Cup planters gentle touch on chitted spuds
Cup planters gentle touch on chitted spuds
GENTLER handling of chitted potatoes when they are being planted, is the claim for a new development from Grimme.
The company has now developed a cup planting system which uses a conveyor to take seed to the cup entrance point, but avoids unnecessary rubbing and bruising.
Seed potatoes are conveyed to a small holding tray which has a sensor to halt the conveyor when there is sufficient seed to supply the belted cup feed – and restart it when there is room for more potatoes.
The holding tray, along with the feed cups, is vibrated by an electric motor. This helps to ensure a single seed enters each cup – the tray vibration separates the potatoes and the cup vibration prevents cups holding more than one seed.
The Grimme chitted potato planting system – a first for Ireland – is available in 2, 4 and 6-row systems. *