Planting Halted
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:28 pm
Planting has been halted due to 1.8" of rain/cold/high winds! ---Here is a pic of the onion rows up to this point.--12 bunches left to plant as soon as top drys off enough to get back on the old creeper!
Total # of plants looks like its going to run between 5,000 to 6,000 plants this year,so there will be 3 full wide rows and part of a 4'th row!---This year I am using a different row pattern than in past years.--this wide row system will maximize the fertilize/spray coverage, saving on chems. ---the sprayer setup on the tractor will do a better/faster job than the 2 gallon hand sprayer.---the rows had to be spaced wider to straddle the row and have room so as to not run over the leaves when the plants grow big and the leaves lay over in the middles of the rows.---gets kinda complicated to explain!!LOL!!
Also just did get the spring wheat, Hulless oats, and Robust barley drilled hours before the rain started, and everything should come to life soon!---ground here was getting awfully dry with all the high winds we had lately (37 to 45 mph for several days)
Did get a little of the other ground tilled with the "new"tiller power unit and if all goes well this little guy will do the rest of the heavy tilling this year!---small/lightweight/high horsepower, and no compaction at all!LOL!!---could use some front weight, but I can get by for now with it! thanks; sonny
Total # of plants looks like its going to run between 5,000 to 6,000 plants this year,so there will be 3 full wide rows and part of a 4'th row!---This year I am using a different row pattern than in past years.--this wide row system will maximize the fertilize/spray coverage, saving on chems. ---the sprayer setup on the tractor will do a better/faster job than the 2 gallon hand sprayer.---the rows had to be spaced wider to straddle the row and have room so as to not run over the leaves when the plants grow big and the leaves lay over in the middles of the rows.---gets kinda complicated to explain!!LOL!!
Also just did get the spring wheat, Hulless oats, and Robust barley drilled hours before the rain started, and everything should come to life soon!---ground here was getting awfully dry with all the high winds we had lately (37 to 45 mph for several days)
Did get a little of the other ground tilled with the "new"tiller power unit and if all goes well this little guy will do the rest of the heavy tilling this year!---small/lightweight/high horsepower, and no compaction at all!LOL!!---could use some front weight, but I can get by for now with it! thanks; sonny