Green Corn Down
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oosik
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Look at - Earthway Precision Garden Seeder. This is what we used when we had corn. You can get "seeding disks" for just about every type of seed you would want in a garden... $100. They will dig the furrow to the correct depth - deposit seeds at the correct frequency - cover the furrow with a small drag chain & the rear wheel will pack down the soil. The ground has to be "broken" & tilled first.
I don't know if your plot is an animal food plot or for your consumption. That corn has been planted so thick - you will be very lucky to get many full sized, mature ears. If it's for the animals - not to worry.
I don't know if your plot is an animal food plot or for your consumption. That corn has been planted so thick - you will be very lucky to get many full sized, mature ears. If it's for the animals - not to worry.
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You also don't want to use it just after a rain storm or it will get all mucked up, the seeds won't come out properly and you will end up covering them with a rake anyways.
Don't ask me how I know that.
You also don't want to use it just after a rain storm or it will get all mucked up, the seeds won't come out properly and you will end up covering them with a rake anyways.
Don't ask me how I know that.
OP
Diggin It
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Those $100 gizmos didn't appear to me to be worth $10 when I looked at them in a store. Rickety comes to mind. I want to find a two row planter for my 3 point since I have one now, but they're ridiculously expensive. I found a few old (spelled antique) ones for a couple of hundred, but I'm not sure they'd work long, if at all.
The other section a few hundred feet away broke the surface, but that's about all. None of the stalks are more than a foot tall and they're all yellowed. This was a test are to see if anything would even grow at all. Next year, I'll have to try and get some soil samples done and see what they call for.
The other section a few hundred feet away broke the surface, but that's about all. None of the stalks are more than a foot tall and they're all yellowed. This was a test are to see if anything would even grow at all. Next year, I'll have to try and get some soil samples done and see what they call for.
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They work surprisingly well, and put out seed a little too easily sometimes. My father used one for years and used it to put in a big garden with lots of corn and peas. The one that I have came from a building which was torn down after the camp lease was cancelled, and I've been using it for 10 years or more.
They work surprisingly well, and put out seed a little too easily sometimes. My father used one for years and used it to put in a big garden with lots of corn and peas. The one that I have came from a building which was torn down after the camp lease was cancelled, and I've been using it for 10 years or more.
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Diggin It
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Oh well. Hope they enjoyed it.
May have a two row lined up to borrow next year if it will fit my blue toy. Not sure if it's Cat 1 or Cat 2 yet, but I've got a few months to find out.
May have a two row lined up to borrow next year if it will fit my blue toy. Not sure if it's Cat 1 or Cat 2 yet, but I've got a few months to find out.
oosik
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This is the time of year to re-up this thread. The "planter" I mentioned in post#12 work exceptionally well. We used it every year to plant the row crop veggies in our garden. Corn, carrots, beets, peas, beans - etc. Saves a LOAD to time and ensures the seeds are properly planted.