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  • From: Andy Fellenz <fellenz AT fltg.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Time study
  • Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:26:21 -0500

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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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Andy Fellenz
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:40 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Time study

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 ?

Andy King
Sunflower King's Farm
PA Zone 6


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