[Market-farming] Transplanters
Bill Shoemaker
wshoemak at inil.com
Mon Dec 22 08:51:22 EST 2008
Andy
We have a Mechanical Transplanter carousel unit, model 1000, one row. We
bought two different shoes, one for small plugs, one for large plugs. We
bought several different spacing gears for it. It has a 60 gal water tank
for starter fertilizer solutions. We've been very happy with it for 20
years. We often plant twin rows about 12" apart by simply turning around the
tractor and going back down the same row offset to create the spacing.
Tractor wheel width and tire width impact how you handle this but it works
well for us. It doesn't need a lot of horsepower to operate it. The only
thing I wish we had for it is a fluted coulter and double-disc opener that
would allow us to plant in mulch trash, cover crop, etc.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center
535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL 60174
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Fellenz" <fellenz at fltg.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 9:41 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] Transplanters
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a transplanter for next season, possibly 1 row, but 2
> rows would be better with easily adjustable offsets so that I can set it
> up either centered on the bed or offset so that I can plant on just one
> side of the bed. I'm not planning to use plastic and the soil I'll be
> planting into is mainly a sandy loam or gravelly loam and one field with
> some clay ground. I can use either my Kubota L245H (25hp) or an Allis
> Chalmers 180 (70hp) to pull it. I don't have a lot of space for
> headlands on my fields, so I'm also looking for something as compact as
> possible.
>
> I was initially considering a waterwheel transplanter, but have seen
> some used carousel style transplanters listed for less than the new
> price of a water-wheel. Since I haven't used either, I curious as to
> the strengths/weaknesses of the various style transplanters. Most of
> what I will be transplanting is 128-200 cell trays, with some 72s and
> 50s also.
>
> Andy
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