[Market-farming] Time study

Andy Fellenz fellenz at fltg.net
Thu Mar 5 12:40:14 EST 2009


Whereever I can afford it and it looks like it will pay,  I am trying to 
replace hand labor with equipment. 

I have purchased two transplanters to reduce transplanting time - one is 
hand operated from Japan and will be used for greens in the hoophouses 
and some alliums, while the other is on a 3pt mount and will be used for 
almost everything I set out.  I also purchased a cultivating tractor to 
reduce the amount of time spent on weeding.  I will put the drip 
irrigation in the hoophouses on a timer this season to ensure that it 
turns on and off when I need it (there were several times last season 
when I forgot to turn it off and it ran a few hours too long).  I also 
scaled up my implements to reduce the amount of time required to prepare 
a field for planting. 

Andrew King wrote:
> Has anyone found any Techniques to save time ?
> Was there anything you did last year that was a waste of time ?
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> Andy King
> Sunflower King's Farm
> PA Zone 6
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