Patent ID: 6363870
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A01C,Y02P

Abstract:
A system for fertilizing a forestry planting site comprising:a forestry vehicle that is operated through a forestry planting site to perform a conventional forestry operation other than fertilizing the site; a liquid fertilizer accommodating container mounted to said vehicle; a conduit communicably attached to said container and mounted to said vehicle, said conduit carrying a dispensing nozzle proximate a distal end thereof and generally beneath said vehicle, said nozzle being disposed toward an area of the planting site to be fertilized, at least while said vehicle is moving across that area; and means mounted on said vehicle for selectively pumping liquid fertilizer from said container and through said conduit such that the pumped liquid fertilizer is dispensed from said conduit through said nozzle and onto a selected area of the planting site.