Posted by samn40 on April 07, 2013 at 04:07:30 from (81.152.48.75):
Following on from my post a few days ago.....we planted a small plot of early potatoes yesterday....We never plant very many as we have a risk of late frosts...with this small patch I can cover the plants with black polythene if there is any risk. The variety are British Queen, a very old breed of spuds here in Northern Ireland and well liked for their delicious flavour. We usually raise the drills first to let some more drying into the ground. It also means the planting tractor is sitting level and I have no need to adjust the linkage every time I turn around! We still plant with our old 1949 Ferguson 'Bell' planter...although labour intensive it is a real useful piece of much sought after kit....Plus, I use the local child labour that I bred especially for jobs like this!!! The spouts of the planter split the previously raised drills and the bell wheel sounds as it turns and hopefully the children drop a spud for every 'ding' of the bell. This method is very accurate and the wheel has different 'bumps' for different seed spacing, we plant at 10 inch gaps. Back in the '60s, when every farmer grew a few acres of potatoes, you could hear these bells dinging away all over the country at this time of year. Sam
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