Mesorat%20hashas for Kilayim 2:3

הָיְתָה שָׂדֵהוּ זְרוּעָה חִטִּים וְנִמְלַךְ לְזָרְעָהּ שְׂעוֹרִים, יַמְתִּין לָהּ עַד שֶׁתַּתְלִיעַ, וְיוֹפַךְ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ יִזְרַע. אִם צִמְּחָה, לֹא יֹאמַר אֶזְרַע וְאַחַר כָּךְ אוֹפָךְ, אֶלָּא הוֹפֵךְ וְאַחַר כָּךְ זוֹרֵעַ. כַּמָּה יְהֵא חוֹרֵשׁ, כְּתַלְמֵי הָרְבִיעָה. אַבָּא שָׁאוּל אוֹמֵר, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יְשַׁיֵּר רֹבַע לְבֵית סְאָה:

If a man's field was sown with wheat and then he decided to sow it with barley, he must wait until it [the wheat seeds] become wormy [rots in the soil] and then [he must] turn it over [with a plow so that it does not grow] and afterwards he may sow [the barley]. If it [the wheat] has has already sprouted, he is not to say, "I will [first] sow [the barley], and then I will turn it over," but he must turn it over, and afterwards sow. How much must he plow? Like the forrows [he would plow] after the first rain [wide firrows]. Abba Shaul says, [He must plow] so that he does not leave [unplowed] as much [ground] as holds a quarter <i>kav</i> to a <i>beit se'ah</i>.

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