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1986 Troybilt Horse Pto

What's that? A tiller you have?

@@jimjimmyjames9365 Just kidding about your tiller that idles somewhat fast.

@@johnirby493 any slower and it wouldn't be able to stroke enough to create spark. But I drove past a house out in the country for a few years and this sat out in the weeds for who knows how long. Tiller I was using at the time needed a part. So I finally stopped and walked up to the house and knocked on the door and struck a deal up with the gentleman who lived there. I had to get a part for the carb and a different gas tank and it was up and running before the weekend was over. Great little tiller I had it for years. Ended up selling it for way more than I paid for it.

Like everything it depends on what I'm doing that year. But if I'm going to start like 200 plants for me and friends and selling, etc. I always start in the 72 cell trays and then pot up. A lot of times if I'm just doing like 50 plants I'll use the pro 50 cell trays. One technique I use is to mass plant a 72 cell ray and then when the seedlings get just about an inch or so tall but before they start to really develop roots I'll take them out of the trays and in a bowl of water wash away the potting mix and separate them and then plant every single one into a larger cell tray, sometimes with a pinch of mycorrhizal fungi to really get them going and to not waste one seedling. Just depends on the year. I started doing this at first with my super hot peppers because the seed is a bit pricey and I used to sell a lot of them.

For the root division technique I got it from Jim Duffy of Refining Fire Chiles where I get my super hot peppers. This is a good video about 20 minutes long to illustrate what I was referring to. ruclips.net/video/9UfeQ-gaD3k/видео.html

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I also agree that it doesn't look like Blossom end rot

@@haneesh22 I had watered it with well water and rain water all summer. So my guess looking back on it was it needed some cal mag.

For my Spring crop I like to have well established plants before I go outside. Maybe somewhere around 6-12 inches tall. They won't stand a chance with the cold nights and winds if they're too small.

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Not always, but most of time I do introduce them to outdoors a little before planting. My plant stand for starting my stuff has pretty high lumens lights and I run a fan 24/7. So my stuff is pretty tough before going out the door.

We had to run new leach lines and that's where they were going after those crops were done. We had just started digging there to get some measurements, etc. After everything was done we dug up that area and ran the leach lines on that side of the property. I no longer garden on that side because of that.

Understood, thanks! Good video!

If you had to add epsom salt that would mean your soil is deficient, mine isn't. if you had soil that was you would need to add calcium and not just magnesium. Just like the human body they need to be in a specific proportion to be absorbed well. it doesn't hurt to add it though. It would work well for spraying the blossoms.

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I've never had a real problem with cut worms so I don't bother. But if I did the newspaper trick is one of the easiest most economical ways to deal with them.

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It's a nice sandy loam where I live and it only takes about 2-3 passes to achieve this depth and consistency. Real pleasure to work with and easy on the machines.

@@jimjimmyjames9365 thanks men. Looks great. Beautiful finish for the garden. I have my tiller but I need this tool as soon as posible. I like your wide beds. Its good for biointensive agriculture.

So it shouldn't be a surprise when I say I got most of my gardening methods from the book Joy OF Gardening. If I do more videos they will be pretty much an illustration of Dick's methods from the book. I take that as a huge compliment, thank you!

Yessir, it’s the truth! Much appreciate your time and effort.

It's a Lifan, basically a Chinese Honda clone

Yes, the reverse pulley still goes on and works. It's a direct bolt on replacement engine. I think the only difference was the tapped hole on the shaft was a different bolt size.

I got mine off of ebay, so I'd look there first for a used one. Amazon carries earthquake hiller/furrower attachment. www.amazon.com/Earthquake-15683-Hiller-Furrower-Rear-Rototillers/dp/B00E20KJAA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35FX75CH139VX&dchild=1&keywords=earthquake+hiller+furrower+for+rear+tine+tiller&qid=1621200320&sprefix=eartquake+hiller%2Caps%2C201&sr=8-1

There's nothing but benefit when doing raised beds. The beds drain water faster, heat up quicker in the day and afford a lot of loose aerated soil for the roots of the plants to flourish in. Crops like watermelon that like a lot of water but don't like their feet to stay too wet for long do better in raised beds or mounds. Carrots burrow through the soil easier allowing for longer straighter roots and are easier to pick. In wet years the walkways in between the beds act as drainage ditches and the plants will stand proud of the water in a wet year. There innumerable benefits to using raised beds and they look nice and neat in appearance.

@@jimjimmyjames9365 Agreed with all you said and thanks again for your videos. In N.E. Texas last year, we had one of those persistently wet springs and had I not pulled those bed, I would NOT have had anything to show for my work and expense. Now if I can manage to find the perfect spacing from furrow to furrow. 😀

The Harley Bentons are really good deals. I ended up buying another one and am very happy with that one too. This was actually a good guitar the way it came, right out of the box.

Had an air filter. Had to hard choke it with your hand to get it to start. So it had to be removed to do so. This video was done so anyone looking to buy it could see it run. I've sold it since this video. Just left it up so everyone could see how an older tecumseh idled so low it barely was stroking enough to keep enough spark for it to run.

@@jimjimmyjames9365 I've got a newer version but doesn't have any gears. Not the easiest to use as it wants to take off.

@@Dastardly84 That's the problem with the smaller machines. You have to set the depth regulator low and just be patient with the smaller tillers. I think the weight on the tuffy is 120 pounds. My larger horse model is 300 pounds and stays pretty glued to the ground. Really nice machine to use and gets a lot of work done quickly.

This is exactly like mine...any idea the year of manufacture?

Yeah when I looked at the earthquake rototiller attachment I didn't think it was engineered very good at all. On my horse here there is a very solid bracket that the hiller/furrower mounts to very rigidly.

If you read the description I say I need to get better editing software. This was recorded using a tablet not a professional camera. Even though the volume could have been much better I can hear it just fine on my computer when I turn it up. If you notice this video is 3 years old and I haven't done any since because I still don't have a better camera and I haven't decided if I want to share any more of my gardening methods on here.

Yes sir I understand what you're saying. But the problem actually was on my end. I just swapped out my routers because the one they installed with my new internet service was overheating. After I got it done I replayed your video the sound was much better. Sorry for the confusion and I'd like to say I did enjoy your video! I have 2 old 80's model Troy-Bilt tillers one with a Tecumseh 6 horsepower and the other was a Kohler 8 horsepower Magnum. They are identical except the engines. And I always thought that was amazing that they would put a 6 7 and 8 horsepower on their tillers at the same time without making one smaller or changing them in some way. And Lord have mercy I'd give anything to have dirt like you got! I live down in Alabama and all I got to work with is clay with a little dirt and sand mixture a bunch of rocks. I've been throwing rocks out of my garden for 35 years and before I even started gardening there, there was a pile of rocks waste high piled up out towards the end of my garden. Thanks again and have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend

Turn up your sound?

It was the only area where I could put a garden at that point in time. My land lord let me put another small one up front later on.This area actually receives full sun for a good duration of the day. The trees were a very good wind break for the garden also. This is the Finger Lakes region in New York state, everywhere you go up here there is trees and many different types of trees. Very beautiful area here and all prime farm land.

The one I had up further in the yard was clear of all trees. The garden here is the one in back and I split my vegetable varieties up according to what prefers more light. This garden grew Spring and Fall crops wonderfully. Actually I think I do have a video posted of the one up front that received full sun all day.

I am not against trees so much, but in my garden plots, if there are any trees nearby, I cut them down. I did, however, have a garden a few dozen feet from a large tree. I planted the lettuce and other cool-weather plants on the rows that got the extra shade, whereas the tropicals and southern varieties got the full sun section. I cut down trees nearby also for the water usage, as tree roots like to steal water from my plants.

some shade can be really beneficial in the deep south when temperatures start getting around 100 degrees and things start wilting in all day sun..

@@michaelg8642 In late summer, I had a volunteer tomato plant fruiting in my east-facing flower bed, probably due to one of the kids tossing out a rotten tomato. Needless to say, it was sort of nice to see that. I don't think surrounded by trees is wise in most cases, but I can definitely see a benefit to trees (or a porch roof) on the west or south in hot climates. I also sometime wish my greenhouse had some shade, lol.

L.E. moore I just bought one for mine! Came with a adapter plate for my new super bronco! Its made by EARTHQUAKE was $45.00 through Wal-Mart online. It doesn't say it fits Troy B but it comes with the adapter.

I couldn't agree more, the newer mtd ones and that's the name they should bear because they aren't the same machine anymore. I own five and the newest one I have is an mtd and it doesn't compare to the older ones i have.

Check with a local welding shop. I guarantee they can make an adapter or build you a hiller to fit. It won't be cheap, but you won't need to buy another one. Ever.

The newer pony's don't have the provision for where the hiller attaches to. Be cheaper probably to just find an older one and hope it bolts up to the newer machines. But yeah a welding shop could come up with something to retrofit.

I looked those up and although I'm not a big fan of them mounting to the drag stake,that would probably be the best cost effective way to go. Thing is the smaller machines usually only have one gear and I feel the hiller works better when you go faster.

Being this garden has been for years now it only takes just a few passes. I do a few extra passes just to do a good job and to make it look nice as well

Usually i make the beds the width of my rake, just seems to work out good that way. But depending on what I'm growing I will go out to 16 inches on some beds.

Daniel Mercuri In the video, he said that he used a rake to smooth the tops of the rows.

I rake out the rocks and clumps and then flip the rake over to smooth out the bed