144results about "Bud removers" patented technology

The present invention discloses an apparatus for trimming plants, in particular, buds and flowers, to remove unwanted plant material. A typical application would be to process a plant to leave only trimmed buds and flowers for use in potpourri, fragrant sashes, or as a prelude to further processing of essential oils. The invention enables faster and safer production of plant material than prior plant processing machines. The apparatus employs an original combination of a slotted metal drum and a lawn mower type cutting reel that are rotated in the same direction, but at different speeds, to create a cutting interface that shears the unwanted plant material off and then collect this debris though a novel vacuum manifold into a waste collection device. The cutting interface between the slotted drum and the cutting reel is adjustable to keep the distance between the two between 0.002 and 0.006 inches for a very sharp and clean cut. The invention includes a roller brush and sprayer system to keep the cutting interface clean, without buildup of oils and other organic plant material. The invention is built upon a frame that moves on wheels and that allows for adjustment for operation in a level or tilted configuration to best suit the processing of particular types of plant material. The manifold cover is easily removed for cleaning and for sharpening or adjustment of the cutting blades.

The invention discloses a secondary grafting method of hongyang kiwifruit. The secondary grafting method includes: cultivating first-grade grafting stock actinidia valvata; grafting actinidia valvata and a wild kiwifruit variety, and growing seedlings; grafting hongyang kiwifruit at a high position of the wild kiwifruit after growing for one year for cultivation. By adopting the method, the hongyang kiwifruit is high in adaptability and can normally grown in places different in altitude, terrain, soil and river valley and flat ground, so that kiwifruit cultivation area can be widened. The hongyang kiwifruit is high in yield, large and regular in fruit shape, orderly in size and good in taste, and the problem that actinidia valvata and the hongyang kiwifruit are low in affinity and grafting survival rate is solved.

A removable motor housing for a plant material trimming device. The removable housing may include a first motor housing connectable to the plant trimming device. The first motor housing may be slidably or pivotably connectable to the plant trimming device. The first motor housing may be operable to receive an output shaft from a first motor in the first housing. The output shaft may be operable to communicate with an input shaft of the plant trimming device. A biasing device may be connectable to the first motor housing and the plant trimming device for biasing the first motor housing into a first position. When the first motor housing is in the first position a substantially constant force is applied between the input shaft of the plant trimming device and the output shaft of the first motor.

The invention provides a litchi tree grafting method which comprises the following steps of scion and seedling tree stock selecting, sapling seedling stock grafting pre-managing, grafting, applying a grafting method and grafting post-managing. A seedling litchi sapling tree has an arbor root and has a developed root, and the survival rate of grafting is guaranteed. The seedling litchi sapling tree and a superior litchi tree belong to the same family, a scion and a stock are strong in compatibility, the successful rate of grafting is greatly improved, and the growing speed of grafting seedlings after grafting is accelerated; the seedling litchi sapling tree has a strong drought and low temperature resistant ability, the survival rate of grafting can be guaranteed under a dry and low temperature condition, so that the litchi sapling tree after grafting can blossom and yield fruits within three years and has the abilities of passing the winter in an exposing mode and easy survival transplanting. The inferior litchi sapling tree grafting method is simple, convenient and high in survival rate, the coverage of high quality litchi trees is improved, and the popularization of good quality litchi trees are realized.

The invention provides a rapid propagation method for branch rootstock grafting of camellia oleifera. The method comprises seedling cultivation bed preparation, seedling cultivation container preparation, rootstock collection, cutting collection, grafting, cuttage and seedling management procedures, semi-lignified or lignified fragrant flower camellia oleifera branches are collected and taken as rootstocks and subjected to cutting grafting with ordinary camellia oleifera cuttings, the grafted rootstocks are treated and then cut in a prepared seedling cultivation container for seedling cultivation, seedling management work including sprout cutting, fertilizer and water management and disease and pest control is well done during seedling cultivation, and the grafted, cut and rapidly propagated camellia oleifera nursery rootstocks are obtained. According to the method, the fragrant flower camellia oleifera branches are directly used as the rootstocks and subjected to cuttage after being grafted with ordinary camellia oleifera cuttings, the survival rate is high, the nursery rootstocks have developed root systems and grow fast, the nursery rootstock quality is improved, and demands for a large quantity of high-quality nursery rootstocks for camellia oleifera planting can be timely met; the cultivation period is shortened, the utilization rate of the cuttings is high, the propagating quantity is large, the seedling cultivation cost can be greatly reduced, and the rapid propagation method has better economic benefits, social benefits and ecological benefits.

The invention discloses an osmanthus fragrans grafting method, and belongs to the technical field of osmanthus fragrans planting. The method comprises the steps of (1) preparation of a grafting tool; (2) selection of grafting time: time between the end of May and the beginning of June every year is selected; (3) selection and preparation of rootstocks; (4) selection of scions; (5) grafting: a cleft grafting method is adopted; (6) treatment of underwood; (7) growth maintenance; (8) pruning and reshaping. The method has the advantages that strong nonflowering solid wood seedlings are fully used for grafting thunbergii or orange osmanthus as the rootstocks, the cleft grafting method is used for grafting, the existing growth advantages of the solid wood seedlings are fully utilized, and meanwhile, the solid wood seedlings are grafted, so that the rootstocks and the scions are high in affinity, the healing time of grafting unions is short, growth maintenance is more facilitated, and the finally grafted osmanthus fragrans is high in quality.

The invention relates to a grafting method of a macadimia nut sprout, and belongs to the technical field of agriculture and forestry. The method is that a semi-lignified branch with one leaf is used as a cion, the seed sprout at the age of two weeks and normally glowing at leaf-expansion period through a nutrition bag is used as a stock, then the split grafting method is performed for grafting, and the sprout is transplanted in a greenhouse and subjected to culture management. The method has the advantages that the semi-lignified branch with one leaf is used as the cion is grafted to the seed sprout at the leaf-expansion period in the nutrition bag; the stock and cion are both in low degree of lignifications, so that the histocyte is active, callus can be generated fast, and the remained leaf is able to perform photosynthesis to produce nutrient substances for curing the grafting opening; by being compared with traditional hard-twig grafting in autumn and spring, the grafting method has the advantages that survive rate is raised by 25% and the grafting survive rate exceeds 95%; in addition, the whole process from sprout grafting, culturing of stock to out-planting needs about 10 months, so that mass industrial seedling applies.

A bearing block assembly for a plant-trimming machine having a rotatable perforated tumbler, a rotatable reel and a bed bar assembly. The bearing block assembly comprises an outer bearing plate having a bearing-receiving bore for holding a reel bearing to rotatably support an end of the reel, and an inner bearing plate affixed to the outer bearing plate. The inner bearing plate has a pocket for receiving the bearing-receiving bore of the outer bearing plate, the pocket having a tolerance permitting the bearing-receiving bore to be set at a selected position within the pocket. The inner bearing plate also has a contact surface for engagement with the bed bar assembly and a bore for receiving a tumbler bearing for a rotatable tumbler support. The bearing block assembly has connectors for affixing the outer bearing plate to the inner bearing plate. The bearing block assembly sets the positions of the reel, bed knife and tumbler correctly during assembly of the plant-trimming machine, reducing the time and skill required for maintenance.

Disclosed is a self-guided blossom picker that uses a vision system to identify and locate blossoms or inflorescence growing on a plant. The device is intended to be used on a farm and towed by a tractor, for example, or it can be self-propelled. As the device is moved over the blossom the image data captured by the vision system is sent to a machine vision module, which interprets the data and identifies a location of blossom. A controller uses the location data to command a picker to the proper location. A cutter on the picker is actuated to remove the blossom.

The invention belongs to the technical field of fruit tree pruning, in particular to a method for pruning peach trees. Pruning in the first year: After the seedlings are planted, select full buds to fix the stem, and remove all branches on the main trunk at the same time; in summer, perform bud removal and branch thinning treatment, and remove competing branches, upright branches, over-dense branches, and flat oblique branches in winter. Keep fruiting branches for each peach tree; pruning in the second year: in summer, extend the center trunk and pinch or drop the head, keep the center trunk in winter, remove the branches at the base of the center trunk, and keep only the middle and upper fruiting branches; pruning in the third year: summer When pruning, keep the twigs, and keep the distance between each twig to bear fruit; in winter, remove the prosperous branches on the central trunk from the base, and let them bear fruit after flowering. The invention is scientific and reasonable, simple and easy to implement, and the peach trees are well ventilated and light-transmitting, easy to manage, high in yield and high in quality, high in peach quality, less damaged by wind and rain, less secondary peaches, and high in yield.

A harvesting tumbler apparatus includes first and second spaced apart grating segment retainers, and a tumbler grating including a plurality of resiliently tensionable grating segments connected to the first and second grating segment retainers. The resiliently tensionable grating segments extend from each of the first and second grating segment retainers in a spaced apart circular arrangement. The tumbler apparatus further includes a tension mechanism configured to apply a sufficient tension force to the resiliently tensionable grating segments to cause the grating to form a cylindrical shape. In illustrative embodiments, the resiliently tensionable grating segments may include flexible cord segments.

The invention discloses a top grafting canopy replacement method of red mangoes. The specific method comprises the steps of grafting treatment and management after grafting, and carries out the technologies of scion collection and grafting. By adopting the method, the variety can be continuously improved and is quick in upgrading, and newly selected good varieties can be timely grafted on existing trees at any time; the mango trees have strong root systems and adequate nutrition, thereby facilitating the quick growth of canopies. Therefore, if grafting and canopy replacement are finished in the first year, the trees can bear fruit the next year; compared with the method of replanting trees, the method can shorten the immaturity period by about two years; mature, inferior and low-yielding production orchards are transformed into high-yielding, superior orchards with high economic profits in a short time.

The invention discloses a peach grafted seedling culturing type planting method. The method comprises the following steps of S1, preparing stock trees and leveling wound surfaces, wherein fertilizer is applied to the stock trees before grafting, and the peach stock trees are sawed off, and the center of the wound surface of each stock tree is longitudinally cut once; S2, cutting scions flat, wherein development branches, long fruit braches and middle fruit branches with two-year-old branch sections are cut off from the middle portions and the upper portions of the peripheries of crowns of adult peach stock plants which grow robustly and are high in yield and excellent in quality, the cut wound surfaces of the scions are smooth, buds which are full, have small piths and are free of disease and pest damage are selected, stem grafting scions should be collected 20-30 days before sprouting or after leaves fall in the last year, the collected scions are placed in an underground cave at the temperature ranging from 0 to 5 DEG C or a shady place, the highest temperature is not higher than 8 DEG C, and the scions are buried in wed sand with the relative humidity of 70%; S3, embedding the scions into the stock trees, wherein the cut scions are inserted into the notches of the stock trees; S4, covering the scions with thin films, wherein the multipurpose polyethylene thin films are wrapped on the scions, firstly, a wide single-layer thin film is wrapped on sawn openings completely, the notches are held to prevent the scions from moving up and down and moving left and right, and then the thin films are tightly bound to the peripheries of the notches.

The invention belongs to the technical field of grafting, in particular relates to a method of grafting macadamia nut. The method comprises the steps of S1, seed treatment, S2, stock culture, S3, scion cultivation, S4, grafting, and S5, management after grafting. The macadamia seeds are treated at a low temperature before sowing, when the seeds germinate and grow to 0.3-0.5 centimeter in stem length, they are used as the rootstock, the non-lignified branches produced by the grown grafted female parent are used as the grafted rootstock, in the grafting process, the rootstock and the scion are treated using a plant growth regulator, after the grafting process, the temperature and humidity are controlled, and fertilizer is applied, the grafting survival rate of the macadamia nuts is improved; when the seeds germinate and grow to 0.3-0. 5 centimeter in stem length, they are used as the rootstock, then grafted, and when they survive after the grafting process, the seedling rearing step is directly conducted, and the time used for seedling rearing is shortened.

The invention provides a grafting cultivation method of flowering peaches. The grafting cultivation method comprises the following steps of (1) seedling cultivation land arrangement, wherein a non-continuous-cropping neutral-sandiness land parcel free of sunshade objects is selected as seedling cultivation land, the seedling cultivation land is tilled after base fertilizer is applied to make a seedling cultivation bed, soil of the seedling cultivation land is treated through pesticide, and leveling and watering are carried out; (2) stock selection and treatment, wherein mountain peaches are selected as stocks, mountain peach pits are soaked in clear water for 12 days in November, floating mountain peach pits are removed, the rest of the mountain peach pits are taken out to be aired, and sown in the seedling cultivation bed in line, the mountain peach pits are placed laterally in the line sowing process, and the mountain peach pits are covered with soil after line sowing; (3) stock seedling management; (4) grafting; wherein branches on flowering peach seed trees growing normally are selected as cions, the branches are sheared to be 7 cm long, T-shaped bud grafting is carried out on stock seedlings and the cions in July, plastic cloth filled with wet soil is tied at the positions 10 cm lower than connectors, buds on the cions are exposed, and the upper portions of the cions are sleeved with plastic bags; (5) management carried out after grafting; (6) leaf-curl prevention and treatment. The grafting survival rate and nursery stock quality are high.

The invention discloses a pear bud seedling yield improving method used at an early stage of orchard construction. The pear bud seedling yield improving method used at the early stage of orchard construction comprises the steps of bud seedling selection, bud seedling planting, first-year management after planting, second-year management and third-year management and the like. The pear bud seedling yield improving method used at the early stage of orchard construction combines with many years of experimental screening and actual production and adopts bud seedling orchard construction and thin and long cylindrical tree shapes, and the early-stage yield-improving objectives of current-year planting, second-year forming, third-year production and fourth-year yield improving can be achieved by adopting 'carving, twisting and wiping' and other technologies and a scientific management method. The problems of large construction difficulty, high cost, late fruiting and late benefits of an existing big seedling orchard can be solved, traditional biennial big seedling orchard construction is changed into annual big seedling orchard construction, traditional four-year forming is changed into two-year forming, traditional six-year yield improving is changed into four-year yield improving, and the pear bud seedling yield improving method has remarkable economic benefits and popularization and application values.

Floor-standing equipment and methods that employ them use nylon netting to grate trim off the seedless flowers of female cannabis plants. The netting is formed into large cylindrical drum into which about five pounds of dried seedless flowers of female cannabis plants are loaded through a door flap in the netting. An electric motor or handcrank causes the load to tumble over and over a horizontal axle for 3-5 minutes at about 35-RPM. The trim drops through the netting down through a funnel bag into a plastic basin on the floor. The trimmed seedless flowers are then dropped out separately through the door flap in the netting and through the funnel bag into a second plastic basin on the floor.

The invention relates to a cultivation method of arbutus conserving a rock desertification mountain land. Local wild arbutuses are used as rootstocks, and wangzianhai planted in Taiwan serves as a graft. The cultivation method includes the steps of soil preparation, seedling and grafting, nursery stock processing, planting, pruning and cutting, field management, pest control and management of the arbutuses in blooming and fruiting periods. The arbutuses cultivated by means of the cultivation method are vigorous in growth vigor, the branch is stout, the branch is also large, the fruiting rate is very high, the fruit has rich nutritive value, especially rich in vitamin C and eight kinds of amino acids and a certain amount of protein and fat, the fruit is beneficial to human body health, the fruit can also be prepared into sweet water can, juice, fruit wine and preserved fruit except for fresh-eating, the arbutuses is suitable for being planted in the rock desertification mountain land barren soil condition, the soil and water conservation is achieved, the ecological environment of poverty-stricken areas is recovered, and the income of mass peasants is increased.