Making Rows

Jim in Western MI · Jun 21, 2011

Hate to ask such a naive question to a room full of experienced experts, but I'm tending a garden this year with real rows, and my garden for years has just been flat plowed and disc'd. And I'm envious of the rows..., if for nothing else than less bending to pick beans! I have an 8N and Dearborn 14/2 plow, 5-tine cultivator, and 2-gang heavy disc. What do I need to do rows? And how? Pictures would help. (Laughing permitted!)

BCnT · Jun 21, 2011

we used the same tractor and plow you have to make watermelon beds...all you do is plow 2 rows into each other..example plow 1 side going north...turn around and put the right hand tire against the freshly plowed hill and plow another into it going south...if the tires are set wide enuff apart on your tractor you can straddle the bed and use the cultivator to prepare the top of the bed...we always hand raked ours level.

a double middle buster makes it possible to plow narrower rows for tomatoes,beans,etc.

Tim(nj) · Jun 21, 2011

Agri-Supply sells this thing (plus attachments) to make rows. Depending on what kind of cultivator you have, you may be able add hillers to that.
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RayP(MI) · Jun 21, 2011

I plow, disk my garden with regular field equipment. Last pass I make with a drag (springtooth harrow). Simply plant in the grooves left by the drag. Spacing is whatever I need, depending on particular crop. You would be suprised how straight I can drive across the garden. My garden is about the size of a football field. Use the previous pass with the drag to line up for next pass.

maxwell99 · Jun 21, 2011

I use this hiller tool to make raised rows.
made out of an old disk (rear gang)
also can use it to hill up rows of corn.

great little tool: homemade unit but they sell a tool like it

Dean Olson · Jun 22, 2011

I have a Farmall Super C with fast hitch. I keep about 1/2 acre of garden. I plow,disc,then drag with a spike tooth harrow.
Next I use my 2 row planter with row markers and plant eveything that it will plant. Corn,beans,peas, etc.
I will run it empty to lay out the rest of the rows to plant my tomato,pepper etc plants.
My soil allows me to plant flat with no problems. I have a fast hitch middle buster that I used to mound up around the corn & potatoes. It works great to dig the potatoes also.

It makes it easy to have long, straight pretty rows.

Tx Jim · Jun 22, 2011

Jim in Eastern NC
You need a lister AKA bedder. All rowcrops were planted on beds back in my youth. My father stated crops wouldn't grow if planted on flat ground but all rowcrops are flat planted here now.

jackinok · Jun 22, 2011

maybe i'm confused,by rows are you meaning crops planted on hills?or are you meaning your crops are planted in the bottom of furrows?two different things two diferent reasons for doing it.normally you plant on top of a turned up row because ground stays too wet and you need to dry ground out to stop seed from rotting, plants from molding etc..you plant in the bottoms of turned up rows to conserve moisture.as you cultivate you turn soil back against plant leaving roots way down in contact with subsoil moisture.if your planting on tops of hills what you want is a lister plow to turn up your rows,if you want a to plant bottoms you want a lister planter that plants seeds below furrow bottom.like i say different ways for different areas.we couldnt plant on top of a lister row for anything here,youd never get a seed to germinate. but if it works in your area thats the way to go.these days there are bed makers and thing that work all on the same principal.

Deere Scotty · Jun 22, 2011

If You are are asking how to plant straight accurate rows; then it looks like You need a 1, or 2 row plater for the tractor. I planted 12 rows of beans, 12 of corn this year with a 6 row JD planter, & have a 2 row row crop cultivator. I even planted the peppers, tomatoes, lettuce etc, exactly 30 inches apart so I can cultivate across, & down the rows!

Briar Hill Brittanys · Jun 22, 2011

Here's my version, bought the discs from Agri Supply. Daubered the frame together (not much of a welder, and I don't play one on
TV :mrgreen: ) Even made the clamps.

Don't have pictures of the hills, but it makes right nice ones. Added benefit is it digs out a little furrow right next to the hill that collects water. Mark

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