view from the tractor

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Hopefully it loosens up the crusty sol and lets moisture try and evaporate and that moisture is captured by the corn roots. (farmers are the greatest BS'ers).

oic! reverse osmosis! lol

makes sense to me... thanks for the bio/science ag lesson... never would have been able to think that one up myself... I know farmers and they till too, but to get oxygen down to the roots... but, their's is on a smaller scale... do you fertilize ur corn? if so with what and when? dry or wet?...

btw - fs - did I miss the pix of ur sit-me-down cole rider planter? or is the Patent still Pending?...

 

[farmer steve]

Looks like a 2 row Dearborn cultivator , AKA ford, Am I correct, ( memories )
i believe it is a pittsburg cultivator.

( I love it )

Esp. late corn. When will that corn be ready ?

i;m thinking this was planted for labor day weekend.

 

[farmer steve]

oic! reverse osmosis! lol

makes sense to me... thanks for the bio/science ag lesson... never would have been able to think that one up myself... I know farmers and they till too, but to get oxygen down to the roots... but, their's is on a smaller scale... do you fertilize ur corn? if so with what and when? dry or wet?...

btw - fs - did I miss the pix of ur sit-me-down cole rider planter? or is the Patent still Pending?...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

wish I could give you more than one like there, fs. pretty cool! since cars are going hands-off controls... I wonder if it will be long before we see tractors running and operation hands-off on farms and ranches, etc? can driver-less be far behind??... I showed your post and vid to my SO... and she said maybe we could get one for the garden! think she thinks yours weeds, too!!

thanks for the post, interesting... sure speeds things up. wonder what gear the tractor is in, Low Range, 1? 2"....

think I would have to add a sun umbrella...

 

[farmer steve]

wish I could give you more than one like there, fs. pretty cool! since cars are going hands-off controls... I wonder if it will be long before we see tractors running and operation hands-off on farms and ranches, etc? can driver-less be far behind??... I showed your post and vid to my SO... and she said maybe we could get one for the garden! think she thinks yours weeds, too!!

thanks for the post, interesting... sure speeds things up. wonder what gear the tractor is in, Low Range, 1? 2"....

think I would have to add a sun umbrella...

low range low gear@idle. otherwise the help can't keep up with the machine.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

low range low gear@idle. otherwise the help can't keep up with the machine.

oic... hadn't thot of the throttle position... sure as he** wouldn't want it at PTO speed! nope!!

 

[amberg]

Now that looks like a job that I can do, Sitting down while planting the garden. Pretty neat machine.

 

[farmer steve]

Now that looks like a job that I can do, Sitting down while planting the garden. Pretty neat machine.

you only plant 600 tomatoes once by hand.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

you only plant 600 tomatoes once by hand.

that would never happen to me... lol. well, for several reasons... one certainly is... I read, take in... and listen!

I hear you....

are cutworms a problem there?...

 

[amberg]

you only plant 600 tomatoes once by hand.

As BL said, would never happen to me either, I can hardly get 6 plants set out by hand.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

As BL said, would never happen to me either, I can hardly get 6 plants set out by hand.

funny, huh!? but you got a zillion spuds out... and even more in corn... what was it? 52,000 ears and some change ?.... lol

 

[amberg]

funny, huh!? but you got a zillion spuds out... and even more in corn... what was it? 52,000 ears and some change ?.... lol

Actually I drove the tractor to lay the rows off while my 73 year old buddy planted all those taters.

 

[El Moobs]

I like this thread......

MOO

 

[El Moobs]

He's a little older now.

 

[amberg]

He's a little older now.

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Looks like you might have spoiled him just a little. Nice lot you got there.

 

[El Moobs]

He's real spoiled. I think I could ride the big feller.

He's heading to the slaughterhouse on the 17th though.

 

[amberg]

He's real spoiled. I think I could ride the big feller.

He's heading to the slaughterhouse on the 17th though.

To bad, Do you think he will weigh 1100 # I think he will. ( or more ) Maybe 1200# . lots of meat there.

 

[El Moobs]

To bad, Do you think he will weigh 1100 # I think he will. ( or more ) Maybe 1200# . lots of meat there.

I've got 1200 in mind. He's pretty thick.

 

[farmer steve]

Don't think I have seen any silver duchess around here, where do you get the seed at? I might try some next year. How does the seed size compare to silver queen for seed plate sizing? I can use a B7-24x for the silver queen most years. with the exception of last year when the plates were cracking to many seeds because of the extreme size difference.

Here's a pic of some silver duchess i picked yesterday afternoon for supper last evening. ears are 8-9" long.

 

[amberg]

Here's a pic of some silver duchess i picked yesterday afternoon for supper last evening. ears are 8-9" long.
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I like the looks of that. Might have to plant some next year. How close can it be planted next to silver queen?