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When to plough old land

businessdit · 2014-02-14 01:17:36

I am planning to plant a Christmas tree farm soon. The land I am planting on is old farm land that hasn't been used in years, it's covered with gorse etc. I'm wondering should I plough this land with a rotovator/tiller or will doing this remove the layer of topsoil from the land/ damage the land? I don't really understand…

14-02-2014 2:17am

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businessdit

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I am planning to plant a Christmas tree farm soon. The land I am planting on is old farm land that hasn't been used in years, it's covered with gorse etc.

I'm wondering should I plough this land with a rotovator/tiller or will doing this remove the layer of topsoil from the land/ damage the land?

I don't really understand the concept of ploughing - some people say ploughing is good for land , while others say its bad for land and eventually makes it redundant, I just don't understand...

Thanks in advance for the advice

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#2 21-02-2014 12:31am

vinnie13

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itgs good for the land because it keeps the soil turned.
wont do it any harm but really wont do much good either.
i would cut the gorse out if possible nd spray off

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