Row spacing

   / Row spacing #11  
So I’m planting corn. My planter is adjustable 14-36’’. My tractor has 50’’ in the rear, inside dimension, on the rear wheels and 55’’ , inside dimension on the front. I just need it to rip unwanted weeds
Is your cultivator a rolling cultivator? If so you should be able to adjust it for whatever spacing you decide on , so as I stated earlier pick your poison 30 or 36" row spacing either will work for planting corn, we usually plant corn on 36" rows, soybeans on 30".
 
   / Row spacing #12  
So I’m planting corn. My planter is adjustable 14-36’’. My tractor has 50’’ in the rear, inside dimension, on the rear wheels and 55’’ , inside dimension on the front. I just need it to rip unwanted weeds
You sill didn't say if tractor wheels are adjustable (front and rear) and although i can easily look it up I'm not going to.
Assuming all 4 wheels are welded on tractor.. Adjust planter for 30" center to center of seedbed. Set 2 cultivator sweep plows to run dead center of rear tires and 1 sweep to run dead center pf first 2. Add additional plow points according to point wing spread.
If wheels aren't welded on AND have no spin-out adjustment,here's what I have done on accasion. Remove and switch L to R and vs vs. Or spin wheel 180* so that recess changes center to center width. Measure and set planter and cultivator as above. Corn has a hard time with polination. Plant somewhat in a square rather than a few long rows. In addition to controling weeds,pull dirt up around plants when prop roots begin appearing.
You didn't ask but since this is corn. 36" row is better than 30 for neutrant and moisture. Corn sucks up a lot and responds very well to nitrogen.
Fertilize with a 16-16-8 liquid fertilizer when the corn plants have reached a height of 4 inches, but before it reaches 8 inches tall.
Fertilize again when they are about 10 inches tall. This is best done by side-dressing, rather than applying fertilizer directly on the young plants
When sweet corn ears begin producing silk, hit it one last time with 46-0-0 nitrogen fertilizer according to product application directions.
If you have the means,irrigate after first and last application. j
Coons will buy bus tickets if they can't walk to the patch just as ears are coming into milk. Seriously,the devils don't come nip and nibble every night like deer and rabbits. At the peak of production you walk through admiring all those robust ears and tell tell the family what a fine hearvest is in store,,,,,,,look out next morning and :cry: #@&*$# the whole patch is laying on the ground.
 
   / Row spacing #13  
You sill didn't say if tractor wheels are adjustable (front and rear) and although i can easily look it up I'm not going to.
Assuming all 4 wheels are welded on tractor.. Adjust planter for 30" center to center of seedbed. Set 2 cultivator sweep plows to run dead center of rear tires and 1 sweep to run dead center pf first 2. Add additional plow points according to point wing spread.
If wheels aren't welded on AND have no spin-out adjustment,here's what I have done on accasion. Remove and switch L to R and vs vs. Or spin wheel 180* so that recess changes center to center width. Measure and set planter and cultivator as above. Corn has a hard time with polination. Plant somewhat in a square rather than a few long rows. In addition to controling weeds,pull dirt up around plants when prop roots begin appearing.
You didn't ask but since this is corn. 36" row is better than 30 for neutrant and moisture. Corn sucks up a lot and responds very well to nitrogen.
Fertilize with a 16-16-8 liquid fertilizer when the corn plants have reached a height of 4 inches, but before it reaches 8 inches tall.
Fertilize again when they are about 10 inches tall. This is best done by side-dressing, rather than applying fertilizer directly on the young plants
When sweet corn ears begin producing silk, hit it one last time with 46-0-0 nitrogen fertilizer according to product application directions.
If you have the means,irrigate after first and last application. j
Coons will buy bus tickets if they can't walk to the patch just as ears are coming into milk. Seriously,the devils don't come nip and nibble every night like deer and rabbits. At the peak of production you walk through admiring all those robust ears and tell tell the family what a fine hearvest is in store,,,,,,,look out next morning and :cry: #@&*$# the whole patch is laying on the ground.
Deer will do the same. Which is why I built an 8’ fence around my garden and orchard.
 
   / Row spacing #14  
Mike.. First.. Greetings from the far north west of Canada..

You don't list a general location, and I have to presume with a planter you are doing corn ?? Here in our growing zone 2, we can't do anything like sweet corn, just not enough time..

One option.....
I have planted sweet corn and dent corn in a kind of food plot kind of way to mow and gather to feed our small livestock..

So... I would love, love to have a planter.. If I had a one or 2 row planter, I would plant 3-4 rows within 24" this being the width between my tractor tires.. Then just cultivate the tire tracks as I could... Then again, mow with the brush hog, and gather everything loose to feed..
 
   / Row spacing #15  
You measure the tread width from center to center of the tires. I farmed with 70 hp tractors and we used 40 inch rows so the tires were set to 80 inches. You could set yours to double what size row you want.
 
   / Row spacing #16  
Trying to understand. You already have a planter so you can measure the row spacing. Row crop cultivators typically have shielding to prevent dirt from being thrown onto the plants although there are many variations. But its tough. That's why farmers today use chemicals - cultivating can do a lot of damage to the crops. Here is a picture of an old John Deere row crop cultivator. Shields protect the plant from the cultivator teeth nearest the row. The third cultivator tooth gets the middle of the row. Pretty much a fixed spacing. This one is the very standard 30" row spacing. If you are building your own to match your planter spacing, this gives you an idea. These cultivators are currently found in many salvage yards so a person could buy their own cultivator and shield units and build your own to match your planter.
 

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Thanks for all your help. I understand now why I was getting confused. We are only doing about an acre of sweet corn. Coons won’t be a problem cause of my Coon hounds!
 
 

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