Good video, that jr planter is amazing. I use a jab planter for our plastic. No bending over, but it sux planting with it in plastic. I would love to have one. Maybe it will be a big year and we can buy one.
For years we've used sidekick at a 3:1 ratio. We plant the seedless melons on the first pass, then every 3rd hole on the second pass we plant sidekick. You can always do 2:1 ratio, more pollinators don't hurt and the plants are tiny. Lately we switched to doing seeded melons instead of sidekicks. 2 seedless to 1 seeded. We like 720 for this, flowers earlier and is robust. that way if your seedless melons mysteriously don't grow well, you have a robust seeded melon. Look at Priaxor in the drench, works well here.
I guess you're talking about with the large Poly planter... I have no idea. A insignificant amount. I'd say pennies compared to dollars of h2a workers hand planting
@@CherryHillFarm they are hand planting though? talking about with the 7740. about 5gph to transplant? looks like the poly mulch is rolled by machine. wondering why you do the job twice instead of once. I don't see that much with poly mulch these days
Good video, that jr planter is amazing. I use a jab planter for our plastic. No bending over, but it sux planting with it in plastic. I would love to have one. Maybe it will be a big year and we can buy one.
Awesome video and glad you are getting stuff planted. So cool seeing the young ones with you!
For years we've used sidekick at a 3:1 ratio. We plant the seedless melons on the first pass, then every 3rd hole on the second pass we plant sidekick. You can always do 2:1 ratio, more pollinators don't hurt and the plants are tiny. Lately we switched to doing seeded melons instead of sidekicks. 2 seedless to 1 seeded. We like 720 for this, flowers earlier and is robust. that way if your seedless melons mysteriously don't grow well, you have a robust seeded melon. Look at Priaxor in the drench, works well here.
Thanks for the video we are planning on buying a poly Jr. for corn and beans We are planting our melons in trays tho.ace pollinatior and crunchy red.
We are planting sweet dawn with sidekick polinator also. Our first year trying them.
Just curious if you have every used the planter on the woven fabric. We are just looking to help automating our planting for long term crops
I haven't, I don't think it would punch holes in the nursery fabric.
@@CherryHillFarm Thank you for the quick reply. We are planting some long rows of woven or long term and hoping we could plant automatically.
Are you using depth spacers if so how many are you using
On the jr. I'm not using any. For the things I'm planting with it, in our soil, I want them planted as deep as possible.
What varieties of sweet corn do u plant we are trying Montauk and Mattapoisett and maybe a few honey select
Can't remember the numbers, it's a bicolor
We planted johnnies bi color extra tender 20173 last year and this year. Very good corn.
If you calibrate on concrete will wheel slip change the rate on worked ground?
Possibly, but the spike wheel is connected to the drive wheel by chains so it would just change in fow spacing slightly and wouldn't matter much
Hey , what is the max spacing on the poly jr? I am going to check on getting one if I can plant pumkins with it.
The Jr won't singulate pumpkin or squash seed 😔
The junior will seed squash and pumpkins with a 3D printed plate very nicely. Max spacing is 30 inches.
We have the jr
how much fuel you using doing it that way per row?
I guess you're talking about with the large Poly planter... I have no idea. A insignificant amount. I'd say pennies compared to dollars of h2a workers hand planting
@@CherryHillFarm they are hand planting though? talking about with the 7740. about 5gph to transplant? looks like the poly mulch is rolled by machine. wondering why you do the job twice instead of once. I don't see that much with poly mulch these days