Isistimu yemishini efakwe ngebhande ebizwa ngokuthi i-PlantTape ithembisa ukunciphisa izindleko zabasebenzi futhi yonge isikhathi ngesikhathi sokutshala ensimini.
Izinga lomkhakha liyi-rotary noma i-carousel transplanters. Kodwa abalimi abaningi bemifino abancane bajwayelene nabatshali bemishini abangasebenzisi injini, abanomugqa owodwa abaphakelwa uhlelo lwamabhodwe ephepha, lapho ukufakelwa kabusha kutshalwa ezitsheni zephepha ezibekwe ethreyini enkulu yepulasitiki. Ixhunywe ngomucu wephepha, iziqukathi zephepha ngazinye zihlubula esisodwa ngesikhathi ukuze kutshalwe ngomshini ngomugqa owodwa.
Umshini we-PlantTape wengeza kulowo mqondo idrayivu yamandla engakwazi ukuphatha imigqa yokutshala eyisishiyagalombili ngesikhathi. Amathreyi amaningi angahlelwa emugqeni ngamunye, futhi - imicu ye-PlantTape evela emafulethini ahlukene ixhunywa kanye neziqeshana ezibolayo. Umshini unemojula ehlukile yomshini womugqa ngamunye, futhi imojula ngayinye ilenga eduze nomhlabathi futhi izitshalo emlilweni osheshayo.
"Esikubiza ngemojuli uhlobo lwenhliziyo" yomshini, kusho uMongameli wePlantTape uBrian Antle. "Ilingisa isibhamu somshini esifakwe ibhande."
Umshini ungabamba amathreyi angama-60 ngesikhathi, futhi ithreyi ngalinye libamba izitshalo ezingama-810. Ukuhlukaniswa kwemigqa nakho kuyalungiseka, futhi ububanzi obuphelele bokutshalwa kwemishini bungahluka kusuka kuma-intshi angu-60 kuya kwangu-84.
Ngale ndlela, izisebenzi zabantu abathathu - umshayeli kagandaganda nabasebenzi ababili bemishini - bangatshala amahektha angu-1.5 kuya kwangu-2 ngehora, kusho u-Antle. Ukuhambisana naleso sivinini kusetshenziswa izindlela zamanje, umlimi uzodinga izitshalo ezimbili zendabuko ezinabantu abangaba ngu-30, esho.
Umshini we-PlantTape unamathisele kugandaganda ohlelweni olunamaphuzu amathathu futhi unikwa amandla wudrayivu we-hydraulic kagandaganda. U-Antle uthe lo mshini usebenza kahle nogandaganda owuchungechunge iJohn Deere 6150, futhi ungasetshenziswa ukutshala izilimo ezinhlobonhlobo.
"Inqobo nje uma imbewu ingangena ngaphakathi kwekhasethi, ungakhula kakhulu kunoma yini," esho. “Senze utamatisi, ugwayi, amakhabe, u-sugar beet, u-anyanisi, amaliki, i-bell pepper – senze kakhulu noma yini noma ubani ake ayicabanga,” kusho yena.
Wengeze nokho ukuthi iningi lentshisekelo yamanje libonakala liqhamuka kubalimi bemifino basentshonalanga.
Ubuchwepheshe baqalwa eSpain ngasekuqaleni kwawo-2000, kusho u-Antle. Yatholwa nguTanimura & Antle ngo-2014 ukuze ithuthukiswe e-United States.
UScott Rossi, ongumqondisi wepulazi langaphakathi eTanimura & Antle, useneminyaka emine esebenza nale mishini. Uthe abalimi abasebenzisa ukushintsha kusukela ekutshalweni kwembewu baye kokufakelwa kabusha kuzofanele balungise amaphethini abo okufafaza, amanzi, umanyolo kanye ne-prep bed - futhi babhekisise ukufakelwa uma sebengenile.
“Kufanele ube nomqondo ovulekile,” kusho yena. "Kufanele uzimisele ukushintsha."
Iqembu ligcina indawo eSpain, futhi kulo nyaka, leli qembu liqale ukuthengisa ezentengiselwano eNyakatho Melika. Iphinde isetshenziswe njengesivivinyo e-Australia phakathi no-2018.
“Manje sidayisa imishini nezitshalo kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Melika,” esho. “Zingu-25 ezakhiwayo njengamanje futhi ziyakhulunywa zonke. Manje indaba yokuzakha ngokushesha ukuze zihlangabezane nezidingo.”
U-Antle uthe cishe kunesikhathi esingamasonto ayisithupha sokwakha. Amamojula akhiqizwa eSpain, futhi wonke umshini, kuhlanganise ne-chassis, ihlanganiswe e-Oregon.
Umshini ubiza kusuka ku-$100,000 kuya ku-$200,000 kuye ngenani lamamojula emshinini - inombolo yemigqa umlimi afuna ukuyitshala. Imishini isebenzisa isilinganiso sika-$165,000, esho.
Enye izindleko ukufakelwa izitsha ngokwazo. Ithuluzi lokuhlwanyela litshala imbewu ne-vermiculite ephaketheni ngalinye le-strand yetheyiphu, bese kufanele iqhume futhi ihlume, ngokuvamile endaweni yasenkulisa.
“Njengamanje sidayisa lezi zitshalo ngoba yithina sodwa esinomugqa wokutshala,” usho kanje. U-Antle uthe imishini yokuhlwanyela nayo iyathengiswa; nokho, wenqabile ukuxoxa ngamanani aleyo mishini.
Uthe kuze kube manje, ukusabela kwabalimi kunamandla.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu babona lokhu njengekusasa," esho. Izinhlelo zamabhodwe ephepha njenge-PlantTape zenza kube lula ukutshala izinhlobo ezibanzi zokufakelwa. “Izilimo zikalethisi, awukwazanga ukukhula kahle ekutshalweni ngoba awukwazi ukuthola izimpande ezifanele.”
IPlantTape iyathandeka kubalimi ngenxa yokuncipha kokuncika emsebenzini, kusho u-Antle.
"Angicabangi ukuthi kukhona obambe umoya ukuze abone isimo sabasebenzi siba ngcono."
- UStephen Kloosterman, Umsizi Womhleli
Ngenhla: Ukutshala kutshalwa ngokuzenzakalelayo emigqeni eminingi ngohlelo lwe-PlantTape. Izithombe: UBrian Antle