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Planting Garlic

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Pete

10-23-2003 16:28:18




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Anyone got any ideas for a garlic planter? I need an implement (3 pt or drawbar) that my Super A could pull to drop and space the garlic into a one row furrow. I can make the furrow in a seperate pass with the tractor and I could close the furrow in another seperate tractor pass if I need to. So, what I really need is something that would drop and space the garlic while I drive the tractor. I don't have anyone to help me plant and it's pretty slow going to walk down the rows with a bucket and drop the garlic cloves in place by hand. (I do about a 1/2 acre yr) What might work? Potato planter? bulb planter???
Could I modify something?
Pete

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JK-NY

10-25-2003 06:00:03




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 Re: Planting Garlic in reply to Pete, 10-23-2003 16:28:18  

The other posts give good advice about adapting a transplanter. As you know garlc has to planted root side down so there is no way to completely automate it for a small scale. The next issue is , your A will be too fast in low gear to achieve the spacing for garlic, MIGHT work if you get a one row transplanter/cabbage setter with 2 seats and have 2 people ride it to do one row.So you are faced with eihter getting some help to spped things up or doing it by hand alone. Hope this helps.

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Chuck

10-24-2003 14:36:54




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 Re: Planting Garlic in reply to Pete, 10-23-2003 16:28:18  
You might want to check Garlic info @ Oregon State Univ Web... Link



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Indydirtfarmer

10-24-2003 04:15:28




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 Re: Planting Garlic in reply to Pete, 10-23-2003 16:28:18  
We started growing garlic for our own use, about 20 years ago. About 10 years later, we started growing it "commercially". I havn't found any way of planting it, other than by hand. We grow about an acre and a half. We plant our "rows" about a foot apart. Each clove is placed about 8"s apart, in the row. Then we mulch with straw, about 2"-3" deep. Stand back and wait for next June. I use the end of a broom handle to make a "hole", about 3" deep. I do about 50 holes, then backtrack and drop the cloves in the holes. Then I take a rake, and pull some dirt over the planted cloves. It's slow going for sure. It takes my wife and I an entire day to plant our "crop". If you come up with a better "idea", please pass it on. We end up digging it with a shovel. Just about as slow. We end up with a years supply for us, and the mother-in-law, plus sell enough to make it VERY much worthwhile. Good luck, John

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Mike F

10-24-2003 12:33:07




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 Re: Re: Planting Garlic in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 10-24-2003 04:15:28  
I plant about 4000 cloves of elephant garic and use the broom handle method-100 at a time.The cloves have to be turned in the same direction and right side up or your plants will not grow in the same direction -leaves are 180de. off this way they will grow to the side of the row



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Duner Wi

10-23-2003 18:53:39




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 Re: Planting Garlic in reply to Pete, 10-23-2003 16:28:18  
Never planted garlic, so I don't know anything. Having said that how about using an old tobacco planter. You say you need a one man operation. So remove the water barrel and get your self some PVC pipe and direct one end to the shoe and the other end up to the seat of the "A" with a funnel on your end. The thing is I don't know how close you plant garlic so you might be over employed . I have planted tobacco with an "A" so have a little idea what goes on. I would guess about a 3inch pipe at close to a 45 degree angle. Now if you were clever how about using the "A" cultivator and mount the tobacco planter shoe up fronton the cultivator so you can keep better track of what is going on. Good luck.

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kyhayman

10-24-2003 18:06:06




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 Re: Re: Planting Garlic in reply to Duner Wi, 10-23-2003 18:53:39  
I use a piece of 2" pipe in the shoe of a Mechanical brand tobacco setter. For what it's worth I'd spend $20.00 and get a buddy to help me, would only take a couple of hours for a 1/2 acre. Let him drive, give him the $20, and have a case of cold beer for him to have all he wants after its planted. I seed corn. squahs, and pumpkins, plus transplants with mine. Takes about 4 hrs per acre.



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bob

10-24-2003 12:41:41




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 Re: Re: Planting Garlic in reply to Duner Wi, 10-23-2003 18:53:39  
Have planted potatoes this way with old tobacco setter. Made chute out of sheet metal to drop potatoes into shoe. Worked out real well.



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Chris L

10-23-2003 17:26:45




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 Re: Planting Garlic in reply to Pete, 10-23-2003 16:28:18  
maybe an old tree planter



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