Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
  • A01G7/00—Botany in general
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10S111/00—Planting
  • Y10S111/90—Methods of planting seeds and miscellaneous compositions

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• the present invention relates to a new process for the cultivation of corn and similar plants.
• corn is generally sown in parallel lines sufficiently spaced to allow the passage of cultivation machines, a corn seed being deposited for example approximately every twenty five centimeters.
• the corn is sown in a conventional manner using seeders with rotary distributors which deposit the seeds individually in the vicinity of a tool which causes their slight burial in the soil.
• the invention relates to a method of cultivating corn, which by a particular arrangement of the seeds at the time of sowing allows the corn to develop in better conditions, which results in earlier maturity as well as a higher yield.
• the present invention relates to a new method of growing corn and similar plants, of the type in which the seeds are sown in parallel rows, characterized in that along each line, there is at regular intervals a group of two seeds located at a short distance from each other, for example about 7 to 12 cm.
• each group of seeds consists of two seeds spaced about 7 to 12 cm apart and preferably 8 to 9 cm, while the different groups are placed for example at intervals of 25 to 45 centimeters and preferably of
• the corn plants develop by disposing their leaves in a substantially regular manner around the entire periphery of their vertical stem.
• the two maize plants of the same group develop mutually annoying each other, which means that the leaves of the two plants remain parallel to each other while developing perpendicular to the row.
• the process which has just been described is not limited to corn and it can also be applied to the cultivation of all plants of the same type such as for example sugar cane.
• the present invention also relates to a seed drill for implementing the process which has just been described, characterized in that it distributes in the soil along a line, groups of two seeds separated by about 7 to 12 cm, each group being placed approximately every 25 to 45 cm.
• the seeds are all the closer together as the corn belongs to an earlier variety.
• the seeds can be alternately placed at distances of 12 and 30 cm approximately, which corresponds to the deposition of a group of seeds approximately every 42 cm.
• FIG. 1 represents a schematic top view of two rows of corn cultivated according to the traditional method
• FIG. 2 is a top view of two rows of corn cultivated according to the invention
• FIG. 3 is a top view of two corn plants according to Figure 1 and
• FIG. 4 is a top view of a group of two corn planes according to Figure 2 of the invention.
• Figure 1 a top view of two rows of corn obtained according to the method usually used from seeds sown at regular intervals of about 15 cm.
• Figure 2 a top view of two rows of corn sown in accordance with the invention in groups of two seeds arranged for example 8 cm from each other, with a group approximately every 30 cm, which corresponds to the same seed density per hectare as in the conventional process in Figure 1.
• the corn plants according to the invention grow by developing their leaves perpendicular to the row, the median plane of the leaves of the same plant lying perpendicular to the sowing line.
• This new cultivation process can be applied not only to corn but also to other plants, such as for example sugar cane, which have a similar morphology and which are cultivated in rows being sufficiently rigid so as not to need stakes. .
• the invention can be easily implemented with a precision seed drill modified according to the invention so that its distributor delivers approximately every 25 to 45 cm two seeds spaced about 7 to 12 cm apart.

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• Pretreatment Of Seeds And Plants (AREA)
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• Breeding Of Plants And Reproduction By Means Of Culturing (AREA)

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