kai and i made a little schedule for me to attempt to kill my cover crop better this year. they grow three crops on a 20" spacing in one tilling for cauliflower-size stuff or two 40" spacing with a different rototiller for bigger-frame-than-cabbage stuff. I will do two crops on 24" spacing using a 4' tiller which also helps with weed management in a clay loam soil.
day 01 mow grass with brush hog
day 02 disc three times
day 03 rip with shanks as necessary to avoid hard pan from tiller
day 09 till (waiting a week after discing isn't just about soil drying out as it is helping to kill the c crop, true?)
day 09 to 14 till twice and plant (nitrogen eaten by decaying grass isn't that bad)
during the season use wheel hoe to manage in row and row weeding
in emergency pull sweeps through row
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