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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: Maggi Young on October 21, 2015, 04:02:24 PM

Title: Gothenburg Botanic Garden - bulb planting
Post by: Maggi Young on October 21, 2015, 04:02:24 PM: This video from Gothenburg Botanic Garden shows how they have employed some natty bulb planting machinery to cope with getting 75 thousand bulbs in the ground for a mega display next year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNkcS3tmfl4&feature=share (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNkcS3tmfl4&feature=share)
Title: Re: Gothenburg Botanic Garden - bulb planting
Post by: Maggi Young on October 21, 2015, 04:27:04 PM: I'm trying to find a link for another little clip which shows better what is happening under the machine.
There is a blade which opens up a slit and lifts the grass while the hopper drops the tulip bulbs down into the hole, then the grass is allowed to lie back down again and the wheels at the rear of the machine smooth it down over the planted bulbs. A sort of invisible planting method!
Title: Re: Gothenburg Botanic Garden - bulb planting
Post by: Maggi Young on October 21, 2015, 04:41:00 PM: Hmm, that closer video was by Gerben Tjeerdsma on Facebook and I cannot find a link to allow it to be seen by the public, so, for the moment, here are some screengrabs which give some idea of the clever mechanism

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Title: Re: Gothenburg Botanic Garden - bulb planting
Post by: Maggi Young on October 21, 2015, 08:14:50 PM: The ever kind Gerben has posted the video to youtube for us .... Thanks Gerben! :-* :-*
This shows the process more clearly....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFK8P9jxdJ0&feature=youtu.be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFK8P9jxdJ0&feature=youtu.be)
Title: Re: Gothenburg Botanic Garden - bulb planting
Post by: Gerben on October 21, 2015, 08:18:54 PM: You're welcome Maggi:) I'm proud to show you some old fashion Dutch engineering.
Title: Re: Gothenburg Botanic Garden - bulb planting
Post by: Gerben on October 21, 2015, 08:30:04 PM: Or you can watch a bunch of students
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKSrqcEV0Mc&feature=youtu.be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKSrqcEV0Mc&feature=youtu.be)