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Brian in MI

05-18-2008 13:59:30




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I finally got around to plow up the small plot I intend to plant sweet corn in. I sprayed the grass a week ago with round up to kill grass, but been so cool it is taking forever to kill it. Hope to plant by Memorial weekend. Used my 3910 with a Ford 101 2 botm 14" and disced with a Ford 202 6.5' disc. That is wonderful North Branch sand. This is my first time to plow this big of an area.
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rexhellwig

05-20-2008 14:24:33




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-18-2008 13:59:30  
The pictures are so good that I can smell the fresh dirt.



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Matt in the Thumb

05-19-2008 10:03:46




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-18-2008 13:59:30  
Looks like ya need a bigger plow! I pull a 2x14 with a much smaller and less powerful old 2N. I bet that 3910 just idles right along.



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Brian in MI

05-19-2008 13:15:22




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Matt in the Thumb, 05-19-2008 10:03:46  
ya that 3910 didn't even break a sweat. I hope to trade up to a 3 X 14 Ford 101 by next spring.



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Paul from MI

05-19-2008 03:33:32




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-18-2008 13:59:30  
Nice job plowing!! Darn cooons & deer usually get all of mine, don't know how they know right to the day when it's ready.
Paul



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Spook

05-18-2008 20:45:52




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-18-2008 13:59:30  
Nice job on the plowing.



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shawnspeed3

05-18-2008 17:57:46




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-18-2008 13:59:30  
you wern't in lapeer grain saturday morning between 9-10 wiyh yer little ones, looking at sweet corn and a qt. of roundup by any chance???



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Brian in MI

05-19-2008 13:11:57




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to shawnspeed3, 05-18-2008 17:57:46  
No, that wasn't me. I had to have surgery on my ankle Friday morning, so I was incapasitated all weekend. I hope to get there this weekend, My dad usually goes to UAP by Imlay City I may try there also.


I hear ya about the Raccoons, I may try an eletric fence and a .22 mag to keep them at bay.



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shawnspeed3

05-20-2008 04:35:44




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-19-2008 13:11:57  
let me save you a trip to lapeer...they only have a 10 lb bag of one variety left, ambrosia I do belive, and won't be ordering any more till next year according to the gentleman behind the counter.



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Brian in MI

05-20-2008 14:17:37




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to shawnspeed3, 05-20-2008 04:35:44  
Thanks for the tip. My broken ankle has put me behind the "8 Ball" on alot of things.



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1936

05-18-2008 15:29:06




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-18-2008 13:59:30  
Nice work. I can hear the racoons lining up in the woods.



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M Moline Fan

05-18-2008 17:48:48




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to 1936, 05-18-2008 15:29:06  
10-4 on the racoons-- and deer! If they leave you alone what will you do with THAT much sweet corn? Farmer's market? You'll have a BUNCH-- or not. I did that once a few years back, a 1 acre garden. Was fun growing stuff, but a lot of it went to waste. BTW, it was by a woods too and surprisingly the varmits didn't find it.



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Brian in MI

05-19-2008 13:18:14




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to M Moline Fan, 05-18-2008 17:48:48  
If it all works out ok my wife and I may go to the Farmers Market, but probabally will do a road side stand with other items from the garden.



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jdemaris

05-18-2008 15:01:09




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-18-2008 13:59:30  
That grass almost doesn't look tall enough for Roundup to work well on it - especially in springtime when nutrients are going the wrong direction. I think our weather here in New York is a week or so ahead of your's - and I just got done plowing. I sprayed two weeks ago when the grass was 6"-8" and know I could of waited a little longer. But - I was afraid of the normal wet weather coming for a month and then not being able to do anything. I planted one patch of untreated sweet corn late yesterday and now it's getting so cold and wet - it might just rot. We'll see.

I've been watching temps in Northern MI - lower peninsula just below the Mac bridge where I have farm land (Presque Isle Co). I know there - it's at least a week behind us here - and I suppose the UP is worse. What part of MI are you in?
I'm envious of the soil in the photo and can't hardly imagine what it's like to plow - as compared to here where it's half rocks and muck.

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Brian in MI

05-19-2008 13:22:10




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to jdemaris, 05-18-2008 15:01:09  
I'am in Lapeer Co. Right inbetween Pt. Huron and Flint, and about 12 miles north of I-69



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jdemaris

05-19-2008 17:51:34




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-19-2008 13:22:10  
Ok, you're "down south" as compared the farm-land I have just below the Mac bridge. Must be even colder there - I guess (haven't been there yet this spring).



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leeb

05-18-2008 14:14:21




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 Re: plowed up sweet corn plot in reply to Brian in MI, 05-18-2008 13:59:30  
I keep forgeting how late ya'll plant up north, we'll be eating fresh sweet corn on Memorial Day.



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