PLANT GROWING METHOD Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: method involves preparing soil for planting or sowing; planting plant material; forming stand strips; cutting off crop, with regrowth being left, and/or planting seedlings; arranging stand strips so that they extend from East to West; cutting off stand at Southern side of each strip; determining shadow length in Northern direction from stand on strip the Southern side, with regrowth being left along strip; plowing area extending from shadow edge to Southern side of adjacent strip for sowing of agricultural crops; providing yearly cutting of stand at Southern side of strip and planting seedlings at Northern side of strip at area corresponding to area of yearly regrowth shadow increase at Southern side of strip, with stand being progressively offset to North; using areas cleared from stand as agricultural lands; clearing waterlogged areas and river bottom lands from undesirable bushes by pulling them together with roots; planning cleared areas for meadow; performing yearly cutting of grass on meadow to root neck level; clearing lands and preventing them from being shadowed by stand of adjacent lands. Method allows pest and fire control to be provided by dividing large masses of plantation into strips, light shadow properties to be used for tree elongation, annual plant soil to be fertilized with humus by alternatively changing between forest and field. Besides, organic formations of waterlogged and river bottom lands are used for grass reproduction. EFFECT: increased efficiency in pest and fire fighting and improved quality of wood. 3 dwg