Mechanical weed control in orchards - machine demonstration
From Triple Performance
Mechanical weed control in the tree rows is one of the major differences between organic and conventional fruit growing. A machine demo was held on the organic fruit farm of Jacco Merkens in Utrecht. The demonstrated machines are:
1:01 Aedes hydraulic inter-row weeder with wire rotor
1:29 Vimas interrow wire machine from Hissink
1:55 Ladurner cultivator from Hissink
2:22 Stocker wire machine from ‘Van der Linden Fruitteelt Machines’
2:44 Stocker hoeing machine from ‘Van der Linden Fruitteelt Machines’
3:12 The Stocker roller chopper with a finger weeder from ‘Van der Linden Fruitteelt Machines’
