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- From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:56:04 -0500
The soil is on the clayey side? A wheel
hoe can take more umph to push along in clayey soil than you may have for an
acre. We have a simple 6 shank corn cultivator
behind a tiny tractor (36” wheel spacing) that isn’t great, but it
sure puts a huge dent in the hand weeding. Also a rototiller. Some crops I
plant wide enough to run the rototiller between, which also hills. I hate
chopping up worms, but I found hand weeding impossible. As was mentioned, farming is 3 full time
jobs: production, harvest/pack, and marketing. I also have spent so much time
weeding I didn’t have time to harvest and sell. Beth Spaugh Farm Fresh Food Club CSA - http://rhomestead.com Garden fresh vegetables, organically
grown, and pastured chicken, duck, and geese "How we eat determines, to a
considerable extent, how the world is used." - Wendell Berry "Without power over our food, any
notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe From:
market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Platte Josh and all, 1) I know I'm bonkers. Thanks for the specific data on how bonkers.
:-) I'm diving in with both feet to find out what it takes.
Keeping commitments to customers low, etc. 2) I am planning on involving some (maybe quite a lot of!) help. This
may well include plastic, especially for widely-spaced crops. 3) If I've got, say, 10" between rows in a particular bed, would I
use a 10" hoe for that, or an 8"? 4) If I'm doing 16" between rows in a particular bed, would you
recommend 8", 14", or 16"? Soil is on the clayey side. Sheila, thanks for the lead on Valley Oak -- looks like a very
attractive option! Ryan Platte On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:38 AM, <prmsdlndfrm AT aol.com>
wrote: An acre and a half, you know that is more
than 65,000 square feet dont you ? Something on the order of 218 feet by 300
feet, It can be done with hand tools, but youll have to spend more time than
part time or limited scheduel, other wise you might consider herbicides, or
plastics, or heavy mulch. josh -----Original
Message----- Hi all, I'm a new veggie farmer planning
my first big season after tooling around for a while. I just joined and read
some of the previous messages in this thread. I'm in the wheel hoe market and
considering both the Planet Whizbang and this one: I'm also considering the
ridiculously-priced one from Johnny's because it supports multiple widths and
configurations. I'm planning to sow in beds with long rows 16" or 10"
apart, depending on the crop. I haven't used a wheel hoe before, so if someone
can tell me that I'm nuts to spend that kind of money and that I'll be fine
without this particular tool, I'm all ears. I'm planning 1.5 acres of plantings on a
limited schedule, so it's possible that I'm that rare person for whom this is
the right trade-off. What do you think? |
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control Advice?,
David Inglis, 02/01/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control Advice?, sunnfarm, 02/02/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
Zachary Mathes, 02/03/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
breck, 02/03/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?, Zachary Mathes, 02/07/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
Ryan Platte, 02/03/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?, Sheila Payne, 02/03/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
prmsdlndfrm, 02/04/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
Ryan Platte, 02/04/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?, BarbaraJ, 02/04/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?, Beth Spaugh, 02/04/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?, Road's End Farm, 02/04/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?, MAsteveINE, 02/04/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
Ryan Platte, 02/04/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
breck, 02/03/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
sunnfarm, 02/04/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?, prmsdlndfrm, 02/04/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
sunnfarm, 02/04/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?, Ryan Platte, 02/04/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?,
Dan, 02/04/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?, Richard Robinson, 02/07/2010
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