Gardens 2022

[DavidBarkey]

We planted a few grape vines 2 seasons ago. I know nothing about the proper care of grapes and we lost a few, but it looks like just maybe we might actually get a few grapes this year.
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Watch out for Japanise beatles they will strip every leaf off.

[DavidBarkey]

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Here is a pic of the Troybilt furrower attachment that I used for years. It does an excellent and is adjustable to make the furrower. I used it to firm up the corn stalks.

Keep the Peace
Harry

Harry dose that go on the drop bar behind the tiller ?

[DavidBarkey]

Thanks guys , The tiller does the centres great but need some thing to get closer to the plants . Anyone have pictures of unit like that they use to use please post .

Here’s a couple of units I use Dave. The one with the fingers is a great thing for getting in around plants. It was a short handle hand held thing. So I took the short hand handle out and put a long one in like a rake so I could stand and use it. Can’t remember for sure what the tool is called. But it’s like a mini cultivator. I couldn’t buy what I wanted, so I did this.

The small hoe is the one my mother and father used.

Noel

I use the same types , and crawling on hands and knees .
I am hoping to fine stuff like those finger wheels they use on tractors to weed beside the plants and pushes the dirt back up the side of the rows , to limit the amount of hand weeding .

[JSinMO]

Thanks guys , The tiller does the centres great but need some thing to get closer to the plants . Anyone have pictures of unit like that they use to use please post .

Here’s a couple of units I use Dave. The one with the fingers is a great thing for getting in around plants. It was a short handle hand held thing. So I took the short hand handle out and put a long one in like a rake so I could stand and use it. Can’t remember for sure what the tool is called. But it’s like a mini cultivator. I couldn’t buy what I wanted, so I did this.

The small hoe is the one my mother and father used.

Noel

I use the same types , and crawling on hands and knees .
I am hoping to fine stuff like those finger wheels they use on tractors to weed beside the plants and pushes the dirt back up the side of the rows , to limit the amount of hand weeding .

Do you mean something like this rotary hoe?

The one in this picture has 2 sections. If you could find a single section it would be perfect for a garden tractor and would probably fit your row spacing.

If you mean one of these I’ve got one you can have.

I never had much luck using it. I can get rid of more weeds and move more dirt faster with a regular hoe.

[propane1]

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That’s what I was thinking of. I found they worked good, but took a lot of effort to use.


Noel

[Harry]

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Here is a pic of the Troybilt furrower attachment that I used for years. It does an excellent and is adjustable to make the furrower. I used it to firm up the corn stalks.

Keep the Peace
Harry

Harry dose that go on the drop bar behind the tiller ?

Yes David on the top it slips in and a split pin holds it in place. I also used it a lot in my nursery. I would furrower up the rows with the furrower pushing the dirt up around the trees. Then I would put down more wood chips in the row.

Keep the Peace
Harry

[DavidBarkey]

Here’s a couple of units I use Dave. The one with the fingers is a great thing for getting in around plants. It was a short handle hand held thing. So I took the short hand handle out and put a long one in like a rake so I could stand and use it. Can’t remember for sure what the tool is called. But it’s like a mini cultivator. I couldn’t buy what I wanted, so I did this.

The small hoe is the one my mother and father used.

Noel

I use the same types , and crawling on hands and knees .
I am hoping to fine stuff like those finger wheels they use on tractors to weed beside the plants and pushes the dirt back up the side of the rows , to limit the amount of hand weeding .

Do you mean something like this rotary hoe?2D7F8A67-ECE9-4BF4-8519-ABBA051BD584.jpeg
The one in this picture has 2 sections. If you could find a single section it would be perfect for a garden tractor and would probably fit your row spacing.

If you mean one of these I’ve got one you can have. 6A4FCF39-3235-4346-AB05-6D9EE3135D92.jpeg
I never had much luck using it. I can get rid of more weeds and move more dirt faster with a regular hoe.

We have one of those star wheel thing on a handle , it is good for some stuff .

like this but for one row at a time . That won't break the bank

[Eugen]

@DavidBarkey oh wow, I'd have trouble driving the tractor so precisely close to the plants!

In the gardeners groups there's something held in high regard, the stirrup hoe. Apparently it would minimize the pain on back and be easier to go around the plants without killing them, which is usually my biggest concern when I use a regular hoe. I've been thinking of getting one, but I have a small garden, not like Dave.

[DavidBarkey]

@DavidBarkey oh wow, I'd have trouble driving the tractor so precisely close to the plants!

In the gardeners groups there's something held in high regard, the stirrup hoe. Apparently it would minimize the pain on back and be easier to go around the plants without killing them, which is usually my biggest concern when I use a regular hoe. I've been thinking of getting one, but I have a small garden, not like Dave.

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I have one of thoses on the back side of a claw cultivator 2in1 tool I made . Works good but I have a lot to kept weeded and still need to spend time in the shop to make some $$ .

[Eugen]

Dave, do you do anything about the weeds on the row, between successive plants?

So I wonder, what do they do in a commercial setting? Doesn't seem like there exists a solution that does not involve human labour. Or is there?

Where are the robots they promise us for a while?!