Re: What kind of planter for pumpkins?

Posted by Douglas F on April 02, 2005 at 10:51:43 from (66.52.199.101):

In Reply to: Re: What kind of planter for pumpkins? posted by 26Red on April 01, 2005 at 13:32:48:

Our planter is set up for 40" rows. We use that for most all our crops. Cucumbers, squash, corn, beans, gourds. Our tractor is set up with 80" wheel spacing. For most crops, we just drive wheel track ontop of wheel track. But for pumpkins, we plant about 5' in row spacing, and try to set the two units up so that they do not drop at the same time. We then drive wheel track outside of wheel track so we end up with a 40" row then about a 70" row. The pumpkins fill in and you can't even tell when they are done.

We sell all the pumpkins out of the pumpkin patch. We haul wagon loads of people out to the field, they pick them, and we haul the people back in. For decoration and to break up the scenery, we also add sunflowers to our pumpkin mix. It is a good photo opertunity for the parent to take a picture of their kid with a pumpkin under a 10' sunflower.

You might want to check out www.marketfarm.com. They have vacuum planters, and if we were to buy a new one today, I think I would go with the Matermacc planter. Just about the same as the Monosem, but maybe a little more user friendly.

Good luck.

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