Is it necessary for the soil to be dry before using my rototiller? I keep
hearing people say that they must wail until the soil is dry before
tilling.

Thanks

Gary

"Gary and Karen Manning" wrote in message
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Is it necessary for the soil to be dry before using my rototiller? I keep
hearing people say that they must wail until the soil is dry before
tilling.

Soil should be dry before working it with machinery or by hand. You should
be able to squeeze a handful of it and it should just form a clump that
doesn't exude water. The clump should fall apart when disturbed or dropped.
If you work wet soil you will ruin the texture and will end up with big
clumps that dry into clod that will have to be delt with later.

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:06:55 -0400, "Gary and Karen Manning"
wrote:

Is it necessary for the soil to be dry before using my rototiller? I keep
hearing people say that they must wail until the soil is dry before
tilling.

It doesn't need to be bone dry, but you don't want to work it when it's muddy.

"Gary and Karen Manning" wrote in message ...
Is it necessary for the soil to be dry before using my rototiller? I keep
hearing people say that they must wail until the soil is dry before
tilling.


You don't want to compress the soil into hard clods. The rototiller
will produce a "fluffy" bed when the soil is dry enough.