Turmeric/Ginger Planter
Turmeric/Ginger Planter
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Problem addressed:
Conventionally,
labors have to dig the soil to sow ginger/turmeric. This is tedious; time consuming and back breaking task due to regular bending posture at the time of sowing. Mr. Inderjit hence decided to work on this problem and thus came up with a ginger/turmeric sowing machine.
It is a tractor mounted turmeric/ginger planter with adjustable row spacing. This planter can perform following function :
• Open a furrow
• Meter the seed.
•Deliver the seed and place it appropriately in, the furrow.
- This equipment consists of following parts viz. Feeder, metering mechanism, chain drive, bevel gears, rotating discs, adjustable furrow openers etc.
- It is a tractor mounted turmeric/ginger planter with adjustable row spacing from 4.5 to 5.5 ft.
- A wheel is provided at the base which can adjust the plant to plant distance, which can be varied from 6 inch, 9 inch and 12 inch.
| Type of work | Manual Labors | Machine |
| Labors required for 1 acre | 27-30 | 5 including tractor driver |
| Labor cost | 3800 to 4000 | 900 – 1000 |
| Work done in a day | 1 acre | 4 acres |
| Required turmeric/ginger | 10 to 11 quintals | 8.5 quintals |
| Depth of sowing | Not defined | 4.5 inches |
| Plant to plant distance | Not defined | 6 inches, 9 inches, 12 inches |