SUBSOIL LOOSENING


Soil loosening is a way of cultivation when the hard, depositied soil-layers are pulled apart while being slit in every direction.

Soil-loosening was introduced when stereotyped cultivation resulted in hard soil-layers. As work on plantations gradually intensified (ploughing and horrowing in the same depth for years), the necessity of subsoil-loosening also increased.

Subsoil-loosening

During this process the volume-weight of soil reduces and the gap-volume increases (so does the ratio of pores and volume-percentage of air).
Subsoil-loosening thus improves the physical and biological condition of soil( water permeability, biological activity, aeration). There is no plough-shoe packing, dividing furrow and ridge. The danger of inland waters decreases.

Soil-loosening becomes more and more important in periods of climatic change.
The benefits of soil loosening last for 3-4 years. On the other hand, in case of stereotyped cultivation and that of ploughing, harrowing in the same depth for years , this favourable effect can be limited to 1 year.

Subsoil-loosening influences the undisturbed maintenance of connection between the upper-and subsoils.The deterioration of soil condition can be  largely due to lack of proper soil-loosening

Advantages of subsoil-loosening:
•    The subsoiler works by lifting the lower layers of the soil, without the upper layer not being mixed up.
•    It slits the solid layers, helping the water and air utilization every direction
•    It improves the water buffering and  water supply of the soil.

This application is also ideal for natural reserves and football-fields, as it does not harm swardy surfaces.