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User: Joe Simmons

Created on: 2013-11-27

Observation Date 2013-11-27

Comment:
Harvested LTER Cellulsic Biofuels Experiment (CE Study), all replications. Harvested the biomass crops i.e. switchgrass, C3 and C4 mix, and prairie grasses mixes. Harvested with JD 7330 tractor using the 7.5 ft wide Kemper head and Wintersteiger biomass harvester weighing system. The middle 7.5 ft of each plot was harvested. Plot weight were obtained from the on-board FRS Harvest Master computer weighing system, by Juniper Systems. Cutting height of plant stubble was 5 inches. Grab samples from each rep was placed in paper bags weighed for wet weight and placed in plant dryer and reweighed to determine percent moisture for each treatment and replication. Harvested treatments CE4: (plots 110, 203, 302, 404), CE5: (plots 106, 205, 303, 405), CE6: (plots 111, 204, 310, 406), CE7: (plots 107, 208, 309, 407), CE8: (plots 103, 211, 307, 408), CE9: (plots 102, 201, 308, 409), CE10: (plots 104, 206, 306, 410), CE11: (plots 101, 209, 311, 411), and CE12: (plots 109, 212, 305, 412). Started harvest in south west corner (C11:plot 101) and harvested in a serpentine pattern working to the east. The 2013 protocol for treatments CE4 and CE6 was to add 50 lbs N/A however, because of human error treatments CE4 and C6 were overlooked and no nitrogen was added to the plots; Remaining plot area was harvested on April 10, 2014.

Areas:
CE10 CE11 CE12 CE4 CE5 CE6 CE7 CE8 CE9

Observation Type:
Harvest

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