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  • From: "breck" <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Mechanical Transplanter
  • Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:33:41 -0400

Are you guys setting bare root, plugs or soil blocks?

Thanks,
Farmer Breck

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill Bradshaw
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:26 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Mechanical Transplanter

Bill, isn't it wonderful how great minds think a like.LOL
I can tell we both been there and done that. Bill (Texas)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Mechanical Transplanter


> Is it a finger-type transplanter, where the person sitting on the
> transplanter places the transplant in the open fingers as they come around

> the wheel? I haven't used one in a long time but I remember having to have

> a consistent approach, placing the transplant in the same place in the
> finger each time. The setting just adjust for how far the fingers make it
> into the furrow. If the transplants aren't set into the fingers in the
> same position each time, the plants will be set at different depths.
>
> Bill
>
>
>>
>>We bought a used one row tobacco setter. We are trying to use it on our
>>flower and vegetable transplants. It either barely sets the plants, and
>>won't cover the root ball, or buries them. We have adjusted everything
>>that we can think of and we still can't get it right.
>>Any suggestions? We have more rain coming this weekend and we're getting a

>>little frantic trying to get everything planted.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help,
>>Carla Maness
>>Perkins, OK
>>
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