horticultural tools..pptx

Details of tools used in horticulture

1. HORTICULTURAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS

2. SECATEURS It is use for cutting of the unwanted branches or twigs of the orchard tree, vines, scion sticks, defoliation etc. Being handy and easy to operate,it is considered to be an essential tool of the gardener in plant propagation.

3. HEDGE SHEAR It is manually operated hand tool for pruning,trimming and cutting of hedges and shurbs . The tools essential consists of two blades with tangs.The cutting action take place between two blades which are pivoted and the material to be cut is sheared between these blades.

4. KHURPI It is generally use for weeding, lifting of seedlings and plants in a nursery, transplanting plants in potand field, and performing various other gardening operations.

5. WHEELBARROW It is use to move various things from one place to another, such as moving compost to the garden, moving planting materials, fertilizers and also to collect trash in the garden.

6. RAKE Rake is a horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, or tines fixed to a handle. It is used to collect leaves, hay, grass, etc., and in gardening, for loosening the soil, light weeding and levelling, removing dead grass from lawns, and generally for purposes performed in agriculture by the harrow.

7. TROWEL It is a small hand tools used for lifting the nursery plants ,and for transplanting seedlings.

8. HEDGE TRIMMER Hedge trimmer consists of a cutter bar having two sets of reciprocating blades. Hedge trimmer is used for trimming hedges, shrubs and brambles. It is also used for contouring plants in desired shapes and sizes for enhancing the aesthetics of the garden.

9. CHAIN SAW It is also called power saw and is a light and portable machine normally and operated by one person. The chain saw is used to trim dead or diseased wood from trees, to remove inconveniently placed branches or fell trees.

10. LAWN MOWER A  lawn mower  (also known as  mower ,  grass cutter  or  lawnmower ) is a machine utilizing one or more revolving blades to cut a grass surface to an even height. The mower is used for cutting grass in lawns and fields..

11. SPRAYER It is used for sparying insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, fertilisers and various other chemicals in the field.

12. POST HOLE DIGGER Post hole digger is a tractor mounted tool, used for making holes in the ground. The farm tool includes a rotating helical screw blade to remove the drilled out material. It is a specially designed machine that digs pits for farm fencing and plantation purposes. This tool is used to dig holes in the ground, typically from a few inches to a about a foot in diameter.

13. POTATO HARVESTER Potato harvesters are machines that harvest potatoes. They work by lifting the potatoes from the bed using a share. Soil and crop are transferred onto a series of webs where the loose soil is sieved out. The potatoes are moved towards the back of the harvester on to a separation unit and then (on manned machines) to a picking table where people pick out the stones, clods, and haulms (stems or stalks) by hand. The potatoes then go on to a side elevator and into a trailer or a potato box.

14. TURMERIC HARVESTER The harvester consists of a crescent-shaped blade with three bar-points meant to penetrate the soil.  The bar points with the blade penetrate the soil, lifting the turmeric rhizomes along with the soil. As the turmeric and soil move along the slats, the motion separates the rhizomes and allows the soil to fall back into the field.

15. VEGETABLES TRANSPLANTER The Mechanical Transplanters are excellent close spacing bed transplanters that work well in any soil condition. They can Plant at spacing as close as 5-8 cm in the row. Planters are available to plant 2-6 rows at a time with 15-20 cm row spacing.

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