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<blockquote data-quote="1wlimo" data-source="post: 837855" data-attributes="member: 16646"><p>Plumber_greg, the idea of a subsoiler used correctly is to just breakup the hard pan, not to mix soil. You should be able to graze subsoiled pasture directly following subsoiling. Normally you would leave it a few weeks to let the pasture recover. </p><p></p><p>Whith you IVB clay layer for example you would let the water move though this layer, and then let the roots grow into the now areated clay. This should give you a better pasture, however not knowing your area this may not be so.</p><p></p><p>The soil staining is not good, as this is signs of no oxygen and plants do not like that. The clay holds a lot of nutrients in its stucture as well as water. It is there fore good if you can increase drainage, air flow, and allow plant roots to grow down into it. I fully agree that generally to bring the clay up to the surface is a bad idea.</p><p></p><p>The process of bringing clay up form the subsoil or even carting it in used to be carried out on sandy soils to make them more loam like, and to increase their fertility. They also used to take sand and mix it into clay soils for the same reason. I would notthink that now this would be economically feasible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1wlimo, post: 837855, member: 16646"] Plumber_greg, the idea of a subsoiler used correctly is to just breakup the hard pan, not to mix soil. You should be able to graze subsoiled pasture directly following subsoiling. Normally you would leave it a few weeks to let the pasture recover. Whith you IVB clay layer for example you would let the water move though this layer, and then let the roots grow into the now areated clay. This should give you a better pasture, however not knowing your area this may not be so. The soil staining is not good, as this is signs of no oxygen and plants do not like that. The clay holds a lot of nutrients in its stucture as well as water. It is there fore good if you can increase drainage, air flow, and allow plant roots to grow down into it. I fully agree that generally to bring the clay up to the surface is a bad idea. The process of bringing clay up form the subsoil or even carting it in used to be carried out on sandy soils to make them more loam like, and to increase their fertility. They also used to take sand and mix it into clay soils for the same reason. I would notthink that now this would be economically feasible. [/QUOTE]
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