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skunkhome
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 Posted - 04/15/2012 : 16:57:29
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Originally posted by cwm1276
How well does the plow do in hard ground? I rototilled for a neighbor this morning, His garden had not been tilled since last spring. It was so hard, after 3 passes I was finally getting it broken up. I am thinking a plow may have broken it up better first.
I would always brake first with plow and then roto-till after it has sat for a few days unless the soil is very light. |
  Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
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Posted - 04/15/2012 : 18:28:13
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I'm a big believer in the plow, but I know on a garden like mine it isn't necessary each year. Now that it's established, the tiller has an easy job. One pass in 1st-Lo and it looks like fresh flour again. Then, when things start to grow, a simple pass through once a week with the cultivator keeps it looking nice and new. I still find a stone now and then, but 99% of them were flung aside over the last couple years, and I don't battle clay.
When opening a new garden for someone, I always start with the plow, whether I think I need to or not. I don't like it with the tiller bucks! =] |
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Cvans
USA
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Posted - 04/15/2012 : 18:45:52
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First the digger and then the tiller. Works for me.
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The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson
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B112
USA
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Posted - 04/15/2012 : 18:58:10
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| Looking good Larry. We only used the plow the first year and tilled every year after. The boss didn't like the tractor in the garden the rest of the year. I'm thinking of trying my own garden this year and using the tractor to clean out the weeds. It will be interesting to hear how you do weed management later in the season. |
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acdad
USA
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Posted - 04/19/2012 : 15:03:58
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Originally posted by larry8200
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Originally posted by cschmidt62
Seams to me these guys are afraid to get the yellow ones dirty! Or are they "Yellow"
Well I'm not afraid to get any of them dirty!!!
But in the end its the Orange that pulls the Yellow out, not vice versa. 
Even though the Big Ten is in it up to her rear end...... I still love that picture! Try taking one of those box store tractors in the mud. It wouldve been too scared to leave the driveway at all! |
Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional!
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larry8200
USA
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Posted - 04/19/2012 : 16:25:41
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"box store tractors in the mud. It wouldve been too scared to leave the driveway at all!"
I think those box store beauty's would break an axle or something soon after putting chains on it. Never make it to the woods!! |
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Roto-Tilling after plowing
