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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: George the Pigman on March 30, 2019, 17:55:38

Title: How soon after rotavation would you plant or sow?
Post by: George the Pigman on March 30, 2019, 17:55:38: I had my plot rotavated early this week and its now a fine tilth. Conditions were near perfect for it even on our clayey soil.
I have usually left it about a week before planting or sowing to allow the soil to settle. What do others do? Would you leave it longer or just start more or less straight away?
Title: Re: How soon after rotavation would you plant or sow?
Post by: saddad on March 30, 2019, 20:34:25: I'd sow straight away.. if it stays dry it will cap easily...
Title: Re: How soon after rotavation would you plant or sow?
Post by: ancellsfarmer on March 31, 2019, 14:14:27: About 20 years!
. By then nature may have repaired the damage done to soil structure and organisms.
Title: Re: How soon after rotavation would you plant or sow?
Post by: MervF on March 31, 2019, 18:41:30: I have had a rotavator for about 40 years and have always rotavated my plot but left it for about a week before I sow any seeds but only a few days for potatoes, just for the ground to settle down.
Title: Re: How soon after rotavation would you plant or sow?
Post by: George the Pigman on March 31, 2019, 21:19:11: Yes MervF
that's why I usually have left it a week after rotavation. In my early days I planted some onions and shallots soon after rotavation which after a week stood proud barely attached to the soil.