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Design of the Plant-O-Vator

Plant-O-Vator Advantages

Interseeding Corn in living Bahia Sod

Interseeding Legumes in Bahia Sod

Legumes for high quality forage

Test Results of Chickasaw Clover

Interseeding Mung Beans in Bahia Sod

Interseeding Cowpeas and Millet iin Bahia Sod

Interseeding Legumes in Bahia Sod

Test results of mung beans and cowpeas

Hay King renovation of bermuda grass

Results of renovating in Bahia Sod

Interseeding Peas and Soybeans in Bahia Sod

Interseeding Silage Corn and Clay Peas in Bahia Sod

Gulf South Region Results

Georgia & Florida Results

Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico Results

Montana Results

Plant-O-Vator Testimonial

Hays barley trials in the Deep South

 

The Plant-O-Vator® is designed to create a mini seed bed 5½ inches deep for pasture renovation, fertilization and interseeding into living sod.

The Plant-O-Vator® system mixes the fertilizer in the soil directly below the seed and covers the mixture with a layer of soil, separating the seed from the fertilizer.

 

RESULT: Fertilizer does not destroy the seeds.

    Multiple benefits with only one trip:

 

•   Two crops—living sod continues

    to produce along with interseeded crop.  

 

•    Reduce/eliminate soil erosion, fertilizer

    pollution and chemical use.

 

    More, lower cost forage per acre per year.

 

•    Use less diesel fuel.

 

•    Less wear and tear on your tractor.

 

•    Support for the environment.

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Nutrient Management Programs

7580 CR 136

Live Oak, FL 32060

“Aeration and oats for hay. We have 4 treatments of aeration to see the response of oats. No aeration, shank aeration, rolling tine aeration (airway), and Plant-O-Vator® all with commercial fertilizer.

 

“The above photo is a comparison of planting with a no-till drill and the Plant-O-Vator®. The left side was the drill with aeration. The right side was a single pass of a machine that aerates, fertilizes and plants all at the same time. The plot on the right was also planted a week after the one on the left.”

Plant-O-Vator® Test Results from the Florida Agricultural Department

 

Comparison of Planting Equipment for Sod-Seeded Ryegrass

 

D. J. Lang, R. Elmore, A. Tokitkla and M. Salem

Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University,

Mississippi State, MS 39762

dlang@pss.MsState.edu

 

Abstract

 

Ryegrass was planted in a Bermuda grass pasture with: 1. Tye No-till drill, 2. Plant-O-Vator® drill, 3. Broadcast following Hay King subsoiler, or 4. Broadcast. Establishment of ryegrass with the Plant-O-Vator® resulted in an initial stand (30 days after planting, DAP) of 74%, compared with 25% for ryegrass established with the Tye and only 10% for ryegrass broadcast seeded.  At 60 DAP, ryegrass stands were 86% when planted with the Plant-O-Vator®, 70% with the Tye, and 53% when broadcast. Ryegrass plant height and ground cover were also greater with the Plant-O-Vator®, compared with the Tye or Broadcast. There were no differences between N fertilizer sources. There was a 2.3 fold difference between the early fall yield of ryegrass seeded with the Plant-O-Vator®, compared with the early fall ryegrass yield planted with the Tye.

Comparing Planting Equipment

Plant-O-Vator® Test Results from the Mississippi State University

Agricultural Department

Click here for information on the design of the Plant-O-Vator®.

 

Note: Above comparison resulted in 3 trips versus one trip with the Plant-O-Vator®.

Phone: 1-800-848-9303

Fax:     1-985-796-3074

E-mail:  sales@tarversales.com

 

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Tarver Sales Corporation

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Tarver Sales Corporation

84636 Highway 25

Folsom, LA 70437

1-800-848-9303

sales@tarversales.com

Plant-O-Vator Models Available

Accessory:

             Single row coulter arms

             (without blade and hub)

Experimentation is easy with the Plant-O-Vator system. With little expense, anyone using imagination can contribute to the effort of learning how to increase forage production while reducing (eliminating) soil erosion, fertilizer and chemical pollution.

The Plant-O-Vator is designed to work in established pasture and hay land having well established sod/root systems.