Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Gardening with a tractor

Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 24, 2004 at 06:52:39 from (64.228.11.114):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Gardening with a tractor posted by mark on February 24, 2004 at 06:07:19:

Mark: You have seeding equipment much different from what I am used to. I have a 2 row John Deere corn planter geared up for use on 1 point fast hitch. I have plates for most large seeds like corn, beans, peas, etc. I also have a 2 row small seed vegetable seeder that center mounts on my cultivator lift frames. I used those planters commercially in the past, however today I just grow a personal garden and I find a hand push seeder much quicker for small amounts. I grow my garden on raise beds which I make with tractor in the fall. In the spring my garden is basically notill. I have an attachment on tractor which breaks crust on the raised beds. I just plant on that with no tillage. I have one advantage here as I can till the garden up in Oct and make the beds. Any weeds close enough to surface to germinate will do so right away then be killed by frost 3 weeks later before going to seed. I rarely ever use my cultivators any more, as I spend my off years getting rid of weeds.

My fertilizing unit is not a factory IH job. It is electric driven by a 12 volt motor, and it has two down spouts. I didn't use that one last year as I went to 28% N solution and used a modified backpack sprayer for application. I broadcast all my P and K in the fall. My garden is basically notill on the garden plot in the actual year of vegetables. In the south I could see this being a bit more difficult without cold weather and deep freeze to kill off those weeds. I supose you could use Roundup in place of the frost.

I don't think you will find a tractor mounted seeder much benefit on small garden amounts. I guess for me I had and in fact used the hand push seeder even when commercially growing vegetables, for items one didn't grow a lot of. I find now that I just have a personal garden, all seeds fall in that catergory.

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