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Reduces Labor Costs & Labor Hassles
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 Adjustable
Row Modules with Dual Gauge Wheel Depth Control. Each row can be
independently set to thin, aerate, block & weed in the row. Wider
window of opportunity to operate the machine. When your stand is
established, 6 to 8 leaf stage or slightly bigger, the timing is
ideal to start.
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Sugar Beet Growers; it is worth your time to look into this
money saving tool
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sweeping motion moves dirt between the beet plants, providing aeration,
weeding, cultivation, and blocking if desired. Depth of sweep blade
(1 to 3") can be easily adjusted and maintained with heavy duty
gauge wheels (1 gauge wheel per 2 modules). The size of the Sugar
Beet will determine the sweep depth. The quick-set module is easily
adjustable. Depending on plant population, it will adjust to reduce
stand from 0 - 40%. A plant population calculating card is provided
for optimum settings. |
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Thinner Doubles as In-Row Cultivator
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| In 1997 Pickett Equipment's main objective was
to develop a mechanical crop thinner, the tool now know as the Pickett
Sugar Beet Manager does more than thin out overplanted populations.
It also breaks crusts, aerates soils, and controls in-row weeds. |
| Ryan Pearson, who worked with Pickett Equipment
in the development of the thinner says the addition of spring tines
between the sweep blades on the Sugar Beet Manager's modules are
the key ingredient in its in-row weed control capability. The tines
allow growers to cultivate in the row at layby to eliminate small
weeds hidden beneath plant leaves. |
| The angle of the machine's modules adjusts to allow
varying degrees of thinning and cultivating action, depending upon
field conditions, desired plant population levels, and plant size.
The sweep blades and spring tines complement each other well for
cultivation. "The blades cut the crust; then the tines shatter those
areas of crust in between (the cuts)," Pearson says. |
| In a heavy in-row weed situation, adding the spring
tines to the 16-blade or the 22-blade modules provides excellent
weed control. "It appears you've 'roto-tilled' that row without
removing the crop," he says. "Those little weeds are virtually gone." |
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