Rotary Hoes - Organic Weed Control

[@robertpayne2717]

On sandy loam soils in the south especially after a rain we used a rotary hoe to do light tillage in very young cotton for blowing sand control just cracking the crust wlll slow the sand down.young cotton is very tender.. ive used a tool called a cropmaker to run the middles of the cotton rows....my dad has had in the past had to replant cotton due to sand damage....

[@donniebargo964]

Built my own tyne weeders using rake tines angle iron works fine

[@danielw3369]

Can I use rotary how 2 time after I use lemkrn Rubin disc the ground 3days later, then plan soybean, after 3 days I use rotary hoe again after 3 days. Maybe 2times again, after beans germinate I stop use rotary how. I plant 7,5” row. Really don’t want do cultivate after beans setup.

[@Hartney1]

Can I rotary how solid seeded corn? It’s about 3” tall right now

[@practicalfarmers]

Don't know the answer to your question, but I will say that we have several field days coming up this summer on organic production, and the farmers there would probably have lots of thoughts on that. You can find the schedule at practicalfarmers.org/events/field-days/. Or, if you become a member of PFI (practicalfarmers.org/get-involved/join-or-renew/), you can ask questions like that on our email discussion lists, and there's almost always someone willing to chime in with their thoughts.

[@tomcleverley18]

I need to figure out before next year how to rotary hoe peas and green beans

[@donniebargo964]

Don't .get a cultivator and wait till they are 1 inch tall and start hilling dirt on them with little bit of beans sticking up and the green beans will take off like kudzu

[@kevinwiggins9475]

Has anyone tried rotary hoeing bean ground before planting corn? There’s people using rotary harrows, just curious if a rotary hoe works?