The Risutec APC Tree Planting Machine

Risutec APC; automatic plant container for spruce seedlings. The APC is used for automatic plant feeding in our mounding tree planting machines.

[@bradcorrea9963]

I am honestly amazed on how slow this process is. In Canada, a tree planter with walking and a KCB bar will plant on average 1000 tree in a 10 hour shift.

[@RisutecForestry]

For the benefit of those reading this comment, as we replied earlier: Thanks for the comment Brad. To assuage some of your amazement, we need to remember the difference between reforesting practice in different countries. Here in Finland, for instance, we always perform soil cultivation with an excavator. Cleaning harvesting residue, slash, and performing the mounding will always take time, but gives seedlings the best chance for survival and growth - which is ultimately what the forest owner is looking for. In addition to soil cultivation and planting at a consistent depth (remember tap rooted seedlings need to go deep enough) our reforesting machines can add water, fertilizer, pesticide and each and every plant is recorded with a GPS location and the operator can follow target to actual density to avoid overworking compartments. In terms of productivity, the model in this video is quite old - but our contractors average roughly 200 seedlings per hour with the mounding planter "PM" - all stages combined. This will vary with the terrain, amount of slash, ground conditions and operator experience. If you work in forestry and want more details on our solutions please feel free to reach out at risutec(at)risutec.fi

[@alexandredasilva1519]

I,m brasilian and love high technology with precision,I wish one day a invitation from Risutec to know about they products.

[@billhickman4826]

It seems very slow compared to other methods

[@akosijuan4034]

Why don't partner with Ecosia? You can plant trees by searching the web. This will make their tree planting project much faster. now planting more than 132 Million trees in counting as of this time

[@AutodidactEngineer]

Not efficient at all we need something that does the planting operation is less than 10 seconds

[@RisutecForestry]

Do you mean the planting or the soil cultivation, planting , watering, documenting, etc. Planting cycle of this machine takes 3-5 seconds, it's what happens around the planting event that counts. If you're not performing soil cultivation with an excavator then this machine is not for you. If, however, you're already mounding, ripping, pitting etc. with an excavator then the whole point is to add the rest of the processes usually undertaken during professional re-establishment to the mix.

[@TranceDanceMasters23]

Too slow