Substantiation of the design and technological scheme of the herbicide plant for the treatment of trunk strips of fruit plantations in terraced gardening

Weed control in gardens on terraced slopes is one of the problems faced by fruit growers. The main method of weed control used in intensive flat gardening is the chemical method with the introduction of herbicide into the near-trunk strips of fruit plantings. Experience in using machines for introducing herbicide into the near-trunk strips of fruit plantings has shown that for their effective operation, two adjacent passes along the line of a row of fruit plantings are necessary. In the conditions of terrace gardening, an approach to the line of a row of fruit plantings is possible only from one side: from the side of the terrace canvas, the processing of the other side of the row is limited to the slope of the terrace. This circumstance reduces the effectiveness of the use of herbicide installations of domestic and foreign manufacture. In this regard, the proposed herbicide installation is equipped with an actuator made in the form of a vertical metal cylinder, inside which a pneumatic acoustic liquid sprayer is installed, and in the lower part a polymer disk with the ability to rotate in a horizontal plane is attached, on the outer cylindrical surface of the disk piles are attached, forming a cone-shaped elastic protective apron. Such a design of the herbicide installation allows for one pass along the row line to ensure effective processing of near-trunk strips of fruit plantings in terraced gardening.