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Pink Smartweed “Pennsylvania Smartweed” (Polygonum Pensylvanicum)

Jim — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:27:01 +0000

After 10 years in storage we resurrected our 1959 Allis Chalmers Gleaner Model A Combine. Which we used to harvest our crop of Pink Smartweed which is located in Major County, Oklahoma.

The Legend of Indian Paintbrush

Jim — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:58:38 +0000

There can be no denying that Indian Paintbrush is a spectacular flower. However, do you know how it came to be named? This short video based on the book by Tomie dePaola book tells the story.

Native American Flute Music By kerri (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=50371)
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Indian Paintbrush at a Glance
Type	Light	Seed Depth	Seed Spacing	Days to Sprout	Plant Spacing	Plant Height
Annual	Full Sun	Soil Surface	1"	30-120		8-20"
Seeds per Pound 4 000 000				Seeding Rate 1 oz per 4000 sq ft

Indian Paintbrush Hardiness Zones

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Hardiness Zone 4-8. Click map for larger view.

Rushes: The Classic Wetlands Plant

Jim — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:13:27 +0000

With some 255 species in the Juncus genus alone rushes are a classic wetlands plant. The following video will give you a solid understanding of the importance of rushes in any wetlands conservation, restoration or creation project.

It also provides information to assist you when it comes to the propagation of rushes and the care required in establishing and maintaining your rushes.

You should also keep in mind that rushes make an excellent ornamental plant by adding character to your garden in terms of texture, movement, sound and color. Just remember they like shady locations with moist soils.

Lorenz’s OK Seeds can provide your project with either seed or live plants (rhizomes) for your wetlands project.

Harvesting Ermelo Lovegrass

Jim — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:49:56 +0000

Harvesting Ermelo Weeping Lovegrass on the Lorenz Farm known as One Tree Hill which is located in Major County, Oklahoma.

The combine we use to harvest the Lovegrass and many other seed varieties is a John Deere 9600 with a Shelbourne stripper header.

We use the Shelbourne stripper header because it strips the seed from the plant rather than cutting the stalk like a normal header.

The basic concept of the stripper/header is that a rearwards rotating rotor fitted in the front of the header is fitted with 8 rows of stripping fingers that strip grain from the crop as the combine moves the head forwards while it spins backwards. While this looks like a normal sickle bar it has no cutting/slicing action. The speed of the rotor can be varied according to crop conditions.

By using the Shelbourne we don’t have to worry about using a swather to lay down windrows and picking them up once they’ve dried. The advantages of this are that:

We don’t have to worry about mother nature destroying the windrows (after all this is Oklahoma and the wind does blow).
As the Shelbourne threshes about 85% of the seed, the material entering the combine is mainly seed, chaff, leaf and minimal straw. By reducing the bulk entering the combine it’s capacity and efficiency are significantly improved.
The seed can be cleaned more easily, quickly and efficiently because the cleaner does not have to deal with removing large amounts of straw.

When the seed is being dumped in the video the truck was positioned into the wind with the bed raised (it was pretty strong that day) to stop the seed from blowing all over the place.

In the final part of this video you’ll see Freddie on our Little John Deere with a box-blade spreading the harvested seed out on the floor of one of our building to get it ready for drying.

Don’t forget to come back soon to see more videos – we’ve got a lot more in the pipeline!

If you’re looking for Lovegrass seed contact Freddie Lorenz TOLL FREE 1 800 826 3655 or use our contact form.

Credits:
The combine is being driven by Todd Lorenz and the truck by Chuck Outhier. Camera work by Freddie Lorenz and Tanya Young (we promise we’ll get them to stop shaking next time!).