Posted by Paul on April 01, 2013 at 07:28:10 from (66.60.223.232):
In Reply to: First cultivation posted by aarolar on March 31, 2013 at 14:10:26:
It was 17 degrees this morning, should get up to 33 for a high, so your message is sort of a April fools to me....
In corn-soybean farming, if you see the weeds come up you waited too long for the first cultivation. Typically a drag or rotary hoe operation for the first time. Need to get that first flush when they are still little white hairs almost ready to beak the surface.
So, I'd be going with the cultivator.
But I'm not used to your type of crops, so take that into consideration..... I'd sure run a shallow angled harrow aka drag over the corn just as I see the first cracking or the soil, or a couple leaves just starting to poke up. You won't hurt much corn at all tho it looks scary, and the weeds would have been ripped up. Probably too late for that now by the time you are reading this.
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