A tractor mounted rotary tiller is a useful piece of equipment for cultivating the soil ready for seeding or planting. Whether you have arable fields, a large vegetable garden or an allotment to prepare, a rotary tiller makes short work of what is a backbreaking job with a hand fork or rake!
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It works by digging into your soil and churning it into a fine, clod-free seedbed. Your tractor&#;s PTO powers the tiller&#;s curved tines / blades attached to a rotary shaft, and the depth can be adjusted using skid shoes. Generally speaking, the larger the rotary tiller the more depth can be achieved. If you&#;re looking to buy a rotary tiller make sure you buy one that is at least the width of the outside measurement of your tractor tyres, otherwise you could end up missing strips of soil and having to go over them again.
When To Use A Rotary Tiller
Generally the rotary tiller gets put to use in the spring when you&#;re preparing the soil for late spring and summer crops. However, although traditionalists may say that tilling is a job for the spring, you can make this task much easier if you get the rotary tiller out in September or October.
Although we may be experiencing a wet summer, it is easier to use a rotary tiller in the autumn months when the ground is not too wet and boggy. In the spring this job can be tough as you wait for the ground to dry out enough or get bogged down in the sticky mire.
If you plan to introduce organic matter to add nutrients to your soil, deep tilling it before the winter will give it amble opportunity to break down and nourish the soil. This will mean that your soil is in great condition the following spring and will only need a single tilling or harrow &#; or even get the hand fork out &#; to be ready for planting or seeding.
For allotmenteers and smallholders who wish to grow winter crops or a green manure, it can also be helpful to till the soil having harvested the last of this year&#;s summer crops. This will break down any clods or impacted ground, introduce oxygen into the soil and improve drainage &#; ensuring those onions, broad beans, and peas get the best start in life.
Tilling For The First Time
If your soil has never been tilled before or if you&#;re planning to start reusing an area that hasn&#;t been planted for some time, the following tips will help you get started:
If you decide that you need more than a rotary tiller, a stone burier is the next step up. This will rotovate and also bury any stones to improve drainage and also give a smoother sowing surface. It will also make short work of left over vegetable crops such as beets.
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FTS Basic rotovator FTL range 85cm &#; 115cm wide with a tilling depth of 9cm
Winton Stone Burier WSB range 115cm &#; 165cm wide, tilling depth 12cm
Italian-made Agrint Rotovator City range 85cm &#; 125cm wide, depth 15cm
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Whether you&#;re replanting a garden from last year, or in the process of putting in a new garden, when you use a Frontier PTO-powered rotary tiller (US CA), you&#;ll get that seedbed broken into the perfect texture for planting. Frontier offers 13 rotary tiller models with working widths ranging from 42 to 121 inches (1.1 &#; 3.1 m).
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A PTO-powered rotary tiller uses a set of curved tines attached to a rotating shaft that is powered by your tractor&#;s PTO to dig into your garden soil, churning it into a fine, essentially clod-free seedbed. You can adjust the working depth of your tiller by adjusting the skid shoes. Generally speaking, the larger the tiller the greater the maximum working depth. In a large vegetable garden, however, tilling to a depth of no more than 6 inches (15.24 cm) should be sufficient.
When it comes to working width, you want a rotary tiller that is at least as wide as the outside measurement of your rear tractor tires. Otherwise, you may end up with some areas in your garden that aren&#;t tilled as well as others. So make sure you pay attention to each pass, making sure you overlap each one.
If you&#;re starting a new garden, then ideally you plowed it in the fall and let the overturned soil mellow over the winter. Spring is the time to use a rotary tiller. Since this soil has never been tilled before, you should go over it two or three times until the soil is tilled 4 to 6 inches (10-15.24 cm) deep and is free of any large clods.
Whether you&#;re using a rotary tiller in a new garden or re-tilling one that perhaps hasn&#;t been planted in awhile, start slowly and don&#;t till too deep. Going too fast means your rotary tiller won&#;t have time to grind the soil the way it should. Once you&#;ve been over the ground a time or two, you can increase your speed and working depth.
The tailgate on your rotary tiller is also adjustable. A more open tailgate will allow larger dirt clods to come out, giving you a slightly coarser soil, and provide a less level surface. The type of soil you have and what you intend to plant will impact how coarse you want the seedbed to be.
And remember, always read the Operator&#;s Manual before operating any piece of equipment and follow all operating and safety instructions.
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