Clay Mixing
When incorporating clay it has been proven to achieve best mixing results while sufficient soil moisture is available.
For clay spread areas, the finer the clay particles the better so after breaking down clay its best to spade after a rainfall event to allow sand to be damp when spading.
This ensures the sand to have similar characteristics as the clay during the mixing process and the clay will mix down to the 400mm mark evenly.
Also the moisture helps the tyre compaction to hold reducing the chance of soil drift.
Bringing up Clay to within Working Depth
After the break of the season when there is sufficient soil moisture to the depth you are working the Farmax spader can bring up some clay that is lying within that working depth. Spading can mix the clay thoroughly through the profile of spaded soil. There will be minimal or no dust during this process.
For bringing up the deep clay
If the original clay is deeper than the spader depth it is recommended to either pre-rip or delve beforehand. After leveling it is then suggested to spade at 30 - 40 degrees to the rip lines to ensure an even mix of soil and clay across the rip lines to the depth of the spading.
Green Manuring
The Farmax spader can be used to incorporate green manure into the soil 400mm deep when there is sufficient moisture in the soil.
“A one pass machine that incorporates clay and sand to make unproductive land viable. Delving, Spading, Shut the Gate!”
Jason Burton