[compost_tea] Re: compost application

From: dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:17:40 -0000

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Frank L Teuton" <fteuton_at_s...>
wrote:
> Methods could include a manure spreader, use of an effluent
irrigation
> system, or hand application out of the back of a pickup truck,
trailer, or
> cart.
>
> 2 tons of compost, 4,000 pounds, about four to five cubic yards
depending on
> the compost. 100 to 125 cubic feet. About a pound of compost every
40 square
> feet or so.
>
> Doing it by hand with a yard cart, I would divide the acre up into
12 equal
> sectors, fill the cart up 12 times, and put each cartload into one
of the
> sectors, using my eyeball's away! measuring method. Fork or shovel
depending
> on the character of the compost.
> Best done in the evening before a gentle rain.
>

<><<><><><><><><><This would be a good enuf reason to mechanize(pay
the big bucks for equipment other than a spade) so many acres could
be covered just before the gentle rain. Dennis




> With a tractor and a manure spreader, we would use the lowest of
our four
> PTO speeds.

<><><><><><><><>I have only 540 rpm. What kind of tractor has 4 pto
speeds? Dennis


In our situation we would band the compost into the growing beds
> rather than broadcast it, and we modified an old manure spreader
(taking off
> the beaters, making a wall with an opening below for the compost to
be
> pushed off by the chain bars) to simply apply a band of compost on
our beds.
>
>
Hello Frank, Did you add bars cause it seems in the old pto
spreaders (and ground driven ones too)the bars are about 18" apart
and somewhat unevenly spaced as well. How thick a layer do you get
banding the beds this way? Dennnis








 No doubt golf courses have much fancier topdressing machines suited
to the
> purpose.
>
> An effluent irrigation system would probably be the way to get two
for one
> most effectively if irrigation is needed.
>
> My tuppence,
>
> Frank Teuton
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dkemnitz2000" <dkemnitz2000_at_y...>
> To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 7:28 PM
> Subject: [compost_tea] compost application
>
>
> > Anyone care to cover methods of applying 2 tons or so of compost
per
> > acre on field crops? What thickness would 2 tons of compost be
on 1
> > acre? Any ideas? Dennis
> >
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