Fertiliser is always alongside
For high precision and efficiency, fertilisers are increasingly applied as under-root fertilisation during sowing. Placed close to the seed, the nutrients can be quickly mobilised to be absorbed by the seedlings. Good juvenile development of the crops is a must to ensure good yields later on.
This is why AMAZONE offers the C-Drill, a retrofittable fertiliser system with a tank capacity of 270 l for the D9 3000 Super, and 460 l for the D9 4000 Super. The fertiliser hopper on the C-Drill is mounted externally on the seed hopper of the D9. The fertiliser is precisely metered via the additional Vario-gearbox and separate metering units, and is delivered to the seed metering outlets below via the bolted on housings. From here, the seed and fertiliser are fed together into the coulter system and placed at a single depth in the seed furrow using the Single-Shoot method.
Everything done in one pass: seedbed preparation, under-root fertilisation, and sowing. This saves fuel and ensures better nutrient efficiency. Which increases profitability, providing better yields.
