Is there an attachment that will....

[gotrocks]

Here I am back again, hope there is help as good as the past....
I have plowed and tilled a plot that had been full of sage brush and other stuff.
Bought a hand powered seed planter and thought I was ready to plant my corn.
Well, I went to test out the planter and the pulverized ground is full of "root balls" that catch on the front of the planter and make it impossible to keep a straight row without stopping every couple of steps to remove the "root ball".

All that is to ask if there is an attachment that is PTO powered that will "power rake-sift-screen" what ever to remove the "root balls"? They are only about the size of tennis balls. It would be great is the attachment would catch to unwanted material and let me dump when there is a "full load" but if not that then it it would pile the "trash" in rows on top of the soil then I could come back and put the pitch fork to work. (I think my back/shoulders could handle that /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

Hope this delima has been explained clearer than mud. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[HomeBrew2]

Can we assume that you already tried your landscape rake? ... possibly angling it to windrow the balls ... possibly removing every other tine if the balls collect too much dirt?

 

[rambler]

Would be alot cheaper to buy a real planter & not worry about the root balls. The device you describe is several thousand $$$$$ at least, plus fuel & time.

Buy a 3pt planter for $500 - 750 and get er done.

--->Paul

 

[gotrocks]

Thanks for the suggestions, I had tried the rake but too much moisture in soil right now. I'll see if it will dry out enough so the dirt will pass thru and tines will catch root balls. I have not tried angle so that may help.

Rambler, thanks too you also, since I only have an area 60x60 feet the cost of an "industrial strength" planter does not compute on our budget. But I had not thought about rental, that may be available. I'll check that also.

 

[MarkV]

Sounds to me like the soil is still a little too wet. I would think the tiller would break things up if the conditions were drier. Also with a new plot from virgin ground that first year requires more hand work than I like. You might want to keep retilling in different directions a few more times. Here in the south it can be a real challenge to find a day in the spring with the right moisture content to get our clay to till properly.

MarkV