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Re: [Market-farming] Mechanical transplanters; was onion plants again
- From: "frank ventura" <frank.dragonflyfarms AT gmail.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Mechanical transplanters; was onion plants again
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:24:23 -0500
I had the same question as we do transplant a lot into bare
soil. What I was told by Market Farms was to try it, you need one anyway
for transplanting on plastic, and if it works for you on bare soil it is a
bonus. And the water wheel is a lot cheaper than the alternatives.
One trick I was told to try was to use an old inner tube around the planting
wheel to keep bare soil from caking on it. I have spoken to others who do
use one on bare soil and just scrape the wheel off every so often. The price does add up once you start adding spikes and different
size wheels for your different plant spacing sizes. Which is why I had to
forgo it for this year. Another alternative supplier is Nolts. They sell a model
that I think they fabricate. So far the only difference I have found is
that the row spacing is not as wide as the Rain-Flo and they use one water tank
instead of two. And you can’t add a third or fourth seat which is
pretty critical if you want to plant on 6” spacing and your tractor does
not have a creeper gear. It is a little cheaper though. From:
market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of david
purpura Thanks Frank, I have the same question. We do lots of
plugs, but some bare root onions and hands and knees planting is getting old.
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Re: [Market-farming] Mechanical transplanters; was onion plants again,
david purpura, 03/13/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Mechanical transplanters; was onion plants again, Sweet Valley Organics, 03/13/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Mechanical transplanters; was onion plants again,
frank ventura, 03/13/2010
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