Against a backdrop of rising interest in food safety and security, demand for specially cultivated rice
and organic rice is increasing with each passing year. At the same time, there were previously limits on
the extent to which organic cultivation that eschews the use of weed killers could expand given the
enormous amounts of manpower required to eliminate weeds.
Rice transplanter manufactured by Mitsubishi, LKE60D has successfully achieved laborsaving by mechanizing
recycled paper mulch-based approach to cultivation. It goes without saying that this model
offers same high levels of operating and laborsaving efficiency associated with Mitsubishi’s rice transplanters
and will powerfully support all efforts to engage in rice transplantation.
A recycled paper mulch-based rice transplanter, LKE60D lays down strips of recycled paper onto
surface of a puddled paddy field right in front of planting part and proceeds to transplant rice
while piercing this paper. Since this laid-down paper blocks sunlight from being cast onto surface
of field, weed growth is inhibited enough to keep growth and flourishing of weeds in check
for approximately a month after transplantation of rice without need for weed killer.
Significant laborsaving achieved by not having to perform troublesome weeding work
With normal organic cultivation, weeding will need to be carried out two or three times during
growth and development stage. With the paper mulch-based approach to rice transplantation,
however, weeding is rendered almost entirely superfluous, thus accounting for expectations that
laborsaving can be made.
Mulching effect produces laborsaving and adds higher value to produced rice
This approach realize to coexist with microorganisms in paddy fields, small animals, and other facets of
natural world by not only reducing labor power on weeding as normally required for growing organic
rice but also promoting farming that conforms to a model of environmental conservation.
LKE60DB
LKE60DB
+ 3 subsidiary seedling trays(*)
+ Sliding seedling trays(*)
+ row-alignment cutter(*)
LKE60DBP
+ 3 subsidiary seedling trays(*)
*Sliding seedling trays, subsidiary seedling trays, and row-alignment cutter are separately-sold options.
Paper rolls not included with rice transplanter.
