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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Transplanters
  • Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:51:22 -0600

Andy

We have a Mechanical Transplanter carousel unit, model 1000, one row. We bought two different shoes, one for small plugs, one for large plugs. We bought several different spacing gears for it. It has a 60 gal water tank for starter fertilizer solutions. We've been very happy with it for 20 years. We often plant twin rows about 12" apart by simply turning around the tractor and going back down the same row offset to create the spacing. Tractor wheel width and tire width impact how you handle this but it works well for us. It doesn't need a lot of horsepower to operate it. The only thing I wish we had for it is a fluted coulter and double-disc opener that would allow us to plant in mulch trash, cover crop, etc.

Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center
535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL 60174
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Fellenz" <fellenz AT fltg.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 9:41 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] Transplanters


Hi,

I'm looking for a transplanter for next season, possibly 1 row, but 2
rows would be better with easily adjustable offsets so that I can set it
up either centered on the bed or offset so that I can plant on just one
side of the bed. I'm not planning to use plastic and the soil I'll be
planting into is mainly a sandy loam or gravelly loam and one field with
some clay ground. I can use either my Kubota L245H (25hp) or an Allis
Chalmers 180 (70hp) to pull it. I don't have a lot of space for
headlands on my fields, so I'm also looking for something as compact as
possible.

I was initially considering a waterwheel transplanter, but have seen
some used carousel style transplanters listed for less than the new
price of a water-wheel. Since I haven't used either, I curious as to
the strengths/weaknesses of the various style transplanters. Most of
what I will be transplanting is 128-200 cell trays, with some 72s and
50s also.

Andy
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