Super C One Row Cultivation

EdmundFrost · Feb 23, 2010

I have a (newly aquired but not even here yet) wide front Super C that I want to use for one-row as well as two-row cultivation. Two-row crops are beans, cowpeas, corn and peppers. One-row crops are squash, pumpkins, melons and heirloom tomatoes. The tractor has a 254 two-row cultivator on it with a complete front section. It has a three point hitch on the back and I'll be using a three point toolbar to put the rear sweeps on.

Does anyone have experience with one-row cultivation on a Super C (or similar model)? I could just put a sweep behind one of the rows and plant/cultivate the wide spaced crops on the other side.

Or (preferably) plant one row down the middle.

Mark · Feb 23, 2010

here in tobacco country (Ky) most folks just took off one side (left) of the cultivators when plowing out tobacco. It"s all how you space your rows so your tractor can get through them. A wide front will work...but a tricycle is preferred for cultivating. I"m sure others will offer you more ideas....just plan ahead so your rows will work with your tractor.

LMack · Feb 23, 2010

If we wanted a single skip row, we would just not lower the planter on that side. When we would turn at the end lowering the planter on the other side would yield a single skip row. For watermelons we would plant two and skip two, so the planters would both be lowered in one direction and a double skip would be inserted by only lowering the "wheel plows" on the return run. For this to work the left gang had to be controlled by the outside lift arm and on the SC the rear gangs had to be controlled by the inside lift arm. In either case we would cultivate the skip rows to prevent weed and grass growth. A 6-foot harrow could also be used in the double skip row.

IH fan · Feb 24, 2010

We had "rotary hoe" shields on our cultivators for a C and Super C. This tills up the weeds right over the row. If you could find one of these and install it on the side opposite the row you are cultivating, it would do much the same thing as adding another shank in that space. For corn, we ran the rotary shield only the first time through the small corn, then changed to standard shields for the next time through.

riverbend · Feb 24, 2010

I found a long oddly bent cultivator shank that puts a shovel right in the 'row' you want to cultivate out. The standard must have a 6" offset.

You do have to plan ahead when planting or have enough one row cultivating to do so you can come at it from both ends. I think directly under the tractor would make for a sore neck eventually.

Greg

Edmund Frost · Feb 25, 2010

Thanks for your input. I think I'm on the right track to figuring it out anyway.

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