Method for over wintering root crops
AssigneeKejay Investments Inc.
InventorsJason STALLAERT, Kevin STALLAERT
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Abstract
An over wintering method for storing mature root crops in soil in the ground in a geographic area with a seasonal climate, where the winter months are consistently below zero degrees Celsius overnight, including the steps: (a) during the fall months, positioning an impermeable material above a row of mature root crop; (b) distributing an insulating material above the impermeable material sufficient to provide an insulating layer of at least 30 centimeters in depth across the row; (c) up to six months following step (b), removing the impermeable material and the insulating material, and harvesting the root crop.
Claims17
An over wintering method for storing mature root crops in soil in the ground in a geographic area with a seasonal climate, where the winter months are consistently below zero degrees Celsius overnight, including the steps:
- (a) during the fall months, positioning an impermeable material above a row of mature root crop;
- (b) distributing an insulating material above the impermeable material sufficient to provide an insulating layer of at least 30 centimeters in depth across the row;
- (c) up to six months following step (b), removing the impermeable material and the insulating material, and harvesting the root crop.
A method for achieving a yield of sweeter tasting mature carrots through use of an over wintering and seeding process in a geographic area with a seasonal climate, where the winter months are consistently below zero degrees Celsius overnight, the method including steps of:
- (a) during an optimal month, planting sufficient amounts of carrot seed per square area to cause adjacent carrots grown from the seed to compete for nutrients, thereby limiting carrot growth;
- (b) during the fall months, positioning an impermeable material above a row of mature carrots, and ensuring that each carrot head is submerged in the soil;
- (c) distributing an insulating material above the impermeable material sufficient to provide an insulation of at least 30 centimeters in depth across the row;
- (d) up to six months following step (c), removing the impermeable material and the insulating material, and harvesting the carrot.
A method for over wintering a mature root crop that includes incorporating insulating material into the soil to increase residue in the soils, the method including the steps of:
- (a) during the fall months, positioning an impermeable material above a row of a mature root crop;
- (b) distributing an insulating material above the impermeable material sufficient to provide an insulation of at least 30 centimeters in depth across the row;
- (c) up to six months following step (b), removing the insulating material, while simultaneously incorporating at least a portion of said insulating material back into the soil to improve soil structure, and then removing impermeable material, and harvesting the mature root crop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.