湘南自然薯栽培その３

十月に入りやっと晴天が続くようになったので、早速、浜田さんの眞田地区の２反の田圃の畔の草刈りを実施しました。二つの隅の稲が約１０株ほど消失していた。ジャンボタニシに侵されていたようです。複数のジャンボタニシが転がっていました。
As the weather finally started to clear in October, immediately started mowing the banks of Mr. Hamada's 2,000�u rice fields in the Sanada area. Approximately 10 rice plants in the two corners had disappeared. It seems to have been attacked by jumbo snail. There were multiple jumbo snails lying around.

第三圃場と第四圃場の４月末に植えたサツマイモの一部を収穫しました。紫芋と鳴門金時をそれぞれ５株づつ収穫しました。写真はその一部です。
Harvested some of the sweet potatoes planted in late April across the third and fourth fields. Specifically, we harvested five plants each of purple sweet potatoes and 'Naruto Kintoki' sweet potatoes. The photo shows a portion of the harvest.

９月の長雨で蔓葉が１m以上伸びてしまった第四圃場のサツマイモの蔓を返しました。
In the fourth field, where the sweet potato vines had grown over a meter long due to the prolonged rains in September, I turned the vines over.

９月の長雨ですっかり雑草で覆われた浜田さんのサツマイモ畑の雑草を除去した後の畑です。やっとサツマイモの蔓葉が見えてきました。これからの成長が楽しみです。
This is Mr. Hamada’s sweet potato field after the weeds—which had completely covered it during the long spell of rain in September—were cleared away. The sweet potato vines and leaves are finally visible; I look forward to seeing how they grow from here on.
 

八月後半から雨が続き今年のトウモロコシの収穫とサイロ詰めは約２週間遅れで始まり、９月も雨が降ったりで終了は9/18までかかりました。最初はハーベスターのトウモロコシの吸入部分に負荷がかかり安全の為のボルトピンが飛びました。が、後半の作業では、周囲の雑草の事前ｶｯﾄやハーベスターの低速運転他の要領が功を奏しボルトピンが飛ぶことは無くなりました。
Due to persistent rain starting in the latter half of August, this year’s corn harvest and ensiling process were delayed by about two weeks. With further rain in September, the work was not completed until September 18th. Initially, the intake mechanism of the harvester became overloaded, causing the safety shear pins to break. However, by pre-clearing surrounding weeds and operating the harvester at a slower speed—along with other adjustments—we were able to prevent the shear pins from breaking during the remainder of the operation.