tilling corn stumps

[scot29]

Hello everyone. I've cut my corn stalks down to about 4 inch stumps. I have a heavy duty rototiller, and I was wondering if it's a good idea to till them up? Would I risk damaging my tiller? Tks.

[jal_ut]

Depends on the tiller. My Troybilt Horse will till standing cornstalks. Twice over pretty much chops them up and buries most of it. Those corn stalks are a lot of organic matter and should be left on the garden.

[Canadian Farmer Guy]

I wouldn't be worried about the tiller. It'd take a lot to damage one of those.
However, corn stalks are rather woody and tough.
I would pull them out, if possible chop them up a bit, then put them on the compost pile.
Give them a bit of time to decay.

CFG

[Runningtrails]

I thoroughly tilled them all in last fall. This spring they were just part of the soil when we planted there. No evidence of it. Didn't hurt the tiller at all.