METHODS OF CULTIVATION OF GIRASOL Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A01B79/02 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture, in particular to methods of cultivation of girasol, and can be used on medium and heavy-textured soils. The method includes autumn pre-sowing tillage, fertilising, cutting beds, planting tubers. Planting of tubers can be carried out in autumn or spring. Then the spring and summer inter-row processing is carried-out, as well as mowing of stalks for fodder, and harvesting the tubers. Pre-sowing tillage is carried out by cutting the beds of width of 150-180 cm with enclosures of width-fold of the bed, 9.0 (18.0) or 10.8 (21.6) m. Intervals between enclosures are 3.0 or 3.6 m. Planting is carried out in beds, the distance between rows is 45-90 cm. They are cultivated with ridge cultivator. In case of necessity the herbage is mowed for fodder; the stems height is 60-70 cm. Before harvesting a second mowing of herbage is carried out by mower with collecting and transporting it to the hopper of the vehicle.

EFFECT: method enables to improve the growing conditions of girasol and to reduce damage of tubers during harvesting.

2 cl, 2 dwg