Cover Crop Roller
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Cover Crop Roller Basic Data Category: Cultivators URL (first publication): https://farmhack.org/tools/cover-crop-roller Keywords: agriculture, cultivation, annual, crop, crimp, stem, mulch, planter License: CC BY 4.0 Organization: Farm Hack Project status: Active Translation status: 1-Without Translation Technical documentation Maturity of the project: prototype
Contains PDF-drawings: Yes Assembly instructions are published: No Bill of materials is published: Yes Contributing guide is published: No Mechanical hardware Contains original mechanical hardware: Yes CAD Format: License for mechanical hardware: CC BY 4.0 Electronic hardware Contains original electronic hardware: No
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Other Contains original software: No
Technology Readyness Level TRL: 2
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Description
This tool is used to roll standing annual cover crops and crimp the stem to prevent regrowth and create a heavy mulch in place that can be planted through using no-till drills, planters and transplanters. This tool entry is based on the Rodale Institute's open source design, and updated by ADABIO
This tool is designed to increase organic matter in soil, retain moisture, reduce cultivating passes and herbicide use. It functions by stressing the annual cover crop at the vulnerable point between when the plant puts energy into producing seed, but before it produces viable seed. Because the covercrop is not cut, it does not resprout, and because it stays rooted, it does not bunch or blow away after it starts to dry...
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