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Brush
Harvester
Our Brush harvester is unique to the island of Ireland.
It operates gently and causes little disturbance to vegetation, invertebrates,
and even frogs! It can be towed with a tractor, a quad bike, or a 4WD
and doesn't damage the crop being harvested. It operates
well on all types of grassland, wet, and dry heaths.
If collecting from a meadow the crop is left ready for hay making if required.
Harvesting can take place in most weather conditions. When harvesting
is carried out will depend on your requirements. The operation can be
repeated through the season if there is a wide spread in the seeding timescale.
Directly after harvest the seed is spread in the open to dry and to allow
insects to escape. After cleaning, the seed is placed in a cold store
until needed.
The work rate of the harvester is around 1 acre per hour on even ground
and the yield of clean dry seed is 10-30 kilos per acre depending on condition.
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Vacuum
Harvester
Used for small sites or specific target species and for
areas that are difficult to access with other machines. Using the seed
collected with this we can contract grow a specific species if required
for habitat restoration, creation, or enhancement.
Both brush and vacuum harvesting provide a means of obtaining a high quality,
100% native, local provenance seed that can be used within landscaping
for restoration, creation, or enhancement purposes. You can see examples
of where we have used these techniques on the Projects
page.
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