This will help in boll weevil control efforts. Sandy soils should be subsoiled when compaction problems are shallow enough to shatter and soils are dry enough. Avoid tillage operations on wet soils. Leave subsoiled fields rough until spring. Consider some form of reduced tillage or stable seedbed system.
Heavy soils are excellent candidates for fall tillage.
Fall hipping and planting on a stale row after a burn-down program in the spring is a good option. Controlled traffic, confining all traffic to a particular pattern, is a very good tillage alternative, can reduce tillage trips, improve soil tilth and increase profits. Monitor Soil Fertility Levels - Fall is an excellent time to test soil. Cotton is an intensely managed crop and requires high levels of fertility to produce acceptable yields. While cotton farmers generally practice good soil fertility programs, there is still a lag in soil fertility levels.