31 July 2014

Spraying sunflowers

​A few days ago, we visited our friend Virgilio in his Village (Turégano - Segovia). That is an area where there are lots of sunflowers because they think sunflowers are an excellent cultivation for crop rotation. In our area, there are many sunflowers too (Cuenca is the biggest producer area of sunflower in Spain), so we liked so much seeing him working with his Tecnoma Xenis sprayer and his healthy sunflowers fields. They use so much slurry therefore they have to spray frequently. 

In our area, sunflowers aren't sprayed and fertilized, we only sow them in May, and after two months they are harrowed (we kill some weed with this task), finally they are harvested in October. On the other hand, Virgilio expends more resources and time then his profit is more positive (besides in his area, it often rains in summer and it is a good help to get a great production... they have an average of 1,300kg/ha). Another fact to be considered is that as we indicated in our post about sowing sunflowers, they give ​less distance between rows since our rows are at 80cm and theirs at 60cm only. 

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25 July 2014

While the seedbed for rice is been prepared

Anytime, we have talked about rice thanks to our friend Antonio Rincón, from Orellana la Vieja (Badajoz). This time we are publishing his photos which were taken in May and where we can appreciate how the field is prepared for sowing rice.

Our friend Antonio tells us that rice fields should be always covered with water when the seed is sowed (in our area it is impossible to find rice fields). Once rice is harvested (as you can see in this video) mixing tasks are performed in order to destroy the stubble (this video is very interesting), mix the mat and straw to allow them drying quickly. Then, when the field is dry, it is compulsory to give a chissel round, and also it is necessary having plain land in order to allow the water being shared uniformly previously to sow rice.

Finally, when the land is plain, rice is sowed with the spreader (with an average of 140kg/ha) as you can see in some pictures.




17 July 2014

Amazone UX for vegetable garden

At this time, we are speaking about one of the best sprayers in the market: The Amazone UX 4200. Our friend and follower Antonio Miguel Galán Molina-Prados sent us some pictures a few weeks ago when he received his Amazone Sprayer (it was manufactured and delivered few days after buying).

They have a lot of crops (melons, onion, garlic,…) which need frequently chemical treatments, so it is a very important tool for their farm (which is located in Herencia Village – Ciudad Real). In other case, the cost of this machinery cannot be supported for the majority of the small farms… we have never seen any Amazone UX sprayer in our area.

He told us his impressions by phone after his first work tasks which were extraordinary under his point of view. Molina, thank you very much for your pictures… we like your sprayer very much.


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