Well this looks interesting/ fun...Can you come back with other machinery to harvest the stalks for hurd? I wonder what the residual value of harvesting the stalks/ hurd is for these cbd/oil(?) crops...
Of course! We are actually working on a secondary head to go below this one to cut the stalks in the same pass. Farmers can then windrow and bale it for processing in a decorticator. We have seen the best fiber come from more mass planted fields such as those for grain. Most of the testing we perform on our FiberTrack 660 decorticator is actually a seed variety. Bush style plants typically do not provide good quality fiber because the branch nodes in the stalk grow weak spots. The hurd can still be useful, but large diameter stalks seen in bush style growing are hard on machinery components. We usually only recommend a hammer mill to be used for processing. Check out ruclips.net/video/zZohlBV-Oq0/видео.html for an example of a mass planted field. That field is one grown in Colorado for seed, CBD, fiber, and hurd. They were able to produce up to 8% CBD, reserve seed for the following planting, and we use the stalks that were baled in our facility for decortication.
@@FormationAg do I understand this correctly that you are working on a double cut machine? Does the cleanstrip work for seed harvesting? There is some mention of it but never very explicit. Have you tested to see the trichom loss vs hand harvesting?
@@michaelgraalum381 The CleanStip itself does work for seed harvesting. The seed would then be separated from the flower and leaves prior to putting it into storage - we have several options on equipment for that process. This also collects the small amount of cannabinoids in a grain crop if that is desired as an additional revenue stream. This process just gives an alternate, more gentle option to a combine. You would also have more control for your cleaning and processing options. The double cut machine we are working on is a secondary cutter below the CleanStrip. In a single pass, the buds, flowers, and seeds can be harvested using the upper header, and the stalks can be cut using the lower. The fiber would then be retted in the field and or baled using a second pass for decortication, or tilling into the field. *We have not seen any losses in cannabinoid content when using the CleanStrip. Our testing reports from combines have shown some loss to almost complete losses depending on the field and combine used. The CleanStrip test reports have shown consistent levels between pre and post harvest testing.
😳 Heck of a field! And yet looks easy to harvest 😊
Well this looks interesting/ fun...Can you come back with other machinery to harvest the stalks for hurd? I wonder what the residual value of harvesting the stalks/ hurd is for these cbd/oil(?) crops...
Of course! We are actually working on a secondary head to go below this one to cut the stalks in the same pass. Farmers can then windrow and bale it for processing in a decorticator. We have seen the best fiber come from more mass planted fields such as those for grain. Most of the testing we perform on our FiberTrack 660 decorticator is actually a seed variety. Bush style plants typically do not provide good quality fiber because the branch nodes in the stalk grow weak spots. The hurd can still be useful, but large diameter stalks seen in bush style growing are hard on machinery components. We usually only recommend a hammer mill to be used for processing. Check out ruclips.net/video/zZohlBV-Oq0/видео.html for an example of a mass planted field. That field is one grown in Colorado for seed, CBD, fiber, and hurd. They were able to produce up to 8% CBD, reserve seed for the following planting, and we use the stalks that were baled in our facility for decortication.
@@FormationAg do I understand this correctly that you are working on a double cut machine?
Does the cleanstrip work for seed harvesting? There is some mention of it but never very explicit. Have you tested to see the trichom loss vs hand harvesting?
@@michaelgraalum381 The CleanStip itself does work for seed harvesting. The seed would then be separated from the flower and leaves prior to putting it into storage - we have several options on equipment for that process. This also collects the small amount of cannabinoids in a grain crop if that is desired as an additional revenue stream. This process just gives an alternate, more gentle option to a combine. You would also have more control for your cleaning and processing options.
The double cut machine we are working on is a secondary cutter below the CleanStrip. In a single pass, the buds, flowers, and seeds can be harvested using the upper header, and the stalks can be cut using the lower. The fiber would then be retted in the field and or baled using a second pass for decortication, or tilling into the field.
*We have not seen any losses in cannabinoid content when using the CleanStrip. Our testing reports from combines have shown some loss to almost complete losses depending on the field and combine used. The CleanStrip test reports have shown consistent levels between pre and post harvest testing.
@@FormationAg outstanding. I'll be getting a quote soom