Stone crushing

[Devil's advocate]

I mean a kind of rotovator on steroids, a bit like a council scrabbling machine

It must cost a fortune but perhaps massive improvement in the qualty of land.

I say perhaps, because possibly more prone to erosion after treatment? but better than removing the stone?

I would have thought do the job, then think direct drill only to maintain the improvement, maybe plough one year in ten? Or pasture of course.

 

[Goweresque]

I seem to remember someone saying that it was a terrible idea, and it ruined the soil.

 

[Devil's advocate]

I seem to remember someone saying that it was a terrible idea, and it ruined the soil.

So I'm doing the right thing with the sledge hammer then. Hate removing stone from shallow land.

 

[Lakesdigger]

I would think you'd need a fair amount of soil otherwise you're just gonna make your field into sub-base.

 

[onthehoof]

Looks ideal if you want to make an aircraft landing strip

 

[Agrivator]

Stones in soil provide a source of water for adjacent roots in times of drought. The water on the stones' surfaces is obtained overnight from dew deposition.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Seed wont grow in a quarry - there is sense and moderation in everything

 

[Devil's advocate]

Seed wont grow in a quarry - there is sense and moderation in everything

Not in a quarry.

Land capable of 30 ton/acre potatoes & 1,000 doz/caulie to the acre. But there are big stones that can do damage, as said I whack them with a hammer but too slow to do every one.

I have also some heavy deeper soil with very thin flat stones that break easily, I agree those stones are best left where they are.

Local farmer allbeit with some extremely stony land has bought a stone bear (rock picking machine). His thinking is he has got a good reseed done on land thought impossible to reseed & he bought the land at a relativly cheap price.

Does the panel think stone better crushed than removed??

 

[Derrick Hughes]

If i harrow my land more than once there would be more stone than soil, thats no use for growing crops so it needs reducing,
But thats where my direct drilling helps as it not bringing stone up

 

[dudders]

At that speed I'd be asleep in the first hundred yards.