What is the best method for soil tillage in heavy and dry condition of soil for wheat cultivation?

Question

we work in dry condition of soil in time of tillage because of water shortag so use molboard plow cuase to have big and firm cluds in soil surface and disk harrow doesnt able to destroy this cluds

Answer 1

If I was you, I would use a field finisher with the disk blades in the front, followed by cultivator shovels, and at the end a drag.  That seems to work good for us.  We have a John Deere one, it is nice.

Answer 2

try a chisel plow and then follow it with a good heavy disc

Answer 3

Chisel plowing is a tillage system that fractures the plow layer with a minimum amount of incorporation of surface residue. For maximum effectiveness, the soil must be relatively dry at the time of chisel plowing.

Most chisel systems will provide tillage to a depth of approximately 10-12'. This is the same depth to which most moldboard plow systems are designed to till; thus, depth of tillage usually does not differ greatly between the two systems.

Because a chisel plow system leaves residue near the soil surface, it can help to prevent the formation of surface crusts, thereby improving water infiltration. On soils that have a tendency to crust, this effect can often lead to increased productivity.

Answer 4

And I agree with both answerers.

Chisel followed by disks and cultivators is a widely used system.

But you have to consider first soil texture.

Zero till is also extremely succesful in many types of environments, but you have to put up with lower yields at the beggining.

If you live in a dry area zero till is for sure the ideal system.

But you have to know more and to be able to spend a lot of more money in inputs to do it properly.

Answer 5

I agree with the comment on chisels, however the big question is why plow?  

We quit using plows and used spray to kill the weeds.  Yields went up, profits went up, soil condition went way up.

We discovered many years ago that if a farmer does something just because "it's always been done that way" then it's time to rethink and reconsider what you're doing and why you're doing it.

I grew up on a small grains farm in Texas.  My family farmed up to 3000 acres in an area that averaged 18 inches of rain per year -- which means many years were under that.

Answer 6

the reason you have cluds in your soil  is your using too much cholorinated water thus causing your soil to become less acid cholorinated soil is hard and causes soil to be hard and stick together this is why your natural trash such as leaves sticks and wood takes time to decompose so the earth can eat it up and store vitamins and nutrients thus keeping your soil from being dehydrated and toxic sun burnout....