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  • From: "Steve Barnett" <earthly AT att.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: water wheel planters
  • Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:02:59 -0500


Tom, yes we have been wanting a water wheel transplanter, this year we have
one to use. First we used it to plant potatoes. We farm organically & the
method we used allowed to use the water wheel transplanter. We were able to
put out 500# of potatoes in 8 hrs. with 2 people. Walking the field
yesterday, the plants were beautiful. We have tried it with plastic & drip,
one thing we noted is that the beds need to be tight. We use a ridge
builder to make the bed - 4 feet wide, then use a bed shaper to form shape &
press the dirt. It seemed to work better if the dirt is packed in a uniform
manner. We are a few days away from planting transplants. Today, however,
we are using the waterwheel transplanter to plant corn seed. We missed
getting a planter at the auction and every other option has to many strings
attached.

? can we post pictures in this forum? I have been Lurking, I think the term
used to describe persons who are reading the mail, and have not seen any.

Steve Barnett
East Texas

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Anslow [mailto:limerock AT thirdplanet.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:24 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [market-farming] water wheel planters


Hello,

Does anyone have any experiences using the water wheel type transplanters?
Good? Bad? No different than a mechanical type?

Thanks.

Tom Anslow
Limerock Orchards and Roadside Market





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