In order to meet the requirements of organic and pollution-free fruit cultivation, many orchards are now no longer using herbicides. But how to mow the grass and what kind of machinery can be used to complete the orchard mowing work efficiently and at low cost have become a big problem in the management of orchards in various places.
For orchards under 10 mu, considering the small area of operation, it is recommended to use brush cutters for operation. At present, the core of the brush cutter is gasoline engine power. The domestic production area is relatively concentrated in Yongkang, Zhejiang, and the quality is better in Shandong Huasheng.
Of course, it would be better if local fruit cooperatives or agricultural machinery cooperatives could provide paid production services, similar to how corn farmers hire combine harvesters during the harvest season.
Both walk-behind lawn mowers and riding lawn mowers are embarrassing in orchards. For traditional planting models, they cannot work close to tree trunks, and they are not flexible enough to operate in orchards. For the new dwarf and dense planting model orchards, where there are places where tractors can enter, their shortcomings are more prominent: the problem of hand-push lawn mowers is that the operation efficiency is not high, and the operators are more difficult when the operating area is large. .
In addition to being unable to get close to the tree trunk, the riding lawn mower's main problem is that its price/performance ratio is too low and the price is inflated. The same price is enough to buy a Greenhouse King tractor plus a few kinds of orchard farm machinery attached to the rear. The salespersons who sell orchard machinery in the industry often joke: If you see which garden owner is not poor in money and does not know how to calculate economic accounts, you can directly recommend riding lawn mowers. Although the price is a bit outrageous, it looks more fancy. It's very eye-catching for those who don't know much about it.
As for the remote control lawn mower, it is rarely used in orchards abroad, because it is really hard for people to walk behind for a few days. Its only advantage is that it is relatively low and can pass through the closed orchard row.
At present, the crawler-type multifunctional orchard operation vehicle has many applications in domestic orchards, mainly in hilly areas. In some of these areas, there are no terraces or planting plots with steep slopes, which are inconvenient for tractor operations. For such orchards, a crawler-type utility vehicle is a good choice, after all, it can be equipped with other agricultural tools besides mowing. The domestic manufacturers of tracked utility vehicles with good quality include Luoyang Master and Xianggong. In addition, if the orchards in the traditional planting mode are not prepared to control the tree vigor to facilitate mechanized operations, crawler-type work vehicles can also be selected.
However, for the mechanized mowing of most orchards, it is still recommended to match the tractor, so that the overall purchase and maintenance costs are lower, and the operation efficiency is the highest. At present, there are more small-sized greenhouse king tractors for orchards on the market, such as Lovol European Leopard, Yellow Sea Golden Horse, Taishan and so on. For this kind of orchard mowing operation, it is recommended to choose the pioneer orchard obstacle avoidance lawn mower. One of its significant advantages is that under the premise that the rows and trees can work at the same time, the trees can automatically avoid the trunk, and there is no friction with the trunk, which does not hurt the fruit tree. Generally, within the corresponding row spacing, the tractor can complete all the mowing operations in the row and under the trees on both sides by walking back and forth. In terms of operating efficiency, time cost and overall mechanization supporting cost, it is significantly better than self-powered crawler lawn mowers and riding lawn mowers.
