[AT] Checked rows - Corn planting?

[George Willer]

Cecil,

I plant (or at least try to) my garden so it can be cultivated both 
directions.  This year I increased the row width so I think I could 
cultivate diagonally.  It may seem silly, but diagonal cultivating  would 
give me a chance to plant things that interfere with cross cultivating in 
the triangles at each end.

I'll have to wait till next year to try it, though.  :-(

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Checked rows - Corn planting?


>> As a youngster on the farm I have a lot of memories of the issues related 
>> to
>> planting corn in checked 40" or 42" rows so that the rows could be
>> cultivated both ways. But I have no recollection of ever cultivating at a
>> diagonal. Was this ever done in any part of the country?  I would think 
>> it
>> would have required completely different settings on the rear wheels of 
>> the
>> tractor and cultivator. And not be all that beneficial anyway.
>
>
> We cultivated across the rows but it was not the same. You had
> to be on your toes all the time looking for hills that were just enough
> out of line to make it thru the shields on the cultivators. I never
> heard of anyone who cultivated on the diagonal although you could see
> the diagonal paths as you went along. It was bad enough doing the cross
> cultivating without getting into diagonals.  grins.
>
> Cecil
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