Re: Raised Beds
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Raised Beds
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 20:24:10 -0700 (MST)
In a message dated 97-01-13 10:40:56 EST, you write:
>Linda Mann wrote:
>
>: How wide? My mechanical cultivator gives me low ridges about a foot wide
>and maybe 8 inches high.
>
>>... my guess is that the ridges were
>>more like 18" wide, the furrows were wide enough to serve as paths. Would
>>it be feasible to make a U-turn with your cultivator to produce a
double-width
>>ridge? Sharon McAllister
Sorry - these are rows laid out by a 235 Massey Ferguson farm tractor - about
36 - 40 inches between ridges - using a single set of 'plows' or cultivators,
which just happen to ridge the soil some in the middle. However, the tines
are adjustable, so I can make the 'middles' just about any width I want. I
was estimating the ridge height from the lowest point to the highest, with
the lowest point being halfway between the ridges.
What kind of mechanical cultivating/bed preparation equipment do the big
growers like Schreiners and Cooleys use?
Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east Tennessee USA
