TY - JOUR T1 - Equipment Modifications for Harvesting Fluffy Seeds JF - Native Plants Journal JO - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL SP - 114 LP - 115 DO - 10.3368/npj.2.2.114 VL - 2 IS - 2 AU - Jennifer Kujawski AU - John Englert AU - Dan Dusty AU - R Jay Ugiansky Y1 - 2001/09/21 UR - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/2/2/114.abstract N2 - 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. ER -