Tillage regimen

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teacrimes

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What's folks' tillage regimens on two-wheeled tractors? I'm looking at setting up an intensive vegetable operation (3-5 acres) and I'm trying to figure out if I can get by with something like a grillo G131.

With a full-size, I would probably do this in the beginning of the season:
Moldboard (for sod)
Tandem Discs, drag harrow
Mini-chisels
Larchmont-style bed former for beds.

Mid-season, I'd probably just rototill, which I prefer not to do.

Are the discs that Earth Tools sells serious enough to till and incorporate trash, or are they really just harrows? Anyone have them?
Would you trust a rototiller on grillo or BCS to take on trash after a moldboard pass on a cover crop, or would it just get all tangled up?
What do you all do?
 
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Hi! I use moldboard first 6 in. deep .Later I just till about 2 In. Rototiller make a very good job for seed bed. I think the best. Good Luck! Oldmech
 
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I use a Gravely. BCS makes a rotary plow that works about the same. No need to do anything other than use it and then rake the beds in the shape you want.
 
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Dry trash from the previous season? The 26-30" tiller on my 850 incorporates stuff like that really well.

3-5 acres must be about the max for a single person with a single walkbehind tractor though. The moldboard is about 10"?

What do you plan to grow?
 

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