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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 759169" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p>Nature has her own way of doing that around here........</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/ground_cracks.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/506/medium/Cracks_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/506/medium/Cracks_4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>I never would be able to aerate as deep as that. I've measured some deeper than 3 feet.</p><p></p><p>Here is evidence that it does help. This was ripped with a shank renovator in the fall of 2006. In March of 2009 after a not so wet winter, you can see the "strips" in the grass. Assumption is better water penetration and roots being able to go deeper to get to the moisture.</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/Pasture_Renovation_Nov_2006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>One of the soil characteristics of this blackland... I've realized that you really don't have to put a lot of effort with a renovator. When it gets dry it is going to crack. Plus, the coulters on the pasture drill will act like a glass cutter. As soon as the ground dries it is going to crack wide open on that grove.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 759169, member: 7795"] Nature has her own way of doing that around here........ [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/ground_cracks.jpg[/img] [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/506/medium/Cracks_1.jpg[/img] [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/506/medium/Cracks_4.jpg[/img] I never would be able to aerate as deep as that. I've measured some deeper than 3 feet. Here is evidence that it does help. This was ripped with a shank renovator in the fall of 2006. In March of 2009 after a not so wet winter, you can see the "strips" in the grass. Assumption is better water penetration and roots being able to go deeper to get to the moisture. [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/Pasture_Renovation_Nov_2006.jpg[/img] One of the soil characteristics of this blackland... I've realized that you really don't have to put a lot of effort with a renovator. When it gets dry it is going to crack. Plus, the coulters on the pasture drill will act like a glass cutter. As soon as the ground dries it is going to crack wide open on that grove. [/QUOTE]
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