BOOSTING MY VEGETABLE FARM PRODUCTIVITY WITH THESE INNOVATIVE TOOLS

Filmed on June 14-15, 2024. In this video I will show you two very important pieces of equipment we use on our farm for applying crop protectants. Also, some zuchinni harvest with hail damage, spraying some sweet corn to prevent corn earworm and finding the very first ear of sweet corn the season. Although we do spray conventional insecticides on our sweet corn silks we do spray organically labeled products on our other vegetable crops to control insect pests.

[@newoldvideos989]

Happy Anniversary !!! Have a great time!!

[@wishwellfarms]

We did, thank you so much!

[@talldude5841]

What a great looking corn crop Jason. Hey, have fun on a well deserved vacation to the state up north.

[@wishwellfarms]

We enjoyed our trip, thanks!

[@trendinvestor2893]

I know what you mean about morning glories. I ended up covering my whole father's 8 foot by 20 foot garden in geo textile weed barrier fabric to finally get them under control. And it still took a few years to really kill them off good because they would still keep coming up close to the plants.

[@wishwellfarms]

Yeah, they are terrible in my veggie field but are not anywhere else on the farm, may have to rotate out of that field. Other weeds like giant ragweed, jimson weed, lambsquarter and smart weed are easy for us to control. Mairstale is getting bad in some fields too.

[@MarjBuckley-ec1hk]

Have a great vacation!!

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks, it was wonderful, just too short!

[@MarjBuckley-ec1hk]

@@wishwellfarms they always are!!

[@_Elijah_1979]

Nice garden and crops !

[@wishwellfarms]

so far so good, thanks!

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Great video. Your plants look very healthy.

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks Becky, we have been getting timely rains and that helps!

[@mikewalter8547]

I can keep morning glory at bay in my corn I plow, disc, prowl and atrazine. Everything thing else I till lay plastic spray prowl plant and by middle of july we will be fighting it till end of season. Colorado state university is supposed to get me some mites next year that live on morning glory only and eradicate it. Will try them in one field and see if they work.

[@wishwellfarms]

Yeah, morning glory is never a problem in corn because the corn herbicide kills them no problem. It’s just in the raised beds with my other vegetables. Hopefully those mites will work for you.

[@justinking9173]

Try working your pre emergent into the soil (incorporate it) if you already aren’t

[@wishwellfarms]

obviously that is the best way when possible but I usually try to time it right before a rain and let the rain incorporate and that works great...less labor, fuel and wear and tear on machinery.

[@ryanfarmsproduce]

Have you tried Valor for morning glory control? Safest is to put it out before transplanting. If you do it after transplanting there’s a risk of that first rain blowing it or the dirt particles on top of the plastic and burning your crop.

[@wishwellfarms]

Seems like I've used Valor for something in the past maybe berries?? not sure, but it sounds familiar. Thanks for the tip I will look into it. Btw, I would love to come and visit your farm during my off season, I know that you will most likely be in your off season as well but I would still like to meet you sometime and see your farm.

[@ryanfarmsproduce]

@@wishwellfarmssounds great. Let me know. I’d love to come to Ohio too. Never been.

[@michakav]

Plants are looking good.

[@wishwellfarms]

The sweet corn is getting close, can't wait!

[@projectgold3114]

Surely ROUNDUP , is going into the soils and eventually into the vegetables ? I don’t even use round up on my property never mind my food

[@calebboulds]

What is your primary insecticide for corn?

[@wishwellfarms]

@@calebboulds we use generic permethrin, specifically perm-up 3.2 EC at 6 ounces

[@snooker577]

I have the zucchinis that look pretty much as yours, and there are fruits that I am picking but there are many that go yellow and die. What is the problem?

[@wishwellfarms]

We get that sometimes too on the first few harvests but normally come out of it...part of it is just that early plantings often are stressed when growing from the cold and other factors and it inhibits movement of certain nutrients through the plant even if the plant is fed everything it needs. Of course, it could be a fertilizer definciency as well. Yes, its very frustrating...happens on our field tomatoes about every other year with blossum end rot but they always come out of it.

[@snooker577]

@@wishwellfarms Thanks. That's it then, they were very stressed as they got almost frozen when I transplanted them, I didn't expect it to be so cold where I live in May

[@trendinvestor2893]

If the zucchini die when they are really small, then they probably were not pollinated.

[@BobVan-fd7ul]

Roundup extended life for pre-spray will I use it for all year long

[@wishwellfarms]

My wife uses that on our driveway weeds and it still only last for 3 weeks...

[@BobVan-fd7ul]

Did she buy it at Walmart

[@wishwellfarms]

@@BobVan-fd7ul I have no idea, but she has used numerous different products over the years that say extended life on them and it never last any longer than just regular so now we just save our money and use non extended stuff.

[@farmer_4850]

Hey sir I had a question! I just ordered some 73 day RR sweet corn to plant. Do u think if I get it in by 4th of July I'll be ok? I've never had 2 or more different plantings of sweet corn. I just wanted your thoughts. We don't usually get a frost till October.

[@wishwellfarms]

Yes that will be perfectly fine. Our last planting is July 15 and it will be a 75 day variety and it's always made it before frost.

[@bighurk30able]

My zucchini started to come on great and then they started to get soft on the end I don't know if zucchinis can get blossom end rot or what they're lacking. pretty frustrating

[@wishwellfarms]

We get that sometimes too on the first few harvests but normally come out of it...part of it is just that early plantings often are stressed when growing from the cold and other factors and it inhibits movement of certain nutrients through the plant even if the plant is fed everything it needs. Of course, it could be a fertilizer definciency as well. Yes, its very frustrating...happens on our field tomatoes about every other year with blossum end rot but they always come out of it.

[@chrispeebles3846]

Who makes that sprayer?

[@wishwellfarms]

Penns Creek Welding in PA

[@jazzy1871]

a perfect opportunity for ingenious person looking to enter a market. Man cart $4500 I'm guessing China already has one for $1000. Absolutely has to be a cheaper better solution. maybe even automate it with GPS for $4500 (spray drone on wheels)

[@wishwellfarms]

I've never seen another sprayer on the market with atomizers that can spray straight undiluted product, maybe there's something out ther but me and many other small produce farmers rely on this machine because of that...worth every penny when you see what it saves us in the end...tens of thousands of dollars each year.

[@dwainavance]

Goats love morning glories. Pretty sure that won't work in your vegetable patch 🙂

[@wishwellfarms]

Hahahah, they would clean my veggies out too!

[@renanjacob6791]

That sprayer is too expensive, here are some chinese stuff like that, use eletric membrane pupm and nubulizers point, 10 liter tank, I think 150 us dollars, complete, the pump is around 20 dollars

[@wishwellfarms]

those are nothing like this, the atomizers allow you to spray pure undiluted product right from the jug, so 1 quart will last an entire acre. Yes its expensive but well worth it to have clean veggie patch and has saved me tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years. There is a reason that so many produce farms are using these.

[@dammitbobby283]

You shouldn't be spraying anything on crops while driving an open-cab tractor.

[@wishwellfarms]

I’m always very careful and drift never gets on me. Plus I don’t have a cab tractor small enough.