am going to plant swedes and spuds in drills this year anyone know the best way to weed them without herbicides have an old scarifier and a fergie cultivator have been told they are the tools to use for weeding is this correct,are any other implements out there that can do this job
fergie cultivator
- Thread starter aleary5a
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If you are drilling the swedes I'd say a steerage hoe is best for them.
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
I know nothing about steerage hoe
9 tyne fergie cultivator is what I have seen used
9 tyne fergie cultivator is what I have seen used
grainboy
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- Bedfordshire
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- 200 miles N,NW of New York
steerage hoe is for sowing on the flat, the op is sowing in drills,
so turnips in drills, after there through and not to big, scerfire them, and hoe by hand, then go through them with a Fergie spring tine cultivator a couple of times over the following weeks till big enough to smother the weeds,
with spuds, plant with Ferguson planter and fur them upright way,, the after a week run the drills down very lightly with some saddle harrows, then fur them back up, after there through and weeds growing again between the rows with Fergie cultivator again a fur back up,
then on a day when soil is very damp fur up for the last time
so turnips in drills, after there through and not to big, scerfire them, and hoe by hand, then go through them with a Fergie spring tine cultivator a couple of times over the following weeks till big enough to smother the weeds,
with spuds, plant with Ferguson planter and fur them upright way,, the after a week run the drills down very lightly with some saddle harrows, then fur them back up, after there through and weeds growing again between the rows with Fergie cultivator again a fur back up,
then on a day when soil is very damp fur up for the last time
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
picture would be best but this is good
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- 200 miles N,NW of New York
how many acre have you got
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- Scottish Highlands
have seen the harrows at auctions didnt know what they were for, my cultivators different to that one heres a photo, the plot is at least 1/2 an acre, have tried hoeing by hand and its no fun, trying to find a way to make things as easy as possible. have some old implements just need to learn how to use them properly.
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- 200 miles N,NW of New York
no that cultivator you ave is no good for crop care and weed control,
you need the Fergie type shown below, has softer springs, and easy to alter for row crop work
you need the Fergie type shown below, has softer springs, and easy to alter for row crop work
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- Scottish Highlands
I also have a set of Fergie harrows as shown in the OP's photograph. Frankly, I can't see how they could be used for weeding a crop. How do you weed with the cultivator between the plants? Yeah, I was being a bit facetious posting the picture of a hand hoe but they do work and I've spent many long (unhappy) hours using them! You get into a rhythm, like turning swathes of hay with a hay fork, which I have also done.
The Fergie harrows are excellent for ripping up a small patch of arable ground and I have used mine for a bit of no-till. I ripped up some old grassland after Roundup, then used spiked chain harrows to knock the soil off the clods, finally burnt off the rubbish after a few nice drying days. Worked a treat as I don't have a plough. I now have a decent sward on a useful padock of about an acre that otherwise would have gone to waste.
Didn't most use a drill plough for "weeding" roots and spuds? And a ridge harrow?
The Fergie harrows are excellent for ripping up a small patch of arable ground and I have used mine for a bit of no-till. I ripped up some old grassland after Roundup, then used spiked chain harrows to knock the soil off the clods, finally burnt off the rubbish after a few nice drying days. Worked a treat as I don't have a plough. I now have a decent sward on a useful padock of about an acre that otherwise would have gone to waste.
Didn't most use a drill plough for "weeding" roots and spuds? And a ridge harrow?
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- West Yorkshire
Or some reekie finger weeders
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- Scottish Highlands
Half an acre? Roll up your sleeves and do it by hand!
grainboy
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- Bedfordshire
Stand corrected on my comment, but do have some Reekie Weeders available, will dig them out tomorrow,
Mydexta
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- Dundee/angus
That's what you need for you're turnip drills