METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOIL NUTRITION AREA OF MELONS AND GOURDS

摘要

FIELD: agriculture.;SUBSTANCE: method involves determining the area occupied by plants sown by the hexagonal pattern. The effective nutrition radius of melon and gourd plants is preliminary determined. Thereinafter the volume of the soil nutrition area is determined, which is the product of the area occupied by the plant and the penetration depth of the roots. The volume is determined by the volume of the cylinder with the base in the form of a circle, and the area occupied by the plant is determined by the area of the circle inscribed in the regular hexagon, obtained by joining the midpoints of the faces of the hexagon formed by joining the middle segments of distances to the nearest six plants and being the base of the cylinder. The depth of penetration of the roots of melons and gourds is determined by a segment drawn perpendicularly from any point of the circle down to the depth of 0.35 m and being the height of the cylinder.;EFFECT: method allows to determine the soil nutrition area of melons and gourds.;2 dwg