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Today I'll be sharing some important information about Sowing operations and the machines required in Sowing operations. I definitely hope you will really find this content educative and interesting. I think it's time we let the cat out of the bag 😊.
Sowing Operation
Sowing is simply the process of placing seeds inside the soil for proper germination. This simply implies that anytime you plant seeds inside the soil, you're actually undergoing the process of sowing. There are different methods of sowing or planting seeds in the soil. These process are listed below;
- BROADCASTING METHOD
This method involves scattering the seeds uniformly on the soil. This can be done either by manual process or mechanical process.
The manual process involves the use of human effort to sprinkle the seeds into the soil in a uniform manner whole the manual process involves the use of seed broadcasters which helps to spray or scatter the seed into the soil.
- DIBBLING
Dibbling is a very popular form of sowing operation in the rural areas and it's mostly used in planting some special type of crops for proper germination. It involves creating a seed bed or hole in the soil surface in which the seeds are placed and covered.
I'm quite sure almost everyone is actually familiar with this method of sowing. There's also this instrument known as Dibbler which can also be used to perform Dibbling operation when sowing seeds in the soil.
- TRANSPLANTING
Transplanting operation is also a sowing process we are all very familiar with. I'm quite sure you've seen cases whereby some set of flowers are been planted in a polythene bag/nylon. I'm sure you might have seen such scenario. The process of placing such existing plants (pre-plant) into the soil for proper germination is actually known as transplanting operation.
This method is mostly used in planting flowers. Some of the beautiful flowers you see around you were actually planted by Transplanting operation. This is also one of the reasons some people engage in trading pre-planted flowers since the demand for flowers is increasing yearly.
- DRILLING METHOD
This is also a very common method you are also familiar with. As the name implies "drilling" it involves creating a continuous line of furrow either manually or mechanical in which the seeds are dropped into the set of furrow line of uniform depth and the soil is then covered back after the seeds are placed into the soil.
Drilling method of sowing can be accomplished via mechanical method such as making use of a seed drill which can either be powered by a tractor or bullock(s).
CHECK ROW PLANTING
This type of sowing method involves planting crops row - to - row or plant - to - plant with a uniform distance or spacing. This can be well implemented with the use of a check row planter.HILL DROPPING
Hill dropping method of sowing is also very similar to check that of a check row planter but the only difference is that hill dropping contains constant distance spacing between plant to plant but the distance may not be constant with the use of drills.SEED DROPPING AFTER PLOUGHING
This type of method involves the use of agricultural machines such as Plough powered by a tractor or bullock or a Maiobansa in such a way that after ploughing operation is done or completed, the seeds are then employed into the soil and covered.
It's really great you were able to learn various methods or processes of sowing operations which were discussed above. I'll love to end this post with another important machine used for Sowing operation and this is known as a Seed Drill
What is a Seed Drill?
A seed drill is a machine used for inputting or placing seeds into the soil in a continuous furrow at a uniform depth. There are different operations carried out by the Seed Drill when it comes to planting operations. Some of these functions are listed below;
- Carrying/conveying the seeds
- Compacting the soil
- Metering the seeds for planting
- Creating furrow at uniform depth
- Covering the seeds with the soil
- Placing the seeds into the soil
I think I'll have to put an end to this post at this junction and I hope to share more educating contents with you on this platform.
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