Posted by agpilot on August 25, 2011 at 03:12:35 from (50.33.2.23):
In Reply to: Checkrow Planting posted by Fritz Maurer on August 24, 2011 at 20:29:52:
Hi Firtz: Am I the only one old enough to see it in use and cultivate both ways? Maybe I am the only one awake and online at 4am.. It is something of a learned 'art' in knowing how to Flip the wire over far enough for the next pass. Ya gotta whip the wire each time while moving it so that it moves over as FAR DOWN the LINE as possable. You NEED to FIRST make a marker line at the ends. Drop one of the planter markers onto the ground across the whole end of the field... That marks the location you will place the stake holding the wire each time you move the wire over. The planter tends to keep the wire tight. (assuming a 40 or 80 rod long field) If you keep the wire at about the same tightness AND put the stakes holding the wire in the same marker line ACROSS both ends of the field, you should end up with fairly straight Cross rows. Odd shaped fields make it a lot tougher but if your referance marker across the ends is correct, it will work on odd shaped fields too. Key points are same tightness on wire at all times and the stake holding the wire is put into that same referance mark across the ends. By the way, the stake should be attached to the wire once and never re-attached farther down the line or your likely to get screwed up.. keeping the stake attached to only one spot on the wire is your referance. Anybody have to learn marching in a large group and keeping the rows of people straight in both directions?? It's similar control to check row planting.. I got to be drill sgt in military for a couple months. Nice to see everone in line both ways... (except for one or two screw up guys who I quickly put on extra K.P.)
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