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  • From: sunnfarm AT netscape.net
  • To: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu ("Market Farming")
  • Subject: Re: drip tape pick-up and storage
  • Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:29:14 -0400

I got rye on yesterday 1.5 bu /acre, I just broadcast it over top of this
years stubble and hope for rain to germinate it. Last years rye went on in
November and did not germ till late Feb., my late field just greened up by
May and got 6 feet tall in three weeks! I plowed it under as is, and planted
pumpkins three days later. contrary to popular belief the pumpkins grew
without any delay from N loss or aleopathic residue. Rye can be a major pain
in the butt if it gets ahead of you. This has been the dryest year since
1874, I prefer overhead hand move sprinklers, in the long run they are most
cost effective if you have a good water source.  I can move a 1000 ft 2" line
in 30 minutes by myself, in many cases like on multi row raised beds
sprinklers are the only option. I think most drip clogging is due to poor
filtration and a dirty water source, my drip ran off a deep well that only
needed a $50 filter and I never had clogs. Most farmers in areas with a
history of clogs run chemicals throw lines during growing season to keep them
clean, if you don't have much tape you can lay it out on the ground and run a
garden hose throw it at high preshure and flush it out. I like to use old
drip tape for batten tape on poly houses..Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ
>
>> Hope everyone has been getting the rains we have got in the last few days.
>> Maybe there will be hope for cover crops and fall pasture and turning
>> new ground for next year....
>>
>>
I
>plant winter rye in that area, we have been working at this since the first
>if September.  Winter rye can almost get to be a weed in the spring if you
>can't get it buried deep enough.  Had a lot of problems with it in some of
>our early crops this year, just kept coming back.

>
>

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