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  • From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] snapping tops off carrots
  • Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:38:42 -0500

Thanks for the description of the carrot topper. I've never seen a carrot
harvester.

I plant with an Earthway - walk down and back to get the two rows. It seems
to work best 6" or closer. I say that because when I get off to one side,
right over a row, the other row is not loosened.

Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Vern and Amy
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 11:51 AM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] snapping tops off carrots

So how wide are the tops of your ridges when you plant, and what is your
planter? I can't get any closer than about 8" with 2 Planet Jr.'s
unless I run a single planter down the ridge twice.

I have seen a Scott Biner carrot harvester, and I don't see how a
table-top hand-feed version would be feasible, unless maybe upside down
without the belts. The machine undercuts, grabs the tops with two belts
held together tightly with multiple rollers as it transfers the crop to
the topper, which is a set of several blunt blades that slide together
like your fingers if you spread your fingers and slide the fingers of
both hands past each other to lock your hands. Maybe somebody else can
run with that.

Vern
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