I rode along with Jonathan while he was flame weeding the corn. If the video doesn’t answer your questions, feel free to leave them in the comments!
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Burn Baby Burn! Flame Weeding Video
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16 responses to “Burn Baby Burn! Flame Weeding Video”
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[…] Check out Carolyn’s video of the weed burner in action HERE on her blog. […]
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Thanks for sharing your photos and information on my blog Carolyn!
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That was a super cool video. I did not know anybody could weed with a torch on purpose. Thanks for sharing that
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do you have a picture of the corn after the leaves have grown back and fully grown?
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I will be out taking photos of the fields tomorrow. The corn is definitely growing fast right now, so the fields are turning green again in a hurry. I will attach the photos onto the end of this entry.
Thanks for stopping by!
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[…] few people have been asking for a follow up from my Burn Baby Burn post. Here it […]
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[…] We looked at the barley and field pea field first. Jonathan was hoping it would be ready to harvest on Monday. It was too wet, so only the edges have been combined. Next, we went to one of the corn fields that appeared in our flame weeding video. […]
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I am in the process of converting 220 acres of corn/beans to organic in southern MN (Waseca County). Can you tell me who manufactured your flame cultivator and the spacing of your rows?
Thank you,
Mike Hill-
Thanks for stopping by my blog, Mike.
Dennis Luettke, an organic dairy farmer near Wells, MN manufactured our flame weeder. We bought an old anhydrous bar, and brought it down to Dennis for the burner kits and set up. We are in the process of converting a used sprayer into a flame weeder, mostly because of the frame style and wheel placement. We use 22″ rows on our corn and beans.
If you have any other questions, feel free to shoot me an email at [email protected]
Carolyn
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That was cool! Or hot….. Thanks for being organic! <3
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[…] spring, and timing our weed control methods to have the least impact on the plants (check out this flame weeding video for one of our methods). The rest I shouldn’t worry about, but I’ll admit, I have […]
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Very nicely done. Can you direct me to a company that makes this flame equipment? We are just getting started in the organic arena with 100 acres.
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Thank you! Where are you located? We had a guy in Southeast Minnesota make ours. We have since built a bigger one, and I hope to have some GoPro video of that one in action this summer.
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About how much an acre does this cost
I’m a new organic farmer in central mn and im looking for info on organic way of farming and I have been playing with the idea of organic corn-
The cost per acre depends on LP prices, and weed pressure. I believe our average is between $15-25/acre.
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Gastro Obscura website featured your video today. That’s how I found your blog. I know this is a busy time of year, but please keep posting. Strike while the iron is hot & communicate with a whole new audience!
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