Technical solutions for mowing high grass
Unfortunately, nature conservation faces a dilemma when it comes to mowing grasslands.
Extensive mowing is necessary to keep the areas open and ensure a diversity of flora. This, in turn, creates a rich habitat for fauna.
At the same time, mowing physically harms animals and insects and abruptly changes their habitat.
Maintaining a balance between nature conservation, profitability, and work environment
If neither mowing nor not mowing yields meaningful results, what should be done? As is often the case, the solution lies in a compromise.
Above all, the maintenance period and frequency have a decisive influence on which animal and plant species establish themselves permanently in an area.
The following mowing techniques are available today and are used in a meaningful combination in green space maintenance:
Which combination is ecologically meaningful for your application areas? We are happy to advise you, request a free consultation!
In focus: Swath mowing
Oscillating mowing techniques, better known as ”swath mowing,” are particularly gentle on insects and small creatures. Triangular blades running towards each other cut the grass cleanly like scissors. The grass and plants remain intact and uncrushed on the surface, where they begin to dry.
At short intervals, the grass can then be dried by turning and subsequently used as hay. The clippings can be removed manually, with a cart, or with a baler.
Attachable belt rake for AS 600 MultiPro implement carrier
Often, grassland maintenance is not complete with mowing. When using a rake for the AS 600 MultiPro implement carrier, the next step is to remove the cut material from the area to prevent nutrient enrichment. The lack of nutrients in specific grassland areas is an important prerequisite for the flowering of many wild herbs and rare species (such as meadow sage). Nutrient-poor sites thus produce a more colorful and species-rich plant composition.
Additionally, these sites are often more demanding in terms of maintenance, i.e., they require less mowing. But the belt rake can also be used in various functions by small farmers to produce feed.
In the first step, the machine functions as a turner with higher engine speeds and without a cover. In the second step, the feed is raked into windrows using the cover at lower engine speeds. Now, the hay is easy to load and transport away.