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IMPROVE ANY KIND OF SOIL
By
turning
under
crop
residues, cover crops,
mulch,
or
compost, thousands
of
successful
Troy-Bilt
gardeners have improved
their
soil
under
all
types
of
soil
conditions.
This
formula
will
work
with
wet.
mucky
soils, heavy clays,
rocky
soils, hardpan. and sandy
areas-see
Photo
5/48. The same methods
will
also
work
quite
successfully
for
hillside gardening.
SOIL AND MOI$TURE CONDITIONS
Extreme soil and moisture
conditions
can
affect
tilling
results.
Don't
work
the
soil when it
is
too
wet. The soil
will
make
too
many
clumps
that
won't
break
up
as
well
as
it
would
after afew
dryer
days.
Too
much
drying
following
harvest,
makes
crop
residues become stringy. Also,
dried
out
soil becomes hard and makes resi-
dues
more
difficult
to
till under.
As a guideline,
till
under
a
crop
as
soon after
harvest
as
you can
while
the
crop
is still green
(Photo 5/46)
Walk
down
center
of
double
rows.
'.-
(Photo 5/48)
Turning
under
leaf
compost.
, .
.,
and moist. And, if
you
have
your
choice
of
days,
don't
till after moderately heavy rains.
If
time
will
permit. wait a day
or
so
for
the
ground
to
dry.
TRACTION
Sometimes owners
will
have a
traction
prob-
lem
with
wet clay-soil. wet heavy vegetation,
tall weeds,
or
with
extremely loose.
lighter
sandy soil (where
spinning
wheels may tend
to
bury
the tiller). Sometimes a
combination
of
soil
and a slope
will
cause wheel
traction
problems.
These situations can be
overcome
with
tire
chains on wheels,
or
the
use
of
Bar Tread tires.
See Photo 5/49
for
use
of
tire
chains
to
aid
trac-
tion
during
tilling
under
tall grasses and weeds.
The Bar Tread tires have extra deep.
tractor-
type
lugs
to
dig
deeply and give the
maximum
pUlling power. If
you
use
the
Dozer/Snow
Blade
with
your
tiller, we recommend
the
use
of
tire
chains or Bar Tread
tires
for
better and safer
traction.
(Photo 5/47) Lettuce
growing
between corn.
(Photo 5/49) Chains
add
traction
in
tall
grass.
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