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  • From: Michael Belluso <ymbelluso AT yahoo.com>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: market-farming digest: October 01, 2000
  • Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 07:57:31 -0700 (PDT)



--- market farming digest
<market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu> wrote:
> MARKET-FARMING Digest for Sunday, October 01, 2000.
>
> 1. Re: tomatoes
> 2. Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
> 3. Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
> 4. Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
> 5. Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
> 6. Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
> 7. Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
> 8. Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
>
>
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>
> Subject: Re: tomatoes
> From: Windwalker <windwalker AT computer-services.com>
> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 09:17:41 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> I'm reading all this tomato talk and thoroughly
> enjoying the revelations of
> heirlooms. For years I was a tomato purist and
> would only grow heirlooms
> but since our last few years have not been great
> tomato years (east/central
> kansas) for various reasons, I decided to try
> hybrids. Got variety ideas
> from other growers and forged ahead.
>
> Well the celebrities immediately defoliated and only
> grew sun-scalded
> tomatoes, the daybreaks weren't early and also lost
> foliage, as did the
> solar set, lemon boys cracked miserably in the heat
> and were a disappointin=
> g
> flavor. The best tomatoes I had were pink girls,
> golden queen, red sun and=
> ,
> of course, sun gold. I had good production on these
> until we hit the upper
> 90's and into 100=BA+.
>
> I also grew 1250 processing tomatoes, la rossa and
> italian gold for a salsa
> canning project we have here. After I ran out of
> space for those plants, I
> stuck four in my hoop house in middle June "just to
> see what would happen".
> I picked a basket of tomatoes off of those four
> plants yesterday and more
> are coming. Beautiful plants. So, I reason, if
> these can do well in the
> hoop house (with shade cloth still on - it comes off
> today) what if I try
> the brandywines, etc. in there next year and leave
> the hybrids for the open
> beds. I'm going for it!
>
> There is one farm at our market that specializes in
> heirlooms and they have
> well-educated our customers to the fact that
> appearance doesn't equal
> flavor. I think it helps to cut out any articles
> you may see on items that
> you grow (and there are always articles on heirlooms
> tomatoes) and lay them
> out for the customers to read. They are so
> influenced by magazines, etc.
>
> joan vibert
> windwalker farm
> ottawa, kansas
>
>
>
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
> From: Michael Belluso <ymbelluso AT yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 07:27:55 -0700 (PDT)
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have a 5 acre farmette that has one acre for yard
> and 4 tillable acres adjoining. I'm trying to
> decide
> between a large tiller like BCS or Troy-bilt. My
> other option is to buy a small tractor and attach a
> PTO tiller. Any helpful ideas from the group would
> be
> appreciated. Is there a preference between tillers?
> This will be the first year for me so please excuse
> my
> confusion. Thanks .
> Please send mail : ymbelluso AT yahoo.com
>
> mike
>
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> Michael & Yolanda Belluso
> 3889 S. Rte. 115
> Kankakee, IL 60901-7184
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
> From: Karen Cannon <kp_cannon AT yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 07:44:16 -0700 (PDT)
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I bought a BCS with tiller and sickle bar mower 3
> years ago and love it. Extremely reliable, easy to
> run, and I'm no good with machines. I used to use
> tractors when I rented land on a larger farm and
> found
> that I spent more time finding the attachments,
> putting everything together, and then fixing
> whatever
> was always broken than I actually did using the
> equipment (of course they were not my machines so
> that
> probably made everything more difficult).
>
> I till about an acre with the BCS and it goes pretty
> quickly now that the grass/hay is gone. I was doing
> about 10 50x3 foot beds in half a day this spring.
>
> Good luck sorting it all out.
>
> Karen
>
> Planet Veg
> Maryland, zone 7
> --- Michael Belluso <ymbelluso AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have a 5 acre farmette that has one acre for
> yard
> > and 4 tillable acres adjoining. I'm trying to
> > decide
> > between a large tiller like BCS or Troy-bilt. My
> > other option is to buy a small tractor and attach
> a
> > PTO tiller. Any helpful ideas from the group
> would
> > be
> > appreciated. Is there a preference between
> tillers?
> > This will be the first year for me so please
> excuse
> > my
> > confusion. Thanks .
> > Please send mail : ymbelluso AT yahoo.com
> >
> > mike
> >
> > =====
> > Michael & Yolanda Belluso
> > 3889 S. Rte. 115
> > Kankakee, IL 60901-7184
> >
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>
> Subject: Re: Small tractor vs. large rototiller
> From: "Del Williams" <delannw AT dlogue.net>
> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 10:04:07 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 4
>
> I think that you are going to get recommendations
> for
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Michael & Yolanda Belluso
3889 S. Rte. 115
Kankakee, IL 60901-7184

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