yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Round here tramlines (not on my farm) combine wheelings and trailer wheelings are now full of water all on land that had some degree of subsoiling last year
On notill controlled traffic the wheeling lines do not rut so cannot fill up with water
Tramlines that used to be rutted after subsoiling or ploughing ( to fill the previous years rut ) are not rutted so do not fill with water
Last year dry weather cracked the soil out below drain depth keeping the cracks allows the water to get down to the mole drainage that connect to the drains
If I find a field needs loosening more I now mole at 1 m spacing
Clive’s soil type is different with less clay so mole drainage would not help
Imho if the soil type is clay subsoil that is good for moling spend all the cultivation cost on mole draining using gps
This will allow notill and soon you realise you do not need to mole so much
On notill controlled traffic the wheeling lines do not rut so cannot fill up with water
Tramlines that used to be rutted after subsoiling or ploughing ( to fill the previous years rut ) are not rutted so do not fill with water
Last year dry weather cracked the soil out below drain depth keeping the cracks allows the water to get down to the mole drainage that connect to the drains
If I find a field needs loosening more I now mole at 1 m spacing
Clive’s soil type is different with less clay so mole drainage would not help
Imho if the soil type is clay subsoil that is good for moling spend all the cultivation cost on mole draining using gps
This will allow notill and soon you realise you do not need to mole so much