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User: Justin Mezo
Created on: 2014-04-14
Observation Date 2014-04-11
Comment:
Harvested the miscanthus in the GLBRC IL EBI Study, all replications. In 2013 the miscanthus plots had two weights recorded. One side of the plot was fertilized and the other side of the plot was not fertilized. The plots were harvested so that a plot weight was recorded for the fertilized and non-fertilized plot sides. Harvested with JD 7350 self propelled chopper using the 15 ft wide Kemper head and Gnuse forage wagon with load cells attached as a weighing system. The outside 15 ft of each plot was harvested. Plot weight were obtained from a monitor in the cab that was connected to three load cells under the Gnuse wagon. 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.
Miscanthus was not harvested until April 11, 2014; the group from IL came in the fall of 2013 to harvest quadrants of miscanthus by hand. We delayed the machine harvest until they came and harvested the quadrants by hand.
Harvested the remaining switchgrass that was still standing after the 2013 growing season today. Harvest data was collected on the switchgrass plots on November 14, 2013.
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101 102 103 104 201 202 203 204 301 302 303 304 401 402 403 404 EBI_ILL
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Harvest
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