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US 2013/0199427 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for planting and irrigation
AssigneeLindsay Corporation
InventorJochen Pfrenger
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Abstract
A planting and irrigation apparatus and method for planting seeds in and irrigating a field. The apparatus may comprise a plurality of spray nozzles configured with a pressure setting sufficient for forming a plurality of holes into soil of the field and a seed dispenser configured for dispensing one or more seeds into one or more of the holes. Once the seeds are dispensed throughout the field, the apparatus may irrigate the field, thereby washing soil displaced when the holes were formed back into the holes, thereby covering the seeds.
Claims5
A method for planting and irrigating rice in a field, the method comprising:
- forming a plurality of holes into soil of the field by spraying liquid from a spray nozzle of an irrigation apparatus into the soil at predetermined intervals as the spray nozzle is moved across the field;
- dispensing one or more seeds into one or more of the holes;
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- irrigating the field, including the holes, with the irrigation apparatus.
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