Turning new ground

[Skipper]

I borrowed a big kubota with a turn plow. I wanna turn some ground over next weekend but towards the end of the summer I may not have acces to the big tractor to turn it again. I figured in the fall I will use my 8N with the disc harrow and wont have to fight the fescue. Should I spray the turned soil during the summer several times with some roundup or with this cause my fall food plots to be poisoned also. I know when I spray it in my yard the grass comes back but with my luck If I spray my plots this summer they will never grow. Thanks for the info.

[sagittarius]

Should not be a problem plowing now, if the ground will let you.Sometimes with hard ground and the type of plow & tractor you have, disking first can make plowing easier.

Spray any time the temp is above 50-60 degrees, when plants are green and growing, read the lable. Round up bio-degrades in two weeks, you can do anything you want after that.

[Skipper]

Thanks for the info, I guess I need to read the instruction eh?

[4x4man514]

skipper,how big is the tractor and how many teeth is the bottom plow?im fixing to buy a kubota m6800(62 pto hp) and i was trying to figure out how much bottom plow it could handle.Thanks,kevin.

[Danny_GA]

4x4
I have a 45 hp Kubota I bought in the fall of 2002. I am buying a subsoiler this year trying to improve the moisture retention in my plots. The 45 hp tractor will only pull a single shank subsoiler. The 68 hp model you are looking at will pull a double shank. I love my Kubota but a 68 hp for the larger plots would be much better.

Danny

[4x4man514]

yeah, i havent heard anything bad about a kubota yet!im getting the 68hp because i know as much as it will cost me ,i would be pissed off if i didnt have enough tractor.hopefully ill never need anything bigger.

[Skipper]

I just got the tractor. Ill get the specs on it and get back with you. The turn plow has 2 plows but I dont know the hp.