it's lazy. Or just that it's easier, or even just that there is more N mineralised in the strip where the soil was moved. I don't know. Until I get the combine in, I won't know which yields better - subsoil then drill or DD. But I know where my money is.... Having said that, any crop will find it quicker and easier getting roots down a loosened channel. Osr isn't any different, and the roots do a fantastic job of structuring the soil in between the subsoiler legs. I suspect (hope) that in years to come when the soil naturally improves, there would be no difference if you had put a leg through or not. [/QUOTE]
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