[Market-farming] Time study

Andy Fellenz fellenz at fltg.net
Thu Mar 5 22:26:21 EST 2009


Here's a video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvrlY2H7GPU&feature=related

I haven't used this yet and have my fingers crossed that it works as 
well as it looks like it should. John Hendrickson who posts here 
occasionally has used it and can share a lot more than I can. 

Andy

breck wrote:
> Andy, would you share info on the Japanese transplanter?
>
> Farmer Breck 
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> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Time study
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> 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:
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>> Has anyone found any Techniques to save time ?
>> Was there anything you did last year that was a waste of time ?
>>
>> Andy King
>> Sunflower King's Farm
>> PA Zone 6
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