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Quality for Professionals
9 Cropping tips for using the GP 600 M1
Seedbed preparation is always required before reseeding. This procedure is
optimally accomplished with the grassland power harrow GP 600 M1 with 4 rows of
tines. Together with the reconsolidation by a roller, five working procedures are
accomplished in one field pass.
With its thorough and effective mode of action, the GP 600 M1 can be optimally
integrated in your overall management concept.
The goal of your concept will be to improve yields and to increase the valuable
grasses.
Other effects of the GP 600 M1, such as
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soil aeration,
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regulation of the water balance,
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incorporation of the seed,
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reconsolidation,
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pressing down the seed and therefore
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promoting tillering
make a significant contribution to the formation of good crops.
The success of weed control without chemicals and high yields, however, depend
very strongly on you, as you will be required to closely observe the processes in your
soil.
Reseeding of grassland is theoretically possible during the entire frost- and snow-free
period. Gaps in the crops should already be reseeded in the spring to prevent weed
competition. As a matter of principle, you should reseed more frequently and
therefore work less aggressively and reduce the seed quantity.
Reseeding can be performed in the spring as soon as the soil has warmed up a little.
The soil must have good trafficability, i.e. the seed should not be "smeared in" in any
case.
Reseeding in the spring has the advantage that the spring humidity and the disturbed
soil can be used as a seedbed. However, despite the good start, the grass can dry
out during a summer drought, and the pressure of the old sod is greater in the spring
due to the stronger growth spurt.
With the GP 600 M1, we counteract this disadvantage with a roller that presses down
the seed and therefore improves soil closure. This allows the seed to germinate more
rapidly and the risk of desiccation is reduced.
The optimal strength and depth setting, forward speed and the adjustment of the
tines and seeding rate must be set with your understanding of the correlations
between the soil properties and weather conditions, which can vary greatly in
different regions.
