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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 759253" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>Around here they use chisel plows with coulters to cut the runners in bermuda. It seems to make for a thicker stand. </p><p>I think that the chisel plow also makes for better or a more even penetration for the water rather than the 3 or 4 foot squares we get with normal cracking.</p><p>Vet, the depth of the crack you got at 3 feet seems like a lot, but years ago some students at TAMU dug down with a track hoe following a crack down 25 feet. It is actually determined by the depth of the expansive clay and the duration of drought. One more item of useless trivia is satellite measurements in our area also took measurements of ground shrinkage vertically. The ground also rises a subsides because of moisture content. Last summer some areas sunk over a foot. These same areas, even with the winter rains have only recovered by a little more than half.</p><p>I had 3 springs on one of my lease pastures. Last summer all 3 stopped. Old timer down the road said he had been watching them run for the 84 years he has bin alive. Only one has started to run again but is a lot slower than what is used to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 759253, member: 5494"] Around here they use chisel plows with coulters to cut the runners in bermuda. It seems to make for a thicker stand. I think that the chisel plow also makes for better or a more even penetration for the water rather than the 3 or 4 foot squares we get with normal cracking. Vet, the depth of the crack you got at 3 feet seems like a lot, but years ago some students at TAMU dug down with a track hoe following a crack down 25 feet. It is actually determined by the depth of the expansive clay and the duration of drought. One more item of useless trivia is satellite measurements in our area also took measurements of ground shrinkage vertically. The ground also rises a subsides because of moisture content. Last summer some areas sunk over a foot. These same areas, even with the winter rains have only recovered by a little more than half. I had 3 springs on one of my lease pastures. Last summer all 3 stopped. Old timer down the road said he had been watching them run for the 84 years he has bin alive. Only one has started to run again but is a lot slower than what is used to be. [/QUOTE]
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