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<blockquote data-quote="Old McDonald" data-source="post: 4994084" data-attributes="member: 47276"><p>[MEDIA=youtube]qNcu7pTEg80[/MEDIA] is the type of planter I had. There are quite a few videos on YouTube, but very little concentration on the actual planting/depositing of the pots in the ground. </p><p></p><p>When I was much younger, father contracted somebody with a ridger very similar to yours. Also pulled by the Fergie, actually the one I eventually bought, the contractor would make all the ridges. We would then muck the bottom of the drills, hand plant and the contractor would run along the tops of the ridges (equal spacing front and rear tyres) and split the ridges over the planted seed pots. We would then in due course use a draw hoe to knock out the weeds between the young potato plants and the same ridger would be used to remake the ridges. We (or rather father with my assistance) used to grow up to about an acre and a half this way. On my own place we grew a few acres each year.</p><p></p><p>Your ridger is adjustable for row width. Make the two outside ridger points exactly the same width as your tractor tyre mid points (remember - equal width centre to centre front and back) adjusting your wheel width as necessary. We also grew on narrower rows than most folks. Father liked 26" and I went to 28" because we mainly grew on haugh land that was very light and I liked that little bit more soil cover.</p><p></p><p>Any more questions - just ask.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old McDonald, post: 4994084, member: 47276"] [MEDIA=youtube]qNcu7pTEg80[/MEDIA] is the type of planter I had. There are quite a few videos on YouTube, but very little concentration on the actual planting/depositing of the pots in the ground. When I was much younger, father contracted somebody with a ridger very similar to yours. Also pulled by the Fergie, actually the one I eventually bought, the contractor would make all the ridges. We would then muck the bottom of the drills, hand plant and the contractor would run along the tops of the ridges (equal spacing front and rear tyres) and split the ridges over the planted seed pots. We would then in due course use a draw hoe to knock out the weeds between the young potato plants and the same ridger would be used to remake the ridges. We (or rather father with my assistance) used to grow up to about an acre and a half this way. On my own place we grew a few acres each year. Your ridger is adjustable for row width. Make the two outside ridger points exactly the same width as your tractor tyre mid points (remember - equal width centre to centre front and back) adjusting your wheel width as necessary. We also grew on narrower rows than most folks. Father liked 26" and I went to 28" because we mainly grew on haugh land that was very light and I liked that little bit more soil cover. Any more questions - just ask. [/QUOTE]
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