Spot-cultivation system
First Claim
1. A spot-cultivation system including an accessory for spot-cultivation, comprising:
- attachment apparatus for attaching the accessory to a stationary vehicle, the accessory includingat least two ground working devices held in a fixed spatial relationship to each other to work a confined area of ground as defined by the fixed relationship, and wherein one of said ground working devices comprises a ripping apparatus and a second ground working device comprises rake-mounding apparatus having at least one set of one or more raking tynes, and at least one set of one or more mounding tynes, and said raking tynes extending in a different direction relative to said mounding tynes.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a spot-cultivation system. In particular, it is envisaged that the spot-cultivation system will be most commonly used in situations where a defined area of ground is required to be prepared prior to the planting of individual seedling trees. According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a spot-cultivation system including an accessory (1) for spot-cultivation, attachment apparatus capable of attaching the accessory to a vehicle, and at least two ground-working devices (4, 5) held in a fixed relationship to each other so that the area of ground worked by the devices is defined by the fixed relationship.
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1. A spot-cultivation system including an accessory for spot-cultivation, comprising:
attachment apparatus for attaching the accessory to a stationary vehicle, the accessory including at least two ground working devices held in a fixed spatial relationship to each other to work a confined area of ground as defined by the fixed relationship, and wherein one of said ground working devices comprises a ripping apparatus and a second ground working device comprises rake-mounding apparatus having at least one set of one or more raking tynes, and at least one set of one or more mounding tynes, and said raking tynes extending in a different direction relative to said mounding tynes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of spot-cultivation of a confined area of ground prior to planting seedling plants comprising:
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using a spot-cultivation system which includes an accessory for spot-cultivation, and attachment apparatus for attaching the accessory in use to a stationary vehicle, the accessory including distributing apparatus and spraying apparatus, and at least two ground working devices held in a fixed spatial relationship to each other, wherein one of the ground working devices comprises a ripping apparatus and the second ground working device comprises rake-mounding apparatus, and wherein the rake-mounding apparatus in turn comprises at least one set of one or more raking tynes, and a set of one or more mounding tynes, and wherein the raking tynes extend in a different direction relative to the mounding tynes, the arrangement being that all the apparata are included in the one spot-cultivation system, and keeping the vehicle to which the accessory for spot-cultivation is attached stationary while the ground working devices cultivate the ground at a spot defined by the fixed spatial relationship of the ground working devices. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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