Weeds

[samhill]

dont know price on paraquat, double dose diquat might be effective and cheaper?

[hobbyfrmr]

Pour,

I forgot about the rodweeder! Hows that for assertive farming! I harrow pack sand then yes, rodweeder after planing cereal on heavy land. The rodweeder is no good in sand it just plows it. Then post emerged cereals get smashed in the face with harrows . Its a crap shoot with harrowing. Its a last minute decision for oats.
The Lemken is a sweet machine. One neighbor called and complimented on the finish.
It is no good in hemp stubble. You cant "roll" anything over hemp stubble it wraps on the bearing seals and then the fancy language come out.

[hobbyfrmr]

Pourfarmer,

I am not so sure what will happen in a 5 foot tall seeet clover field.
The Lemken pulls heavy. I underestimated the draft. I boosted a tractor to 400 hp and it pulls 2.5 inches deep at 8mph . I figured I would go slower, no big deal but so far as recommended faster does a better job of throwing soil and plants into a mix.
I will have to go slower at plowdown to bury more plant. I am pretty sure a bigger newer tractor would help things. Maybe next year if I can break even.

[farmaholic]

Hobby, you could buy that tractor if you quit wasting so much money on the wife and kids, get your priorities straight man!!!!!

[hobbyfrmr]

My good friend gave me insight this winter. I was pretty keen on uprading a tractor. I was rationalizing with him about the benefits. Then he says you will be financing $70,000 for a machine that will work for 6 weeks and then go back to sit in the shed for 10 months .
So , I thought about that, then I got drunk an bought a Lemken!

[farmaholic]

How many hours a year do you put on your tractor(s)?

Here's a solution.... buy it for the wife, and tell her she looks good in it!

[farmaholic]

Hey you Organic guys.... did you ever use a deadrod on the last row of shanks on a deep tillage cultivator. Excellent for turning the weeds out and leaving trash on top. Or don't you summerfallow anymore. Maybe good for preseed tillage if there isn't too much trash to contend with. It seemed to firm up the land too. Rod weeders tended to "peak out" of the ground now and then.

[hobbyfrmr]

Approx 300 hours on the main one and 150 on a second tractor. I think my wife would see right through the old " you look good in it" attempt.
Its just a tractor, they make them everyday.
Construction industry runs equipment for many more hours than ag.

[hobbyfrmr]

Neighbors use a dead rod and it seems to work. As described Farmaholic sometimes the rod weeder does not go in the soil as anticipated.