The maximum coefficient of uniformity of 90.59% was observed for a nominal-1 corm spacing of 15cm at 0.56 kmh forward speed. The coefficient of variation and highest deviation from the mean spacing was observed as 12.93% and 2.65cm respectively. The planter was evaluated in the field when pulled by two persons as a power source and guided by a person. The geometric properties of gladiolus corm were determined for designing the seed metering system and seed hopper of the planter. As most of the Indian farmers are marginal and small, a need for manually operated gladiolus planter was felt. Level of mechanization for different field operations is one but foremost reason for the higher cost of cultivation. However, the cost of cultivation of flower is high as compared to cereal crop. The single-row manually operated multi-crop planter is very simple to use, the various adjustments are made with ease, and it is maintenance free, except for the bearings which needs to be lubricated from time to time to allow the planter's ground wheel to move freely.įloriculture is an age-old farming activity in India having immense potential for generating self-employment and income to farmers.
Seed metering device was designed to be interchangeable to allow for the different varieties and types of seeds. Most of these were fabricated from mild steel material, except for the metering mechanism which was made from good quality nylon and the seed funnel tube, was made from rubber material. The seed planter consist of the main frame, adjustable handle, seed hopper, seed metering device, adjustable furrow opener, adjustable furrow closer, drive wheels, seed tube and ball bearings. The multi-crop planter has the capability of delivering the seeds precisely with uniform depth in the furrow, and also with uniform spacing between the seeds. This project work focused on the design and fabrication of a manually operated planter sowing for different crop seed that is cheap, easily affordable by the rural farmers, easy to maintain and less laborious to use.
To achieve the best performance from a seed planter, the above limits are to be optimized by proper design and selection of the components required on the machine to suit the needs of crops. Peasant farmers can do much to increase food production especially grains, if drudgery can be reduced or totally removed from their planting operations.
The cost price of imported planters has gone beyond the purchasing power of most of our farmers.
Project 007 seeds manual#
Manual method of seed planting, results in low seed placement, spacing efficiencies and serious back ache for the farmer which limits the size of field that can be planted.
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