BCS Plastic Mulch Layer on a Small Tractor: Plasticulture

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  • @robinwithrow-wong9286
    @robinwithrow-wong9286 หลายเดือนก่อน

    explaining how the machine worked and the adjustments you made was super helpful. I have a kubota LA 344 and was trying to decide if it would pull the implement. Thinking I might be able to do this!

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  หลายเดือนก่อน

      It would. I'm pulling it with a B7100d. 16 hp. The real trick is the soil conditions.

  • @frenchfryfarmer436
    @frenchfryfarmer436 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a similar one ...was gonna use it until my friend brought over his Rainflo 2550. Good to see yours working.

  • @rocketrob3324
    @rocketrob3324 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great informative video! Thank you!

  • @raymondlungu421
    @raymondlungu421 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i love what you doing am inspired.

  • @nadinesarrouh923
    @nadinesarrouh923 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for sharing this video.
    Please, I have one question regarding the tractor on which you operated the mulch layer. How many hp is it?
    Thank you.

  • @Rubberduckywon
    @Rubberduckywon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video! It was great!

  • @ricoreich9462
    @ricoreich9462 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey, what is your experience with mulchplastig so far? We will start soon and in terms of row distance we find the 30" beds having soem downside because for big lettuce heads as we need them here we need a rowdistance of 30 cm (3 rows) which is not working in unmulched beds? Would it work in these beds?

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When the plastic settles the bed is about 24" wide. You have to lay down something in the pathways or they fill with weeds

    • @ricoreich9462
      @ricoreich9462 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@farmerkeith with row distance i mean the distance between the rows of plants, not the beds. So usually here most people pland lettuce heads 30x30 cm wide

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Leaf lettuce 8" between rows and 6" in row. Head lettuce 8" between rows and 10" in row

    • @ricoreich9462
      @ricoreich9462 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@farmerkeithwell im more wondering if planting so close to the edge of the bed, as i describe it, would work?

  • @zakparsons-c9t
    @zakparsons-c9t 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I need one of these

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm still trying to tune it in.

  • @JeffVarcoe
    @JeffVarcoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are you able to keep the 18" walkways and still use plastic mulch layer? Or, do you need to increase the size of your walkways (assuming you're not just mulching every second bed)??

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes and Yes

    • @JeffVarcoe
      @JeffVarcoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@farmerkeith thanks for your response but that didn't clarify anything. If you are laying plastic mulch on every 30" bed what size walkways are you using?

    • @hermetix7231
      @hermetix7231 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

  • @EarlybirdFarmSC
    @EarlybirdFarmSC ปีที่แล้ว

    How firm is the soil under the plastic once you make a pass?

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No at all. If you do not raise the beds the roller does not make contact

    • @EarlybirdFarmSC
      @EarlybirdFarmSC ปีที่แล้ว

      @@farmerkeith Thanks

  • @neejneej9308
    @neejneej9308 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video. What model did you buy? Can I pull it using my John Deere 750 20 horse power?

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure the model I got it used. It is the one Google finds. I pull mine with a 16 hp Kabota with no problem

    • @whome9936
      @whome9936 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just some unsolicited advice from my own experience. Hopefully it will save someone from my expensive mistake.
      This method seems to work really well for this channel's farm. The results look great. But in my case it was a miserable failure. I think it may come down to soil types, and we farm on heavy clay.
      I tried for many seasons with a 24hp New Holland Boomer SCUT, pulling a Buckeye bedder/mulcher built for low-hp machines. We had all kinds of traction issues and difficulties with the implement fishtailing and steering the tractor, instead of the other way around. In our case we were also building 4-inch raised beds, which may have complicated our process and introduced problems.
      We have since upgraded to a New Holland Powerstar 75 utility tractor and a Rain-Flo 2670 bedder/mulcher with hydraulic steering. The implement also buries two lines of drip tape and spreads fertilizer via a ground-driven onboard hopper. Using an 8,000 pound tractor, the whole process should be much easier. We will know better later in the summer when we make beds for fall garlic and bulb flowers.
      Just my two cents. I realize upgrading is expensive and may not fit into every business model, but I wish had skipped the smaller machine. It would have saved me about $20K.

    • @Grasscentral4705
      @Grasscentral4705 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@whome9936hey man so how did it go with the larger tractor? I live in fairfax va and the soil here is very clay dense.

    • @sandypowell311
      @sandypowell311 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@whome9936we are also just experiencing this. Regretting not getting the bigger tractor. Going to try putting water in the wheels to see if that helps

  • @fitzpreacherfarm6826
    @fitzpreacherfarm6826 ปีที่แล้ว

    Appreciate the info and the video. I’m going to check into this bcs muncher, much cheaper. I enjoy your channel

  • @amadeoortiz
    @amadeoortiz ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for share it!

  • @vagabond4621
    @vagabond4621 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    can the plastic be reused the following growing season?

  • @davecarroll1768
    @davecarroll1768 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do you use to control grass between rows?

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am still trying to figure that out

  • @kong4679
    @kong4679 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is it that you are planting

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  ปีที่แล้ว

      Strawberries, but we plant many things into the mulch

  • @blainecelestaine4543
    @blainecelestaine4543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Liked subd watched the commercials

  • @dennisryan7500
    @dennisryan7500 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How wide are your walkways?

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We typically run 30" beds with 18" walk paths. This is in the U-pock area so we skip a bed. This leave 2-18" walkways and a 30" bed between each bed, so 66". That way people have plenty of room to walk and if we need more beds in the future we have them

  • @tomashbaugh8891
    @tomashbaugh8891 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet Kubota

  • @3FAZNI
    @3FAZNI ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you put this on a raised beds?

    • @farmerkeith
      @farmerkeith  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe the max is a 6" raised bed