METHOD FOR SOWING OF TILLED CROPS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: method involves providing strip ripping of soil adjoining row; spreading apart upper layer to depth less than seeding depth by 10-20 mm and width of bottom of 30-35 mm; cutting slit along row line, with width of slit not exceeding width of seed and depth extending to soil layer with stabilized moisture content; ejecting seeds onto bottom and pressing seeds into soil by rolling to seeding depth; mulching furrow with shifted soil. Method is preferably used for sowing of crops such as corn, sunflower, soya, sorghum, sugar beet, cotton.

EFFECT: increased efficiency and provision for simultaneous emergence of young crops.

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