Description of the area:
The field has been re-established for agricultural use after many years of being used for sand and gravel extraction.
The soil has been compacted in this process, so even though there is a good layer of topsoil on the field, water cannot penetrate, and winter crops, among other things, are drowning.
Soil type JB5/JB6
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Date: October 25 The experimental field in the autumn. In several places there is water on the field because the water has difficulty penetrating the soil, which creates poor growing conditions for the cover crop.
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Date: August 26, 2026 Last night we completed the subsoiling of the entire area (two fields, side by side) and Frede (owner) sowed the entire area with oil radishes. The outcome of the subsoiling – the actual effect – will become apparent in the coming months, where we will partly keep an eye on surface water after heavy rains and not least the germination and growth of the oil radishes. The Meliorator was set to a standard working depth of 55cm and a tine position of 35°”. The subsoiling work was carried out by machine shop owner Per Vium, who carried it out with an NHS NewAge T3 Meliorator equipped with a Tooth packer roller. In front, Per had a John Deere 8530, which had plenty of power in the JB6 soil. Per talks about the work: “The 8530 was actually too big for the T3, but there is no doubt that the tractor’s 13-ton dead weight just gives it super stable propulsion, even without front weight. I drove 6 km/h with a fuel consumption of 25 liters/hour |
Date: October 25, 2025
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