Fertilizer numbers are listed N-P-K. N is Nitrogen, P is Phosphorus, and K is Potassium

It's great to see you bringing your Father-in-law out to your home and making videos... Keep him around... when you involve him in such projects, he will love it!!! :)

Good video. Sure hope it has a good yield because I know how you love corn. It was fun seeing it planted "in person".

Last summer, I used 2-parts 13-13-13 and 1-part lawn fertilizer at planting and I had a decent stand of corn; no tillage, just worked the seed into the ground.

Christy good to see your North Carolina Dad in the video.

Thank you so much for making this video! I am growing sweet corn and it is a little bigger than yours and I keep wondering if I should fertilize it! Now I know! Thanks Tim!

Instead of further compacting your soil by towing the spreader with the tractor you could probably pull the spreader by hand. Not every operation is best done with a tractor on wet land.

@AirplaneDoctor_

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with compacting the soil between the rows, it keeps weeds down and helps retain moisture.

We had a Farmall Super A, single row tractor, that we used to plow the extensive garden my grandparents planed every year. We would use sweep cultivators to control the weeds all across the row. The tractor had a fertilizer distributor that mounted on the side of the tractor motor and was driven by a chain off the rear axle so it was synced to the ground speed of the tractor. The fertilizer fed through a hose to the back of one of the sweeps, just to the side of the crop. We also used this same system along with a rear mounted planter to put a little fertilizer under the seed when we planted. A center hoe dug a tench in the middle of the row and the fertilizer dropped into it. Then a disc on either side through dirt back into a slight mound. The planter ran on top of this mound, planting the seed. We had a Cole plate type planter. It looked a lot like yours, which the press wheels in the back to close the dirt over the seed.

One nice thing about my Cole 12MX Multi-Flex Planter/Fertilizer is I can side dress fertilizer as I plant. I also use Miracle Grow every seven days. My Ambrosia is tasseling and putting on ears. Should have some sweet corn sometime next month.

I’m in the same boat with the spreader. I’m going to use a 1-2” actuator with a momentary rocker switch.

Anything better than pushing the spreader great job enjoyed that!!!!

Don't own a tractor but love the array of videos that these machines can create.

Such a cute little spreader behind the tractor :)

Tim a few thoughts regarding your spreader. While many suggest a pro broadcast spreader, your pull spreader gets the job done! To get the spreader a bit further away from your tractor, use a drawbar between the 2 lower points on the quick hitch. For your control some pipe, some pipe cement and primer, a coupler and an elbow should do all you need. And then to avoid beating the young corn plants with the gearbox, replace the tires with larger diameter tires, realizing only half of the diameter change is ground clearance. And you get to reminisce about Neighbor Bob every time the pull spreader is brought out!

I have a 3 pt. hitch fertilize spreader that works great. I would suggest you look into getting one.

I have planted that variety with a earthway hand planter for years. Put the N to it!

Tim you need a 3pt PTO spreader you could probably find one like I did for around $25 used. That was with the PTO shaft. It will hold way more than our tractors carry but can also spread 60 feet.

Thank you Tim that was helpful😎🐝

Totally agree with you. If you want to grow crops, you need fertilizer. My granddad used to put 300 lbs per acre of 5-10-15 under the row when planting corn. Then, at “lay by” last cultivating, he would get another 300-400 lbs per acre of 34% liquid nitrogen as side dressing. Corn doesn’t require much fertilizer though. Cotton and tobacco requires copious amounts of fertilizer, per acre (almost 1ton+), especially in sandy loam soils in the southeast. BTW, you really need a 3 point hitch spreader🤣. Keep up the great work.

Love the garden videos

You need a PTO spreader for granular fertilizer.

My great uncle, Neighbor Bob, always made a contraption to make working with practically anything better or easier! When the shore stations (that lift your boat out of the water, next to the dock) first came out, they were all manual. He made for himself, at the cottage, a 3-piece, 28-30" diameter belt sheave out of wood, with the belt path routed into it, that U-bolted onto the lift wheel, had a 1/2hp 120V motor covered by an up side down Rubbermaid container, and controlled by an x-ray hand switch. Ended up making several of them for several neighbors up there, as well.

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

I have seen pictures of that lift. We certainly loved your uncle Bob! We miss him!

@bartonmd

5 жыл бұрын

@@TractorTimewithTim Thank you! He said you guys were really great neighbors!

Love your videos they are always informative

Wow...the compaction.

Yessir, I till in a good dose of triple ten before planting and the garden loves it! Might be time to hit up the finance committee for a three-point pto powered spreader. In the interim, I wonder if you would draw some electrical power to run an actuator switch to the spreader and just wire an on/off switch to the dash on the tractor?

Good video, Tim enjoyed it

Love you Tim!!! Your videos are so awesome!!

Good video Tim thanks buddy

💥Bobby sure got a workout following you around. You need one of those reacher grabber things old folks use. Also works great for mowing the lawn and picking up sticks or kids toys in the yards. Keep on tractoring!

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Exactly! Then I could pinch Christi when she is getting lazy without me even getting off the tractor! :-) Just kidding. One of those tools would be helpful at times.

We just finished planting on the farm before all this rain came. Now the rain is keeping us from mowing hay. I really enjoy your videos even though I'm not the biggest fan of John Deere. Anyways, good bless you and stay dry.

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Victor. We don't care what color tractor you like. We like 'em all. Glad you are enjoying our content. Thanks for watching!

@Victor-ng1lc

5 жыл бұрын

@@TractorTimewithTim Exactly they all can get the job done. You're welcome and have a good night

My garden is small 1500 sq ft. I use a pump sprayer with Alaskan fertilizer to give my plants some food

I have fertilizer attachment for my leaf blower I can cover quite a bit of area in a short time

I do the same process only do it by hand. I don’t broadcast, I furrow next to corn sprouts. 12-12-12 on one side & 46-0-0 in the other.

Quicker to spread by hand, over here before drilling Maze we spread cow muck and then plough the ground and drill the Maze with a small amount of fertilizer.

Looks like you probably got enough rain to dissolve the granules of fertilizer!! Hope you make a great crop. That soil will only get better as time goes on.

The weather has been so wet here in southwestern Ontario I only got my corn in last week, no time for second planting this year it seems.

Great video!

If you or someone you know could convert your little spreader to a 3 pt hitch attachment. Then you could leave the gearbox engaged all the time and just raise it when you want to stop spreading. It just may need some pivot to keep the wheels on the ground.

you should be using the 3 point seed spreader from tsc

Yeah I’d hafta source a linear actuator from eBay for that spreader control. 30-40$ if you wanna deal with a wired controller, the extra 15$ would be well spent for the wireless controller upgrade.

You should save up some grass clipping this fall to create an organic material rich patch of soil next growing season. In the 1800s they'd use four parts/acres compost-cover-crops/pasture to feed one part/acres vegetable garden.

@brettmason1942

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, Tim has all thoughs wasted grass clippings, which would of made great fertilizer.

Tim, hook it up to your quick hitch. Raise the spreader to stop the process, lower it to begin the spreading.

You should check in to a spreader for the 3 point hitch

Have you thought about rigging the spreader so when you raised 3pt the spreader will disengage the ground and when you lower engage and start spinning

Things don't always work perfectly... but using what ya have at the time, looks like the job was completed.

We live in middle between Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Ionia.

Couldn't you mount a 12v atv spreader to the loader frame and spread fertilizer while you plant?

Great video

Hey Tim Brad from Minnesota wondering if next year or when you fly out your next crop go lengthwise is the way you’re doing it now looks like it’s too short Because I think you can still get the same amount of harvest by going lengthwise can you bring your rolls closer together

I agree with Christopher on the NPK and would add the numbers simply are percentages. Its easiest to think in units of 100’s either 100 lbs or gal. A 100 lbs of 20 20 20 would contain 20 lbs N, 20 lbs P, and 20 lbs K with the remaining 40 lbs being inert material.

They do make a spreader for the Ventrac :)

I buy urea nitrogen and always add tons of it to my sweetcorn . I also use a 10 10 10 or something in those lines as well . I try to use organic fertilizer in everything else . It's hard to grow good corn on just some organic fertilizers .

Would a pvc elbow or a tee and a length of pcv pipe plus a U-Bolt to attach the pipe to the heavy hitch top link bolt holes work ?

Hello, The handle on the spreader is on an off? You can use two colors of 1/4 inch rope, one for on and one for off (the rope should have enough length to allow you to tie them to the ROPS bar from the spreader and allow for tractor turns). Other Items needed: One eye bolt that will allow the rear rope to pass through easily, two fender washers and two nuts, (loctite optional). Drill a hole at the top of the handle to allow the ropes to pass through. Tie one color rope to the front hole and place a couple of knots into the handle hole. Use the other color rope for the rear hole and knots through the handle run this rope through the eye bolt. Determine a good place to mount the eye bolt on the spreader bin nearest the tractor, maybe slightly off center (you preference). Ensure there is enough rope so the handle can be extended in both directions. Sorry this is kinda long, but it should not cost more than 10.00 in parts. I’m sure you get the idea. Love the videos!

Be nice to have what you use in the remarks. I got the 12 12 12 but not the other 'looks like soda' bag. I figure it was 20, x , x and mostly Nitrogen once grown. Water water everywhere. I have a hitch (heavy) that my 3-point picks up. That is nice for towing stuff. I have a drop spreader and a rotary push. I like the drop. Wheel drive metering.

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

It was 32-0-6. Anything high in nitrogen is fine.

Tim, You were giving Bobby one heck of a workout following you. Lol I planted popcorn this year in the same garden as potatoes. Do you know if nitrogen would be ok with potatoes?

another good video you made and hope you get some sweet corn

Me and you know corn loves fert. Your help in a lot that don't know.

Good video.

The soil in Boone county was at the bottom of a swamp when the pioneers 1st came here. Look how black the soil is at s.r. 32 and 400 east. That was all swamp and then they channelized the creek. The high spots are light brown and low spots are black from the amount of organic material at the bottom of that swamp.

Lots of people think you should spend $600+ on a spreader to fertilize 1/12 acre (just guessing) of sweetcorn. Turns into some high dollar corn.

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, then if we use fancy equipment, they say we are ‘out of touch’ with reality.

Hey Tim what did you use to spray between your rows of corn?

Okay Tim this would involve some walking, maybe you should invest in a walk behind spreader then when you're done with all that walking you could probably go eat a couple cheeseburgers🍔 and it wouldn't count against you😉

With all the projects u do Tim I would of thought u would have a 3pt spreader by now

Tim Christi and Bob good job try a small electric cylinder God Bless All PaK

Tim I put 19-19-19 in the ground with mine when I plant it and I don't have to go back and top dress with ammonia nitrate later in the season that's on my good low ground my high ground I still have to put 200 lbs of ammonia nitrate on it when it gets about waist high

There is a reason to rotate crops. Soybeans to introduce nitrogen, corn next, then winter wheat. Then I see you discuss it at the end.

Needed the gator and Christy in the bed running the spreader control lol

Id say drill a hole in each back corner of the sreader bin. And attach a chain or somthing loose to hang to the top corners of your quick hitch so when you comletly raise your 3pt it lifts the spreader 4-6 in onn the ground. At the begining on the row lower your 3pt enough to lower the spreader and make ground contact to spin...... at the end raise it so the wheels are off the ground..........instant on/off without a big expensive or complicated modification. ......also when traviling from storage to useage location your saving wear and tear on the wheels and axle ext that stiil would spin on the ground even when disengaged

Use small tube and cable like bicycle brakes use. Or find old bicycle gearbox lever or what it is called with cable and tube.

I think maybe you shoulda let your father-in-law drive and you run behind!😂😂😂 I went to a pto driven spreader it works great and no side stitch!😂😂😂 nice video and nice alarm system!

I am a firm believer in planting buckwheat with my corn. It fixes some nitrogen, it blocks out a lot of the weeds, it's great for pollinators, it reseeds itself very easily so that after the corn is picked it will grow again and provide food and cover for wildlife along with break down the soil and provide nutrients if tilled in green in the spring. Did you not plant length-wise because you planned to do multiple plantings?

Can you add a fert box to your planter?

You need a pto driven slinger

Timmy, wondering why you planted short rows opposed to longer legnth wise rows.

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

To make more of a ‘square’ for each planting...improving pollination.

My father in law taught me to side dress with triple 12 or 16 when the corn was 8" to 12" high, then again when it tassels. I also mound the stalks at the 8-12 height. I think growing sweet corn is my favorite thing to grow, how one little seed can bring such joy still amazes me. : )

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. Lots of fun!

Great videos Could you use your three point to lift ?

@banecrushr

5 жыл бұрын

Um, that would be a yes. It's a hydraulic 3 pt just on a smaller tractor...???

Put a bungee cord on the spreader so it pulls the pipe closed. Then put a section of rope on the top of the pipe so when you want to drop fertilizer you pull the rope and to shut it off you release the rope.

Love the vids.. Can you guys do a video on how to wash your tractor? I too have a Johnny and can't get any info on how to wash. Do you wash it like a car? What can get wet and what can't? Thanks.

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

Everything can get wet. No worries

Tim, is there comming rain the next day because with hot wether and sunn like this the fertilizer will have a lot of losses. A lot ! Hi from Germany!

Geez Tim, of all the tractors and implements you have, and you don't have a PTO driven spreader yet!!!

Go to a truck stop and get a 5th wheel puller rod. It has a hook on the end

I can see a new spreader in the future.

What you need is a spreader bucket for Allie

Excuse me if I'm asking a stupid question, but why don't you just disc the garden if it's too damp to fill and you don't need to plow?

Why didn't you try to level out the field after you tilled it

They make a electric spreader that goes in a 2 inch reviever for $100 I've been thinking of getting one for years right now Ive just been borrowing my dads lawn tractor and pull behind spreader like yours.

Corn needs the fertilizer because the size of the plant compared to other garden plants plus it produces a lot of carbohydrates in each ear of corn. I always fertilize during the planting and then side dress when the corn puts out its tassels

I've kinda wanted a Electrical controls up on the dash of my 1026R for driving the tank-sprayer pump, perhaps something like that with a servo would work for the gate/shutter of that?

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

I put a switch in the 12v line from cigarette lighter to the sprayer for that purpose

@kyootfox

5 жыл бұрын

@@TractorTimewithTim The line I have has the same, just not convenient as you need to reach back to get the switch, plus I would like a quick connect electrical that I could have at the rear that would be hitch-click-n-go for the TSC Sprayers. Heck, would be nice to have a little CCTV Cam connection at the hitch to see look at 3pt Depth you know.... I guess I should have gotten the Big Deere then? ;)

try a tee handle b so it gose to the three point hitch on the tracktor to lift it up after all it it ground driven if it not on the ground it will not run

What happened to the flooded land? Was this before that happened? We're planting the Pumpkins this weekend :)

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, this was a day or two before that. Sorry for the out of order episodes.

I think it's time for a new 3-point spreader!

Hi Tim. Maybe you can make a threepoint on the spreader so those wheels come off the ground and its easyer tot reach that handle. Greetz from Belgium

@coypatton3160

5 жыл бұрын

Jo De Groote the wheels and the gear box in between the wheels is what turns the broadcast plate

@jodegroote2350

5 жыл бұрын

@@coypatton3160 yes offcorse. But when you are on the end of the field you can lift the hitch and close the spreader at the same time.And its easyer to go backwords. Gr.

@coypatton3160

5 жыл бұрын

Jo De Groote backwards is little trouble if you know how to back up a trailer. Tim has a couple so he can handle it. You are trying to reinvent a perfectly good wheel in my opinion. All he needs is a solid handle extension to open and close the drop mechanism.

"COME ON MANNN"... Add a couple wraps of duct tape to hold that spreader control "handle" inside the PVC pipe and you'll be good to go...

Use shot gun repels all instead of a fence 3lb granules I have had a garden in for 3 weeks no fence around the garden and it has not been touched. Buy from Walmart or order it’s amazing

@Chris-jh3tg

5 жыл бұрын

This stuff? www.domyown.com/repelsall-liquid-concentrate-p-1698.html

@roflstomps324

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we use it too. It's safe and it works.

I use my ATV, it's not bad

cool

Time to start adding organic matter to the garden. This should improve your garden soil structure after a few years.

@davidcarleton6928

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with the mulching. I believe I've seen you haul away some nice soil in some other videos. Hope your using that soil, grass clippings and leaves to create good compost.

I am curious you may have addressed in a previous video. Is the tractors and or equipment on loan or given to you ?

@TractorTimewithTim

5 жыл бұрын

We have subsidized rental arrangement with AHW LLC for the 2038r, 5075e, and Gator. The 1025r is ours. We discuss these issues in detail when we introduce a new piece of equipment.

You need to buy a three point PTO spreader