Possible applications for crop care machines
Crop | Constant pressure tine harrow | Rotary hoe | Row crop cultivator |
Winter cereals | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Summer cereals | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Maize | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Soya | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Sugar beet | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Oil seed rape | □ | □ | ■ |
Beans | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Peas | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Lupins | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Potatoes | ■ | – | □ |
Pumpkin | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Flax | ■ | □ | □ |
Caraway | ■ | □ | □ |
Speciality crops | ■ | □ | □ |
■ = well suited, □ = can only be used to a limited extent, – = do not use
Row crop cultivator at different stages of development
Cereals | Pre-emergence | Emergence | 1 leaf stage | 2 leaf stage | 3 leaf stage | Tillering |
Spelt | – | – | – | – | – | ■■ |
Wheat | – | – | – | – | – | ■■ |
Rye | – | – | – | – | – | ■■ |
Triticale | – | – | – | – | – | ■■ |
Oats | – | – | – | – | – | ■■ |
Barley | – | – | – | – | – | ■■ |
Summering | – | – | – | – | – | ■■ |
■■■ = aggressive intensity possible, ■■ = normal intensity, ■ = gentle intensity, - = do not use
Deploying the row crop cultivator in cereals is heavily dependent on the row width selected during sowing and the height of the crop
In organically managed farms with a row spacing of 25 cm it is still possible to use the row crop cultivator until the beginning of ear emergence (EC 51)
The plant is still relatively flexible due to the absence of growth regulators
The width of the duck foot share is chosen according to the root system of the crop
The more developed the root system, the further away from the plant
More crops | Pre-emergence | Emergence | 5 cm | 10 cm | 20 cm | 40 cm |
Beans | ■ | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ |
Peas | ■ | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ |
Vetches | ■ | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ |
Lupins | ■ | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ |
Lenses | ■ | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ |
Soybeans | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■■ |
Sunflowers | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■■ |
Maize | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■■ |
Potatoes | ■ | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■ | ■ |
Safflower | ■ | – | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■■ |
Flax | ■ | – | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■■ |
Oil seed rape | ■ | – | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■■ |
Turnips | ■ | – | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■■ |
Buckwheat | ■ | – | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■■ |
Hemp | ■ | – | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■ |
Millet | ■ | – | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■ |
Oil squash | ■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■ | ■■■ | – |
■■■ = aggressive intensity possible, ■■ = normal intensity, ■ = gentle intensity, - = do not use