Need Subsoiler Info

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My subsoiler is shop made by a welder here. I had a point from a 5 point V-plow that we fixed up. It goes about 2 feet deep, I never really measured it. We have sandy loam soil here for about 10-12 inches, then clay loam for at least 6-8 feet. I build houses and the basements are almost always the same-slightly sandy brown for the first foot, then red dirt usually to the bottom of the basement hole. Not much limestone, just white flint rocks of any size, including some that you just have to work around. If the land is dry enough to shatter like it should when I subsoil it, I usually can only work at 2-2 and one half MPH. Tractor gets real jerky, and if I hang a rock of any size at all, I get a dead stop. 1st or 2nd gear is plenty fast enough for me. USDA calls this sandy loam, but if I plow in the spring, by fall the ground is very hard again. Like the other guys said, you do the best job when the dirt is so dry that the subsoiler just will go in the ground. Hope this helps.

 

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I guess after you get your vines in you wouldn't want to subsoil when the ground was very dry, breaking up the topsoil anywhere near the vines may not be a good idea if the clumps of dry dirt push over against the vines. But subsoiling out in the rows anytime will help loosen the dirt to catch rainwater. Lots of farmers around here subsoil around pasture hillsides to help hold water.

 

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FarmwithJunk,

Just got around to updating my profile.

I'm up in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Gas prices these days might be tough to get down to your place

Maybe someday for a vacation.