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Equipment Modifications for Harvesting Fluffy Seeds

Jennifer Kujawski, John Englert, Dan Dusty and R Jay Ugiansky
Native Plants Journal September 2001, 2 (2) 114-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.2.2.114
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Fluffy seeds of native wildflowers are difficult to harvest using traditional equipment and methods. We modified intake and storage on a tractor-drawn leaf vacuum machine to better harvest fluffy seeded species such as aster (Aster L. [Asteraceae]) and narrowleaf silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt. [Asteraceae]). By inserting collection bags inside the vacuum and creating a vacuum hood to ride over the rows of plants, only 1 person is needed for the harvest process. The modified equipment allows us to make repeated harvests over the several-week ripening period and it removes only ripe seeds from the plants.

  • Trac Vac
  • seed production
  • wildflowers
NOMENCLATURE
  • USDA NRCS (2001)
  • © 2001 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
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Jennifer Kujawski, John Englert, Dan Dusty, R Jay Ugiansky
Native Plants Journal Sep 2001, 2 (2) 114-115; DOI: 10.3368/npj.2.2.114

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Equipment Modifications for Harvesting Fluffy Seeds
Jennifer Kujawski, John Englert, Dan Dusty, R Jay Ugiansky
Native Plants Journal Sep 2001, 2 (2) 114-115; DOI: 10.3368/npj.2.2.114
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