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Plowing next years garden

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Jody

11-29-2002 16:40:14




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I just plowed my spot for next years garden today with a 2 bottom plow. It's about 125'x 75'. The ground has been in pasture for about 50 years, and the plow turned it over like butter. Should I go ahead and disc it now and again in the spring or just wait until spring? Also, what sort of plow would be best for laying off rows this spring? I am using a Ford NAA. Thanks.




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Hugh MacKay

11-29-2002 18:55:14




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 Re: plowing next years garden in reply to Jody, 11-29-2002 16:40:14  
As you stated you have a good plowing job done. You have plowed down old pasture sod. I personally wouldn't touch it again until spring. That old sod will rot far better and faster if you leave the exposure the furrow gives. You have air space under those furrows, and discing will to some degree close that off.



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Jody

11-29-2002 19:09:09




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 Re: Re: plowing next years garden in reply to Hugh MacKay, 11-29-2002 18:55:14  
How about laying off rows? Someone told me to just use a cultivator with a special wide foot in the middle. Should I do that or is there a particular layoff plow?



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Hugh MacKay

11-30-2002 02:21:47




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 Re: Re: Re: plowing next years garden in reply to Jody, 11-29-2002 19:09:09  
Jody: I have my tractor set on 52" centers on tires. I use a tool bar on my hitch with 3 - 12" hiller or potato hoes. They are just a V shaped point on a cultivator shank. I have been using three regular 16" s-tine shank. This winter I intend to get 3 of the large s-tine shanks. The configuration I use is one hoe behind each tractor wheel and one in center. Each pass gives me two 26" rows. I like this system as I can plant small crops that don't require a lot of room in the 26 " rows. When I get into items like beans, tomatoes, etc that require more room I just plant every other row, and on items like pumkins I may give more room.

When I am making rows, I just make two at a time, and at each pass I travel my tractor wheel in V of last pass. This system keeps my rows as straight as the first one and keeps every thing parallel. For row crop cultivation I use s-tines on tool bars. With quick adjustment I can move to suit 2 rows or one row down middle of tractor.

If you live anywhere in rural or ever suburban North America where row crops have been grown; you will be judged on how straight and parallel your rows are. a lot of the critics will not even notice your crop, and how good or poor it is if the rows are straight.

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hay

11-30-2002 02:18:50




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 Re: Re: Re: plowing next years garden in reply to Jody, 11-29-2002 19:09:09  
some folks use a hiller and some even use middle busters. when i had a large garden i used to disc the area smooth and just drive over it in straight rows to mark it off. then i would plant and when the plants come up, hook up the cultivators and go over the middles somewhat shallow so i don't throw a lot of soil on the plants. then later on the second cultivation go a little deeper and a bit faster to sort of hill up the rows.

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