notjustair
Well-known Member
... your pocket knife is dull from constantly using it
as a shovel to check seed depth. We are so terribly
dry here in NE KS that I am planting beans at
depths I never have before. Some fields there is
some moisture so I am planting deep to get them to
germinate. Some fields (most at this point) are so
dry I am dusting them in hoping that they don?t try to
germinate until a rain.
I had a first for me. My 1760 no till planter wouldn?t
stay in the ground because one field was so hard. I
usually work that field but decided not to because
there was a little moisture. As I planted further south
on it the top got harder and harder. At that point I
tied the planter up out of flex to force the center
rows back down more and put 80 pounds of air in
the air bags. With the Yetter spike tooth closing
wheel it didn?t make too bad of a furrow condition,
but I have always bragged that the planter could get
something to grow on a blacktop. I hope it proves
me right this year. I?ve still got about 500 acres left
to plant and am pretty discouraged with the
conditions. That?s farming, I guess!
as a shovel to check seed depth. We are so terribly
dry here in NE KS that I am planting beans at
depths I never have before. Some fields there is
some moisture so I am planting deep to get them to
germinate. Some fields (most at this point) are so
dry I am dusting them in hoping that they don?t try to
germinate until a rain.
I had a first for me. My 1760 no till planter wouldn?t
stay in the ground because one field was so hard. I
usually work that field but decided not to because
there was a little moisture. As I planted further south
on it the top got harder and harder. At that point I
tied the planter up out of flex to force the center
rows back down more and put 80 pounds of air in
the air bags. With the Yetter spike tooth closing
wheel it didn?t make too bad of a furrow condition,
but I have always bragged that the planter could get
something to grow on a blacktop. I hope it proves
me right this year. I?ve still got about 500 acres left
to plant and am pretty discouraged with the
conditions. That?s farming, I guess!
