It's a similar faimly of disease as tire blight, very hard to tell The two apart. But they have the same treatment program and show up at the same time.

@@AlextheDutchDairyfarmer This is the first year in several that I am feeling really optimistic

Not really. I didn't do every field,

Oh really? Interesting.

@dennisdeville8984 I would never be certified, hate living in a box, weather it's organic or the zero till club...

Fair enough, still love what your doing though

@dennisdeville8984 thanks. We need to be flexible

The cost of chemicals would be my biggest driver of learning how to walk between conventional and organic I have always loved row crop cultivating. I love the moldboard plow, too, but that just doesn't make sense every year like we used to. But the more we learn about soil, I can see in my transitioning soil that it might need a little mechanical assistance to help the transition while we build structure and biology This year is a year of extremes, and how do we say Desperate Measures for desperate times. I would love to keep the row crop cultivator and put some sort of cover crop seeding on it. Greatly reduced the amount of herbicide I use, reduce the amount of cultivating and let roots and plants do what they're supposed to do

I’m sorry I haven’t taken much time lately to keep up on KZfaq videos but what was the history earlier this spring on the field? Did you do any primary and secondary tillage passes on the field?

@@heathmumm9576 One shallow finish pass to smooth ruts. Lots of rain, soil lacking oxygen is the driver of cultivating

I will look into them beans. These beans have a healthy premium. Some tillage, like the cultivator and finisher, are to reduce chemical use and get oxygen into the soil. If we look at the function and definition of healthy functioning soil, I need to do a little tillage to help my transitioning process. Long term goal is to have lots of rich fertile functioning no till soil. Also have some fields that are getting rough. I dont care about wearing a no till hat and bouncing the teeth out of my head. If I have to do a little tillage to smooth a field up I will. There are more studies showing that light tillage followed with covers or growing roots is better for the soil than no till with all the chemicals

Really, grandpa said cultivate through a drought.that makes sense

@@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 , that's what I've been told.....?

It sure can!

No, everything needs lime once in a while. I am going to start using calcium more often and more as a fertilizer

@@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 I think you’re on the right track with that. I am looking at doing the same thing.

@@mn-1381 John Kempf just had a presentation about using calcium as fertilizer also I think what Glenn has been saying is starting to catch a little traction

macropack and the importance of calcium episode? @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 macro

Running the planter out !

This is about the smallest I would use on this cultivator. I wouldn't mind a 6 row and the 4430, let the wife sit out there!

I thought the rule of thumb was 10 hp per row

Normally? Wide sweep several inches deep.

Yeah. I bet that would, never thought of it, but send them to bed full!

@@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 Russell Hedrick is always always foliar feeding beans at night

@@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 no old timer sayings for when you're supposed to foliar feed!

Yeah, I would never sleep, fix and farm all day, and then farm at night to.

@@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 it seems Hedrick literally sleeps almost none. Hope he can live a long life doing that!!!