Planting Field Crops Chapter #11
What are the different ways to seed a crop? broadcast: spread on top of groundbroadcast: spread on top of ground drill: seed in rows with a drilldrill: seed in rows with a drill air seeder: seed in rows with an air seederair seeder: seed in rows with an air seeder row crop: plant in row 20-48row crop: plant in row 20-48
What functions does the drill do? prepare seedbedprepare seedbed form furrowsform furrows deposit seeddeposit seed cover seedcover seed pack seedbedpack seedbed fertilizefertilize herbicideherbicide
What are the parts of a drill? seedbox: carries seedseedbox: carries seed metering device: amount of seed deposited (adjust rate to moisture in soil)metering device: amount of seed deposited (adjust rate to moisture in soil) furrow opener (seed boot): shovel or diskfurrow opener (seed boot): shovel or disk cover with soil (depth:seed size) (uniform depth)cover with soil (depth:seed size) (uniform depth) packer: press wheelspacker: press wheels ground driven mechanismground driven mechanism
Row crop planting lister or row crop planterlister or row crop planter plant in rowsplant in rows plant on ridges, irrigate in furrowsplant on ridges, irrigate in furrows
Broadcast seeding spread seed, cover with harrow or diskspread seed, cover with harrow or disk grassesgrasses airplane when field is too wetairplane when field is too wet poor control, loss to birdspoor control, loss to birds