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14.3
DISPOSAL
The implement must be disposed of in accordance with local waste disposal regulations for machines.
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CROP CULTIVATION TIPS WHEN USING THE
ROTARY HOE
Thanks to its robust and compact design, the Rotary Hoe 600 is ideally suited for weed control.
Furthermore, the Rotary Hoe can also be used for soil aeration and regulation of the water balance. Nurse
crops as well as greening or catch crops can also be prepared with the Rotary Hoe.
Thanks to its successful use for cereals, maize, beets, squash, oil rape seed, vegetables, peas, soy, and
field beans, the APV Rotary Hoe makes a significant contribution to soil cultivation. Its application area
extends from crop rotation to fertilization, and from soil tillage to mechanical weed control
.
Its design
objective is to keep the beneficial weed infestation small enough that the weeds cannot cause any
qualitative or quantitative damage to your crops.
Select the tillage time so that the Rotary Hoe is used after mid-day, this ensures that the weed sprouts are
dried out and killed in the sun. Ensure that the soil is not too moist. The optimal thickness and depth
setting, as well as forward speed and adjustment of the star rings must be executed with your
understanding of the correlations between the soil and weather conditions.
The faster the forward speed when hoeing, the greater the impact and success of the control measure.
The aggressiveness of the working pass increases significantly with the working speed.
The aggressiveness increases when more pressure is applied to the arms.
15.1
HITTING THE RIGHT GROWTH PHASE
Measures that are performed before the crop emerges are particularly effective. For this reason, weed
control must be coordinated as precisely as possible with the soil tillage and seeding dates.
"Blind hoeing" (before cereals emerge) often achieves very good results. This can be performed until
the cereal starts tillering.
Especially in the germination stage or small leaf stage of the weeds, the greatest control success is
achieved (up to 80%) by burying or exposing the emerging weeds.
The optimal hoeing date (emergence of weed sprouts through the seedbed) can be determined by
laying a window pane on the ground. The Rotary Hoe should be used when the first seed leaves
appear.
For rye, winter barley, and early-seeded wheat in cereal-rich crop rotations, autumn germinating silky
bent grass and black grass often cause the most problems. For rye and winter barley, hoeing success
depends on timely pre-winter hoeing. For wheat a somewhat later seeding extends the hoeing period
and reduces beneficial weed pressure.
If the beneficial weed is already beyond the seed leaf stage and has reached the rosette stage, control
becomes more difficult: In this case, hoeing must be more aggressive (more working pressure) since
the beneficial weed is difficult to pull out and is also more likely to withstand burying.
Hoeing in the late morning on sunny and windy days is particularly effective. Exposed beneficial weed
seedlings dry until afternoon.
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