Before summer vacation, Hanson
rototilled the grass and planted cover crops over the area, which served as a natural compost.
By the second week, more hunters arrive to find "fresh" sign everywhere--trails that look
rototilled, bedding areas reeking of elk, but only a few animals that have been pushed over the mountain from pressure elsewhere.
Switch grass, prairie, and miscanthus plots were ripped and
rototilled on 7 May 2012.
A few years ago, we had four sows about to farrow (give birth) and we received a phone call early in the morning stating that two of our neighbor's yards appeared to have been
rototilled in the middle of the night.
That done, they
rototilled the field, smoothed it out, planted grass, carved out base paths in dirt and, of course, added the final touch: chalked lines.
However, a would-be adverse possessor who
rototilled, seeded, and mowed a portion of lawn and used part of it as a volleyball court did not meet the "open" requirement.
A promising alternative is biodegradable mulch films that can be
rototilled into the soil after harvest.
Unlike experiment A, this site had been
rototilled in early Jun 2007 and was free of weeds.
Wet clay is very sticky and forms clods if
rototilled or plowed.
They
rototilled the weedy lawn, laid down a framework of PVC pipe to accommodate wiring for garden lighting, and installed an automatic drip-irrigation system.
In mid-May, the plots to be newly-planted were plowed to 21 cm (8 in) deep, then
rototilled four times to 15 cm (6 in) deep over a two-week period prior to planting, and then raked smooth.
Immediately before sowing, soils were
rototilled; fertilized with the equivalent of 112, 13, 30, and 52 kg [ha.sup.-1] of N, P, K, and S, respectively; sprayed with the equivalent of 0.8 kg ai [ha.sup.-1] of ethalfluralin [N-ethyl [alpha], [alpha], [alpha]-trifluoro-N-(2-methylallyl)-2,6-dinitro-p-toluidine)] for weed control (Forcella et al., 2005); and harrowed.