Bottom plow VS. Middle buster

[saxon]

Whats is the differences between bottom plows and middle busters, and their differant uses?

 

[bcp]

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[saxon]

So would a middle buster work for converting a old cow pasture in to a garden spot?

 

[oldballs]

Sure it would. The bigger the garden the longer the middle buster would take to get it plowed up. Of course, then it has to be disc and/or tilled to make it useable as a garden.

 

[bp fick]

I have only the middle buster plow. It is NOT a turning plow and I would have liked to have had one, but I didn't. But don't let that stop you from putting in a large garden. It'll work, yes indeed, it'll work.

Following up with a disc? Awesome.

 

[bp fick]

Plus, a middle buster plow is great for laying rows, into which you can roll an earthway type planter, throw down seed by hand, or toss in potatoes.

Plus, they work as a potato plow, just as the name implies.

 

[Botabill]

Plus, a middle buster plow is great for laying rows, into which you can roll an earthway type planter, throw down seed by hand, or toss in potatoes.

Plus, they work as a potato plow, just as the name implies.

I'm hard pressed to believe the soil is worked any where near enough to seed into with an earthway planter after a middle buster has gone through it. Possibly in some perfect preworked loam but most of us aren't living in that dream land. A middle buster is a rough first level tool that needs lots of after working to properly cultivate a seed or planting bed.

 

[allwet]

And helps if you have nice sandy soil like we do in Michigan... Nice work there bp.

 

[bp fick]

I'm hard pressed to believe the soil is worked any where near enough to seed into with an earthway planter after a middle buster has gone through it. Possibly in some perfect preworked loam but most of us aren't living in that dream land. A middle buster is a rough first level tool that needs lots of after working to properly cultivate a seed or planting bed.

Botabill

Didn't mean leave the impression that the MB would do ALL the work of soil prep. Thought I mentioned post plowing work with disc, maybe not. I disk and then use a C tine either off my 3 pt or pull a C tine drag. Nonetheless, yes, we do indeed use the MB to trench in a row for the earthway planter, which was the point of mentioning it.. YMMV.

 

[bp fick]

And helps if you have nice sandy soil like we do in Michigan... Nice work there bp.

Thanks. To be clear, I was merely offering some other potential uses for the middle buster. I'd love to have a conventional plow, but at this point, between the MB, followed by the disk and the field cultivator, I'm pleased enough with the results.

Yes, our soil is nothing but sandy up here. Still, the ability to turn over green manure? You cannot beat a plow that turns it over, not just "divide" it the way a MB does. I just don't have one, but we always used them on the farms down in Bay County and yes, on our place in BC. Go Lancers. :laughing:

 

[saxon]

BP Fick, That is some good lookin dirt you have there.
What is the yellow lookin stuff you have scattered out on top in that 3rd photo?

 

[bp fick]

BP Fick, That is some good lookin dirt you have there.
What is the yellow lookin stuff you have scattered out on top in that 3rd photo?

Chicken litter. It drives the whole deal. Without it? This sand wouldn't grow much.

 

[Gods Country]

Well Pa is famous for clay, and I'm no exception.
I purchased a MB last year for a small garden 55x25
It's certainly not as ideal as a BP, but it worked quite well (with a scut)
I turned over the sod last Oct. and let it lay until early April.
Turned it over twice more, disced and it looks darn good for a first year garden. It's easily as deep as most tillers will get you.

I wouldn't want to till an acre or more with it, but for small jobs, and about $150, it's a useful tool.

And it did create a lovely trench for potatoes.

 

[saxon]

It seems like the middle buster is a more versatile attachment.

 

[remington270]

It seems like the middle buster is a more versatile attachment.

In a way it is. But to break up a garden spot a turning plow would be better.