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<blockquote data-quote="New Puritan" data-source="post: 4993588" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>Apologies for barging into this thread with my own question, but it is related and I thought the collective wisdom of the people who have posted here would make it the best place to put it...</p><p></p><p>When I took on my farm tenancy, various people I know misunderstood what an arable farm is and expressed interest in buying produce directly from me. To this end, I'm going to try growing about an eighth of an acre of potatoes this year. I've grown spuds all my life (my mum found a photo of me aged two helping earth some up in our garden, only the other day), so I do know roughly what I am doing, but even an eighth of an acre represents a significant scaling up for me on potatoes.</p><p></p><p>I have a grey Fergie ridger and a (very) old Ransomes friction drive spinner. Whilst I <em>could</em> do this area all by hand anyway, using the two bits of kit behind a small tractor might make life easier. Has anyone planted spuds using a ridger, as I don't have a proper potato planter? I was thinking I could use it to create trenches to place the potatoes in by hand, and then run along again but a foot over, to fill the trenches in and start to form the banks. Does anyone have a constructive opinion on this please?</p><p></p><p>Here's the ridger btw:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]656640[/ATTACH]</p><p>Many thanks in advance for any advice given, as ever.</p><p>NP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New Puritan, post: 4993588, member: 39018"] Apologies for barging into this thread with my own question, but it is related and I thought the collective wisdom of the people who have posted here would make it the best place to put it... When I took on my farm tenancy, various people I know misunderstood what an arable farm is and expressed interest in buying produce directly from me. To this end, I'm going to try growing about an eighth of an acre of potatoes this year. I've grown spuds all my life (my mum found a photo of me aged two helping earth some up in our garden, only the other day), so I do know roughly what I am doing, but even an eighth of an acre represents a significant scaling up for me on potatoes. I have a grey Fergie ridger and a (very) old Ransomes friction drive spinner. Whilst I [I]could[/I] do this area all by hand anyway, using the two bits of kit behind a small tractor might make life easier. Has anyone planted spuds using a ridger, as I don't have a proper potato planter? I was thinking I could use it to create trenches to place the potatoes in by hand, and then run along again but a foot over, to fill the trenches in and start to form the banks. Does anyone have a constructive opinion on this please? Here's the ridger btw: [ATTACH=full]656640[/ATTACH] Many thanks in advance for any advice given, as ever. NP. [/QUOTE]
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