Planting 55,000 Tulips at Windmill Island
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2014
- The City of Holland plants over 400,000 tulips every year. Many are planted by this custom-designed tulip planter that was developed by Howie Poll of Holland Transplanter Company.
Pulled behind a tractor, it has 3 seats, 3 racks for tulip crates, and 6 rotating wheels. The machine cuts 6 furrows at a time, so each tulip tosser must load two wheels at a time.
Superb eye/hand coordination is required to keep up with the rotating wheels that are divided into six sections like a pie. We grab handfuls of bulbs and drop them into each section (remember, with both your left and right hands going at the same time) as the wheel rotates around to a hole beneath and drops a bulb down into the furrow.
Wow! 400,000+ tulips a year! Holland’s tulip crazy!
Very cool! 😎 thanks for making this video!
So neat to see how you guys do it! :)
So the pointy end of the bulb doesn’t need to go up then? These went in every which way.
did you know if this machine is adequate for saffron planting ? thanks
Do you mulch or spray to control weeds
Are the bulbs upright with the mechanical planting?
No, the bulbs fall in many different positions. The tulips know what way to grow!
*How much km/h?*
Aren’t they perennials?
Yes, but not reliable for flowering every year.
Цікаво!