roller crimper

Functional Prototype
Roller crimper developed by organic Latium region farmers (members of AIAB Lazio) together with CREA, a research center. It has been built, developed and tested in a participatory mode.
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Roller/Crimper
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Created: 2016/02/06 09:42
Updated: 2024/10/15 19:57

Home built no-till seed drill

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This is my home built no-till seed drill I use for planting legume mix winter cover crop seed in our stone fruit orchard. It produces very uniform seed spacing and depth with minimal soil disturbance, allowing optimum germination in our...
cover crop
seed drill
planter
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Soil management
planting
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Created: 2013/11/05 01:23
Updated: 2024/11/15 15:47

Cover Crop Roller

By dorn
Commercial Product
This tool is used to roll standing annual cover crops and crimp the stem to prevent regrowth and create a heavy mulch in place that can be planted through using no-till drills, planters and transplanters. This tool entry...
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mulch
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Soil management
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Created: 2012/10/07 01:17
Updated: 2024/09/12 18:02
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Cover Crop Roller

Problem addressed/functional need

This tool is designed to increase organic matter in soil, retain moisture, reduce cultivating passes and herbicide use.
It functions by stressing the annual cover crop at the vulnerable point between when the plant puts energy into producing seed, but before it produces viable seed. Because the covercrop is not cut, it does not resprout, and because it stays rooted, it does not bunch or blow away after it starts to dry...

cover crop
mulch
no-till
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