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Planting Field Crops

Planting Field Crops. Chapter #11. What are the different ways to seed a crop?. broadcast: spread on top of ground drill: seed in rows with a drill air seeder: seed in rows with an air seeder row crop: plant in row 20-48. What functions does the drill do?. prepare seedbed form furrows

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Planting Field Crops

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  1. Planting Field Crops Chapter #11

  2. What are the different ways to seed a crop? • broadcast: spread on top of ground • drill: seed in rows with a drill • air seeder: seed in rows with an air seeder • row crop: plant in row 20-48

  3. What functions does the drill do? • prepare seedbed • form furrows • deposit seed • cover seed • pack seedbed • fertilize • herbicide

  4. What are the parts of a drill? • seedbox: carries seed • metering device: amount of seed deposited (adjust rate to moisture in soil) • furrow opener (seed boot): shovel or disk • cover with soil (depth:seed size) (uniform depth) • packer: press wheels • ground driven mechanism

  5. Row crop planting • lister or row crop planter • plant in rows • plant on ridges, irrigate in furrows

  6. Broadcast seeding • spread seed, cover with harrow or disk • grasses • airplane when field is too wet • poor control, loss to birds

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