Effect Of Mulching Soil with Garden Waste on Weed Growth

This study aims to reduce the growth of weeds among orchard trees using an orchard tree waste chipping machine after developing it under three levels of cutting length ratio (≤3 cm - 3 to 5 cm - ≥5 cm), four levels of cutting diameter ratio (≤1 cm - 1 to 3 cm - 3 to 5 cm - ≥5 cm), four levels of distribution efficiency and four levels of cutting efficiency. The study was conducted at forward speed (1.8 km/h), moisture content (40%), number of knives 32, and rotation speed 2600 rpm for the cylindrical chipper. The evaluation was conducted regarding the effect of distribution efficiency, cutting efficiency (%), and cutting length ratios (%). The results can be summarized as follows: Increasing distribution efficiency from 75 to 95% and cutting efficiency from 85 to 95% led to a decrease in the amount of weeds, and increasing the percentage of cutting length and cutting diameters led to an increase in the amount of weeds at a moisture content of 40.0% (gram weight) and the number of cutting knives 32.