Corn in the fields can be planted in different ways - nesting, ordinary, accurate dashed, zigzag. Manually in our time, this plant, of course, is not sown. Use special equipment for this purpose. Designations intended for planting grains of such a culture are called seeders. For maize such equipment of various types can be used.
The main types of use
Applied for planting corn seeds can be a technique of this type:
In the first case, the corn seeder is, in fact, a separate device that moves on its own wheels. Mounted seeders are aggregated directly with tractors.
Also, such equipment can be classified by the method of planting corn grains. In this regard, for example, 6-, 8-, 12-, 16-, 24- and 36-row seeders are distinguished.
Recently, modern row cultivation equipment of this type has become very popular, allowing you to sow seeds using the exact dotted method. When using such seeders, you can significantly save on planting material without loss in terms of yield. In addition, this method facilitates subsequently and care for planting corn.
Also, some models of modern seeders allow sowing in a zigzag manner. Using this technology, the area of plant nutrition and their illumination increases. And this, of course, has the most favorable effect on productivity.
Seeders can also be used in agriculture, allowing planting using square-nesting and other methods. All modern models of this type can be used not only for sowing corn itself, but also for peanuts, cotton, etc.
The device of corn seeders
The main structural elements of this type of equipment are:
frame on wheels;
several working sections with seeds;
storage facilities for seeds;
dosing devices or discs, on the shape of which the method of planting depends.
The number of sections in modern seeders determines the row of planting. In many models, if desired, the drums from the frame can be removed or vice versa added. This allows you to precisely comply with the technology of planting a particular hybrid or variety of corn. Sections are removed from the frame of the seeders, for example, when cross-planting technology is used (first along the field, and then across or diagonally).
Design Views
In this regard, today there are mainly two types of seeders for corn:
The first type of equipment is currently considered morally somewhat outdated. Some foreign companies have even stopped producing such seeders. The main disadvantage of mechanical designs is that for changing seeds, which are different in sizes of different maize varieties, or for adjusting row spacing, they need to remove the entire working body. Moreover, you have to spend a lot of time on this procedure.
More modern pneumatic seeders do not have this drawback. Such equipment saves time, increases labor productivity and, as a result, reduces costs. In addition, a feature of such corn seeders is often that they allow fertilizers to be applied to the ground at the same time as planting material.
The disadvantage of this technique is primarily considered high cost. Also, seeders of this type often work inefficiently in fields with problem soil. In some cases, for example, they cannot be used in those areas where the roots of plants grown in the last season remained in the ground.
Brands of equipment
Many seeders today produce such seeders, both domestic and foreign. If desired, you can purchase a model designed for any tractor power. On sale today there is such equipment, intended also for private households. For example, if necessary, you can purchase a corn seeder for a walk-behind tractor. Of course, companies specializing in the production of agricultural machinery also produce similar equipment designed for aggregation with mini-tractors.
If we talk about brands, then the most popular among farmers and agricultural holding workers at the moment are, for example, seeders:
The technology of these manufacturers allows you to plant corn as quickly as possible and with minimal losses. Seeders of such brands as John Deere (USA), Lindselmash (Belarus), Krasnaya Zvezda (Ukraine) also deserved very good feedback from consumers.
Gaspardo Models: Features and Reviews
Pneumatic corn seeders of this brand are made in Italy. Technical characteristics they have such:
optimal speed when sowing the field - 7-10 km / h;
sectors on the frame - 4-12;
storage volume - 36-60 l;
seed consumption - 60-70 kg / ha;
planting depth - up to 12 cm;
the width of the rows is 45-75 cm.
To the advantages of this technique, farmers and agricultural holding workers primarily attribute a fairly high seeding rate. Also a great advantage of the models of this brand is the maximum accuracy of distribution of planting material. Another absolute advantage of Gaspardo corn seeders is that their design allows fertilizers to be applied to the ground at the same time as seeds. As for the reliability in relation to this brand, consumers also have no complaints.
Particularly convenient to operate and economical, farmers consider the 8-row corn seeder of this brand MTR-8. According to farmers, this model optimally combines price and quality. This seeder, unlike many other pneumatic ones, can be used, including on problematic soils. The Gaspardo model works perfectly, as farmers say, even, for example, in those fields where the plant roots from the previous sowing remained.
Seeder "Amazon": reviews
Pneumatic models of this brand are produced by the German company of the same name. The EDX series corn seeder from this manufacturer, belonging to the precision planting technology group, for example, is distinguished by such operational characteristics:
field work speed - up to 15 km / h;
row spacing - 37-80 mm;
embedment depth - 2 -10 cm;
seed hopper capacity - 40-80 l.
Consumers consider these models to be an ideal technique for both small and large areas. Among the pluses of the Amazon seed drills, farmers include, among other things, a simplified fertilizer setting, the possibility of narrow-row planting, and a large bunker capacity.
Consumers believe that another accuracy of the models of this brand is that the accuracy of seed placement with their use does not depend on the degree of wear of their coulters. Not all corn seeders even from foreign well-known manufacturers can boast of such a property today.
Cost
The price of such equipment depends on its technical characteristics, as well as the brand. Seeder "Amazon" EDX 12-row trailed, for example, costs about 4-5 million rubles. depending on the supplier.
The price of the model "Gaspardo" 8-row mounted is about 500 thousand rubles. Lindselmash equipment can cost from 100 to 500 thousand rubles.
Is it possible to make a corn seeder with your own hands?
Of course, to independently produce a large structure of this type will be extremely problematic. But the mini version of the seeder for corn with your own hands, of course, you can try to do it. To make a fixture of this type will be easy, for example, using the following structural elements:
At the edges of the sleeve of such a seeder, you will need to drill blind holes. They are needed to fill the store with appropriate seed material. Working with a self-assembled seeder of this type in the future will be convenient and extremely simple.
All structural elements of such equipment are attached to a frame with a wheel. Further, a handle is welded to it. By pushing such a home-made model in front of you, you can process the field very quickly. At the same time, the seeder will cost inexpensively when making it yourself.