EFFICIENT
SEEDBED PREPARATION
FOR MAXIMUM FIELD EMERGENCE
Seedbed preparation is a secondary cultivation process. For demanding crops with certain seed vitality and germinating properties, the seedbed will be of major importance and impact on an even field emergence and plant development. On the one hand, seed-to soil contact is needed to give the seeds access to capillary water from deeper soil layers. The seed coverage, on the other hand, requires a weatherproof crumbled and uniform reconsolidated seedbed. Ideally, seedbed preparation should not be deeper than the sowing depth. Structural weaknesses of the soil must be improved in many places by deeper processing, but should be avoided in wet conditions and heavier soils because it would be fatal. The goal is to reduce the number of passes as much as possible to maintain soil aggregates and to ensure uniform consolidation.
Seedbed preparation is the basis of high yields.
With the TLG and TLD, Kverneland provides two seedbed cultivators with the right configuration for a wide range of applications:
In spring time: • Opening the soil after frost or winter rainfall, enhancing the air flow for quicker warming up • Before of spring seeding, for example sugar beet, potatoes or oats to prepare a precise and fine but weatherproof seedbed for a good root development • Slurry incorporation In summer: • Second or third pass to destroy weeds and volunteers saving herbicide but avoiding bringing up clods especially in dry conditions and improving residue management In autumn season: • Preparing the soil for a fine weatherproof crumbled seedbed able to enhance germination even for fine seeds such as oil seed rape, grass etc.
KVERNELAND TLG/TLD
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