Re: CULT: help - tractor cultivation, garden maps
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: help - tractor cultivation, garden maps
- From: w*@watervalley.net
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:30:14 -0600
- Priority: normal
From: wmoores@watervalley.net
Linda Mann on cultivating:
>
> For those of you who tractor cultivate, what kind of cultivators (or
> plows, as we call them hereabouts) do you use?
John Deere 214 has been with me nearly twenty years and
runs and looks like new. I think the tiller attachment is sufficient
for iris purposes. Just don't try to use it in extremely dry soil. The
tiller deck is thirty-six inches wide.
Any tricks for labels
> in the rows to keep them from getting plowed under, dragged away by
> weeds & trash (= dead pieces of plants) that get snagged by the
> cultivators?
Make sure your rows are wide enough and likewise your turning
lanes. Align your plants along stretched wire or twine.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA (The Arkansas storm system fizzled
again, but another developed overhead and dumped 1.5" of
welcome rain last night).
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