To dozer or not to dozer

[roddyo]

The best way to clear it somewhat depends on how it's going to be farmed.

Looking at the pictures it really doesn't look that bad.

 

[buckfever]

Hypotheticaly speaking if you ground everything up couldn't you just plow the wood chips in with the topsoil and let them rot?

 

[mitch504]

The decomposition of the wood chips ties up all the nitrogen in the soil for a few years.

 

[Scrub Puller]

Yair . . . You beat me to it mitch504. The country would need heavy applications of nitrogenous fertiliser and lime/dolomite to balance ph . . . probably very expensive in Africa.

With tropical species I believe the mass of a given shrub or tree below the ground can be similar to that above.

This is one of the reasons that when preparing land for farming it is an advantage to remove as much as the root mass as possible and why it is desirable to burn the vegetation mass in place if possible.

Cheers.

 

[buckfever]

Look at that, I learned something today. I would of thought letting the wood rot would be good for the soil and help with future planting. Good thing I'm a operator not a farmer.

 

[CM1995]

Look at that, I learned something today. I would of thought letting the wood rot would be good for the soil and help with future planting. Good thing I'm a operator not a farmer.

If one had the time it would amend the soil and add nutrients but like Mitch said it takes time and steals the nitrogen in the process. I learned that one in my Organic Gardening class at Auburn, easiest 4 hour A I got.:tong

 

[roddyo]

If one had the time it would amend the soil and add nutrients but like Mitch said it takes time and steals the nitrogen in the process. I learned that one in my Organic Gardening class at Auburn, easiest 4 hour A I got.:tong

Ag work is just like all work, the best have usually started at the bottom and know the work from top to bottom. In this case the bottom is knowing how to farm What most people in construction don't understand about agricultural clearing is the clearing isn't the end game...it's the beginning of a long process.

Look at that, I learned something today. I would of thought letting the wood rot would be good for the soil and help with future planting. Good thing I'm a operator not a farmer.

 

[DoosanFan]

It seems this thread has been inactive for a while, but I would like to know how things are going there in Uganda?

 

[td25c]

Thought about this thread after hearing about the land confiscation & violence the farmers put up with ......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5443599/White-South-African-farmers-removed-land.html

 

[RZucker]

Thought about this thread after hearing about the land confiscation & violence the farmers put up with ......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5443599/White-South-African-farmers-removed-land.html

Years ago...in the mid/late 90's I worked with a bunch of south African farmers that came over here to study our farming practices. Great bunch of guys with a work ethic that would not quit. I really hope things are going ok for them, and hope to see them all again. I would trade 500 of our "muslim refugees" for two or three of these guys.

 

[td25c]

That's my understanding as well RZ . Those Farmers are pretty sharp & resourceful producing food in adverse conditions . Hope you buddy's are ok as well .

My first thought was import the farmers to the States & let South Africa figure out how to feed itself ............

 

[RZucker]

That's my understanding as well RZ . Those Farmers are pretty sharp & resourceful producing food in adverse conditions . Hope you buddy's are ok as well .

My first thought was import the farmers to the States & let South Africa figure out how to feed itself ............

There is no way I would be allowed to tell the stories I was told here. These guys had 20' electrified fences around their farms... To keep out the wildlife and the lowlife...

 

[td25c]

There is no way I would be allowed to tell the stories I was told here. These guys had 20' electrified fences around their farms... To keep out the wildlife and the lowlife...

That alone would be enough to know I'm in the wrong neighborhood .

I'm out of this place ...... You guys figure out how to feed yourself on your own time ...

 

[ilovetracks]

if it was just stumps some are using the pull grinder that has like a cat c18 that grinds like 18" deep turns everything in