texanjim
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- Joined
- Mar 27, 2013
- Messages
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- Location
- Wales
- Tractor
- McCormick CX105, McCormick CX95, Case 1494, Grillo G85D
Does anyone have any experience using a single furrow ridger behind their 2 wheel tractor? If so, can you give me some guidance on how you space your rows when creating furrows to plant (in my case potatoes), and then create ridges over them?
My Grillo has a wheel track of around 16", and my ridger, (it's the same as this one Adjustable Ridger Plow for two wheel tractors tractor 2 | eBay) has a width of around 16" when the wings are set at full width.
I've been doing some practice runs before I actually plant, and I'm finding that I will need to set my furrows at a distance that effectively creates a ridge between them, then to put the wheels in the furrows and pull the furrower through that ridge to cover the potatoes.
This of means though, I'm driving over the potatoes! I'm thinking at the moment that I'll need to pull the soil back over the potatoes to cover them by hand, then make a last pass with my wheels over them, protected by the soil, to make ridges.
Does anyone have a different technique?
Many thanks
My Grillo has a wheel track of around 16", and my ridger, (it's the same as this one Adjustable Ridger Plow for two wheel tractors tractor 2 | eBay) has a width of around 16" when the wings are set at full width.
I've been doing some practice runs before I actually plant, and I'm finding that I will need to set my furrows at a distance that effectively creates a ridge between them, then to put the wheels in the furrows and pull the furrower through that ridge to cover the potatoes.
This of means though, I'm driving over the potatoes! I'm thinking at the moment that I'll need to pull the soil back over the potatoes to cover them by hand, then make a last pass with my wheels over them, protected by the soil, to make ridges.
Does anyone have a different technique?
Many thanks