ADEQUACY, PREPARATION AND SOWING (APS)
INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS:
To take the land or the virgin lots through the construction of drainages, jars, pumping stations, internal roads, electrification, so that they are ready for cultivation.
ADEQUACY:
Process in which the land is left ready for sowing, includes the following tasks:
- Topography: Define the area, soil accidents and the viability of the crop to be sown.
- Design: In the topographic survey and its projection.
- Leveling: Definition of terrain slopes. .
PREPARATION:
Condition the land for the sowing of cane. Includes the following activities.
- Separating Rakes: They remove the superficial layer of the soil, eliminating vegetation and residues not suitable for cultivation.
- Polishing Rakes: Segment large pieces of earth (lumps) into smaller ones and facilitate leveling or furrowing.
- Plow-Chisel: Break the soil to depths of 40 cm., To oxygenate it.
- Subsuelo: Like the Chisel Arado breaks the ground; but at a depth greater than 60 cm.
- Polished with Dredge: Crumble the clods to facilitate the furrow.
- Grooved: Make the bed to plant the seed, which is manually or mechanically covered.
SOWING:
Management of the seedbeds and sowing of sugarcane depending on its variety and agro-ecological conditions, includes work of:
- Provisioning
- Bandereo of the batch
- Distribution and accommodation of the seed
- Seed cover and sprout irrigation
