Turmeric/Ginger Planter

Innovation Description

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.

Technical Specification

• 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.

Salient Features

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Source: National Innovation Foundation