pine tree seeder in cessna 180

[DrBob]

Just for the novelty of it these are some photo's of the pine tree seeder in the cessna 180. We can seed 7 acres per minute with this little gem. The seeding occurs at 100 feet above the ground level at 100 mph. It works pretty good with high survival rates

 

[deluxestogie]

It works pretty good with high survival rates

For the pilot or the trees?

Bob

 

[DrBob]

tree seed 80% pilots 100% so far.

 

[Chicken]

we deliver fertilizer once a year to airports around the area...

and these planes load in the front.. and fly over planted pines throwing fertilizer from above,
i talked to a ground guy there, once because i thought it was a waste to fertilize a pine field with at least 8'' of pine straw on the ground....
'' i just couldnt figure out '' how the fertilizer would get to the root, network with all the dead matter that is on a forest floor,

but he said it really works, and theyve done studies, that showed that fertilized pines were ready to harvest

5 years before unfertilized pines,

[ im sure that will be on the list of useless knowledge i will remember forever ]

 

[Knucklehead]

I wondered how they reseeded those things. Are those pelleted seed? I just assumed those low flying planes were always looking for pot fields.

 

[DrBob]

nope just regular seed cleaned and coated with a little zinc for mold. As far as looking for pot fields it aint me..

 

[DrBob]

as far as fertilization goes about 185# per acre are used. A job for an airtractor 802 which is capable of hauling around 6400# of material, just about enough for 40 acres per load.