"Periodic Plowing Required"

[GeneralKayoss]

What they really mean is you have to plow your field after every harvest. Not periodically, routinely.

[UnableRogue]

Has it changed since 17? In 17 it was after every 3 harvests.

[BlueCat]

I don't recall the source, but I believe this is only for certain crops, not all of them. I think it's corn, potatoes, beets and one other.

[Byzanoid]

Yes you have to plow after certain Types of crops now, like rootcrops, corn, and sugarcane. I don't like plowing either but I do like that this now must be considered in your farm management.

[Ray Cyst]

Hopefully someone mods in some good tandem disks or vertical tillage soon

[Willow Rivers]

Depedns what crops you are doing some crops you have to plow after each hrvest, other crops it is every 3.

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by CumminsCanada:

Hopefully someone mods in some good tandem disks or vertical tillage soon

Agree the current available plows are way to narrow and it takes ages to plow larger fields.

And periodic plowing works like UnableRogue said after 3 harvest, exceptions are some crops as others have mentioned. At least that is also what the help info tab tells me when I was reading about it. Though it wouldn't be the first info in there that is not completely correct.

[UnableRogue]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by CumminsCanada:

Hopefully someone mods in some good tandem disks or vertical tillage soon

Agree the current available plows are way to narrow and it takes ages to plow larger fields.

And periodic plowing works like UnableRogue said after 3 harvest, exceptions are some crops as others have mentioned. At least that is also what the help info tab tells me when I was reading about it. Though it wouldn't be the first info in there that is not completely correct.

What info was wrong?

[Infrastructure_Nerd]

In FS17 subsoiling counted as ploughing, they both break up compacted eath. If that still applies in FS19 there are some quite wide subsoilers to chose from.

[stescher]

the largest in-game subsoiler is 8m wide. It says they can be used instead of plows but when you use them they seem to only count toward cultivating.

[Infrastructure_Nerd]

Originally posted by stescher:

the largest in-game subsoiler is 8m wide. It says they can be used instead of plows but when you use them they seem to only count toward cultivating.

Does the map colour change from red (needs ploughing) to Brown though? Visually the subsoiler leaves a different texture on the field to ploughing but should still count.

[Ruges]

Periodic plowing has completly changed in FS19. You no longer have to plow after 3 harvests. You only have to plow after harvesting, Corn, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Sugar Cane. And you have to plow each time after harvesting those. All other crops you dont have to plow after. However if you buy a new field you may need to plow it.

[gordon861]

I use a 4m subsoiler, it does change the map and remove the red colour, but the ground goes straight to cultivated. So can be difficult to see what's done you buy a new field because npcs don't plow, I just reversed back a bit to make a tire mark on the field to align for the next pass.

[Tractor Horse]

Well IRL, you never have to plough.
You might need to subsoil, but it would only be necesary on certain conditions or in intensive tillage systems.

Giants gets compaction wrong and think ploughs are designed to fix it, while IRL ploughing can generate compaction (moulboard ploughing)

With sugarcane, ploughing could make sence to reduce the roots of the top layer of soil, however normal ploughs (and also subsoilers/cultivators) would get stuck on this roots, thats why so called disk ploughs or disc cultivators, like the Big TT are used.

Subsoiling after Sugar Beets and Potatoes is only common IRL do to how heavy the machinery is and the wet conditions commonly present.
Ploughing unnecessary, since the top of the soil is pretty much free of heavy residue (C/N ratio).

Ploughing after GRAIN corn makes sence though, but if not done, it should only reduce the yield of the next crop, unless the crop is soybeans (C/N ratio, again).
Also, using a heavy cultivator should have the same effect.

#Soil Mod was better

[stescher]

Originally posted by Construction_Gamer:

Originally posted by stescher:

the largest in-game subsoiler is 8m wide. It says they can be used instead of plows but when you use them they seem to only count toward cultivating.

Does the map colour change from red (needs ploughing) to Brown though? Visually the subsoiler leaves a different texture on the field to ploughing but should still count.

now for me it doesn't change from red on the map.

[Decker_MMIV]

Originally posted by TheWannabeFarmer:

Soil Mod was better

Thank you.
Hint: Lookup who made SoilMod ;-)