US 6,712,013 B2 · Methods of planting sugarcane seed to achieve a high plant density

Abstract

Methods for planting sugarcane seed are provided to achieve high sugarcane plant densities per unit area. The methods include providing sugarcane seed pieces in an appropriate length, preparing the soil for planting the sugarcane seed by creating rows of wide furrows or wide seedbeds, placing the sugarcane seed on the prepared soil in a random orientation to form a layer of sugarcane seed or in an orientation perpendicular to the direction of the furrows or seedbeds, and covering the sugarcane pieces with soil. Soil preparation includes creation of wide rows of furrows, flat seedbeds or raised seedbeds, with each row ranging in width from about 0.5 meters to about 3.1 meters.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method for planting sugarcane seed, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing sugarcane seed pieces;
(b) preparing the soil to receive the sugarcane seed pieces by creating rows of furrows, each of said furrows having a width of between about 0.5 meters and 3.1 meters;
(c) distributing the sugarcane seed pieces across the width of the furrows without orienting the seed pieces in a particular direction in relation to the furrow;
and
(d) covering the sugarcane seed pieces with soil.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/291,974Filed 12 Nov 2002 · continuation

Priority

1 Sep 2000

Published

US 2003/0075087 A124 Apr 2003

Granted

30 Mar 2004

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A01C 11/00
Transplanting machines
A01C 21/00
Methods of fertilising , sowing or planting
Y10S 111/90
Planting: methods of planting seeds and miscellaneous compositions
Y10S 111/907
Specialized commodity: cane

Methods of planting sugarcane seed to achieve a high plant density

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Methods of planting sugarcane seed to achieve a high plant density

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Abstract

Claims18