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  • From: "dirt.4arm" <dirt.4arm AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Plowed fields with weeds
  • Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:50:21 -0400

>I run into this problem fairly often (gulp).
>
>I've wondered if there is some sort of field cleaning implement that
>can be used on a small tractor.
>
>Know what I mean? Even the tractor tiller will not cut up weeds
>enough to make seeding (like beans) practical. It w.b. nice if here
>were an affordable implement that would drag them out.

I tried that once and it was a time and money-wasting disaster. You've got to
deal with them in situ.
Get a bigger tiller, i.e. tractor-mounted. With that you can take down 6'
tough-stemmed weeds.
Let them lay, dry out then you can till them under to rot.





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