Update on new innovations for intra-row weed control Pieter Bleeker, Hilfred Huiting and Rommie van der Weide EWRS Samsun 29 March 2011
Content: new intra row weeders With sensors Sarl Radis (FR) – Pneumatic hoe Sarl Radis (NL) (Applied Plant research) With Camera’s: Poulsen (DK) – Hydraulic hoe Poulsen (DK) – Intra-row burner Carford (GB) -- Hydraulic dic Steketee (NL) – Pneumatic hoe
Sarl radis Sarl Radis (France) in lettuce and onions. Light sencors 4 rows One hoe for a row pneunatic 2.5 km / hour
(Sarl Radis) Changed. Parallelogram Number of hoes per row Cylinders Air hoses
One or two hoes for one row ??
Testing on a test unit Film aanpassing
Camera’s Poulsen Carford
Hydraulic
Intra-row burner
Burner sugarbeets (slow motion)
Change cultivation: onions in clusters Sowing pills or adjusted sowing disc ← 20 cm →
Summary Developments are going on ! But it can faster ! Most systems should be more users friendly ! Weed control in sown crops like onions and carrots is still difficult ! But there will be a chalange!
The future ???
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