Small AC's with a big heart
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Topic: Small AC's with a big heart
Posted By: Joe/NC
Subject: Small AC's with a big heart
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2011 at 8:36pm
We discussed what we farm with a few days ago. We prepared our garden areas today. We will be trying black plastic mulch with drip tape this year. Here is our "plow day". The D 10 series done the tiller work and the Series III handled the mulch layer.   
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2011 at 8:46pm
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That is going to be one fine garden. Great to see those AC's earning their keep. Those small AC's are some tough tractors.
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Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 6:44am
| Wow nice work and workin tractors. What fine soil you have, sure aint clay lol. |
Posted By: JohnThomas
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 7:23am
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Really nice! I'm green with envy!
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Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 7:34am
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yes they have some great dirt down there for sure
------------- Charlie '48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD |
Posted By: Jack(Ky)
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 7:42am
| You need to haul in a few loads of big rocks to scatter around so you know how the rest of us live.LOL Actually that is a nice looking garden with great dirt and nice AC's doing the work. I have always said that AC horsepower was different than the other brands.JP |
Posted By: Joe/NC
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 9:21am
| Yeppers, it is sandy loam. Great for this type farming. But if I had clay soil I bet the tiller would have to be a bit smaller. |
Posted By: PBSoMd
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 12:36pm
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Hey Joe, looks good! Glad to see those AC's at work, we have that same tiller, but we pull it behind a 5050, "the clay you was talking about". It's still a little wet up here yet, but it won't be long. Have not got your sign mounted yet, still looks good in the back of the shop though!
Thanks for the pictures, Parran
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Posted By: TMiller/NC
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 3:37pm
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Joe, do you set the plants through holes in the plastic, if so is the plastic pre punched?
I set 50 strawberry plants through plastic that I punched by hand, would not be much fun for a large garden. Tim
PS.....I'm from the rocky part of NC.
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Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 7:54pm
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What are you planting through that, and do you keep the same setup multiple years? I like the attachment that lays out the plastic and the drip pipe, but I was thinking the drip pipe would be impossible to reuse after the firsttime. Neat setup though. Excellent way to do the irrigating and weed control all in one step. ------------- 1955 WD45 diesel 203322 was my dad's tractor, 1966 D15 23530, 1961 HD3 Crawler 1918, 1966 D17 IV 83495, 1937 WC 41255, 1962 D19 6221 |
Posted By: GBACBFan
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 8:01pm
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Chuck, your mailbox is full. ------------- "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Joe/NC
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:17pm
| This is a bit of a trial for us. I have been doing conventional tillage and overhead irrigation. We plan to plant our usual crops, tomatoes, pepper, squash, melons, peas, butter beans , sweet corn , okra and collards. Trans plants will be by hand. I am looking at a variety of hand seeders for the corn and peas. |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 10:51pm
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Joe what brand is your machine and where do you buy your plastic from? I'm thinking about going that route in the future...will experiment with a small plot this year by hand. We need to get more heat to our peppers, melons and eggplant in our short growing season. ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2011 at 2:09am
| dang!! don't ya'' let my ole lady....oooops...i mean my loving wife see yer garden....or it'll cost me more money!!! lol...great lookin pics tho! |