Our Farming Diary at Chatham Green……..
Now that harvesting has been completed at Chatham Green, cultivations are underway to establish a seedbed for the following crop. Ploughing of the stubble (as seen in the pictures) is a process of inverting the topsoil, so that debris of the last crop is buried whist also bringing fresh soil to the surface to which the new crop can be sown.
This process also helps removes compaction in the top layer of the soil so that the roots of the following crop are not restricted. Further cultivations will now be required over the coming days prior to sowing of the next crop. These further cultivations will break up the soil so that the surface is fine and consolidated to give good seed to soil contact and thus optimise germination.
