HILLING POTATOES | WHY? | The Benefits | Grow Your Own Food | Disc Hiller
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2022
- Hilling potatoes is important, in our opinion. This video answers some questions while giving benefits to the hilling process and provides good information for new and experienced potato growers. We hope you find this helpful for growing some amazing potatoes.
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That is one awesome looking plot of potatoes! That disc hiller made easy work of that.
Thank you. It’s much better than using the garden hoe that’s for sure. Thank you for watching and for the comments. Have a great week.
Thanks for the video! You did a great job of narrating and have a wonderful, relaxing voice!
Thank you. It’s very enjoyable to be out and working in the gardens. Have a blessed week.
Very interesting information. I didn't know alot of this. Thanks for sharing.
There’s a reason for everything isn’t there?!
@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving There sure is! I’m glad there ppl that pass it along too!
Is the hub assembly for a hiller disc concaved? Or do the discs have a flat area where the bear mounts?
The disc is basically just a 16” field disc. The hub it mounts too has a sealed bearing. You can find some that are just a bushing and cheaper but they won’t last as long. The shave that goes up to the tool bar is a 1” solid steel shaft. Hope that answers your question. If not just let me know and I will clarify. lol. It has been very handy for us. Thank you for the question and watching. - Tom
Thank you for the video. Would you be kind to tell me what is the distance between rows?
Normally I do 42” - 48” (inches) centers. Blessings!
Nice implement great result. How come he keeps on backing up? Usually you would start on the outer row come back up the center row and continue sequence, without backing up 👍
This garden is butted up to a wooded area where we can’t turn around at one end, hence the backwards entrance each time.
Leave 10' border for turning, and plant a vine type plant like pickles or watermelon and just drive over the plants. The plants that remain will thrive, and your tractor will thank you later. Think outside the box💡
@@tcmits3699 good idea. We have multiple gardens and this one is the only one that’s we have that way. The others are bigger and have room all around them. It’s definitely good to be creative and have options. Thank you and have a great weekend!
Why back down the rows like that? Wouldn’t it save time to turn the tractor and go down the next row?
@@Pineywoods_Hermit lol. I don’t have a lot of room on the other end so it’s easier to just back up and then go forward. That’s one advantage to the hydro transmission I guess. Other gardens we have I do what you say but I have the this garden in a tight spot but it works. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend. Blessings!
@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving That makes perfect sense!
Do you plant potatoes in this same field every year? I was told to rotate fields to prevent disease but I’d rather not break up a bunch of other land.
I do many years but in the fall we plant turnips and mustard greens. Sometimes we will add in oats or wheat because it helps the soil over winter to pull nitrogen up and also limit erosion. It’s probably best to rotate but it works for us. 🙂
I want to plant crops on my land. the problem is we get little to no rain. I have a ck2610 kioti just need yhe bedder.
They are handy. Are you able to get water to your garden?
@OutdoorsandCountryLiving I have a water source 500ft away and my solar pump provides 6 gpm. My soil is sandy loam so may require more frequent watering. I also have 4 250 gallon water totes that I plan on expanding to 8 and using a timer to flood the garden if that makes sense.
@@cutweldngrind sounds like a good idea to me. Being able to control the water will be nice. Keep us posted and good luck.
What brand of Hiller/ rower is that yoi have?
Hey! It’s made by Stevens Tractor company. I got the heavy duty version and it came with the cultivators, hiller discs and potato plow. It’s handy for sure. If you have any questions just let me know. - Tom
Do you get wire worms and how do you deal with them
We have not had issues with them. Hopefully we never do! Sorry not much help on this one.
What's the deal with green potatoes? I keep hearing that but I eat green potatoes without issue. Peel them and they are not green.
When exposed to the sun they can turn green and contain solanine which isn’t good for you and has a bitter taste. You are correct, you can peel most of it away and be fine. That’s one of the reasons we hill out plants so much so they have more soil for growth and less opportunity to get exposed to the sun. Great question and thank you for the comment. Stay well.
Does it help with potatoe bugs
No, it doesn’t seem too but it sure does help then grow and control weeds. Thanks for watching! 🙂
Spinosad will take care of potato beetles and it works immediately and is organic.
Does it hurt green leaves with durt covered
No it actually allows them to produce more potatoes as the plants grow. If you watch the video of where we plow them up to harvest you will see how abundant they are. It works well for us. Let us know if you have any other questions. Blessings!