CPC A01C 7/044 (2013.01) [A01C 7/102 (2013.01); A01C 15/006 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
1. A method of minimizing or eliminating seeds in a seed pool when crossing a boundary during planting comprising:
adding seeds to the seed pool from a first compartment;
obtaining one or more of seed size of the seeds, an average number of seeds in the seed pool, a maximum number of seeds in the seed pool, and a distance traveled per dump of seeds into the seed pool;
determining whether a distance to the boundary is greater than a distance to dispense all seeds from the seed pool and less than a distance to dispense all seeds from a full dump of seeds into the seed pool;
activating an actuator to partially open a passageway between the first compartment and the seed pool in which the partially open passageway is directly proportional to seed size to create a partial dump; and
activating the actuator to close the passageway after the partial dump.
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