ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTIVE-TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION FOR HUMIFICATION OF STRAW
When burning straw, it causes catastrophic damage to the soil. The use of straw as an organic fertilizer positively affects the agrophysical properties of the soil. The use of humifier, which contains a nutrient medium that activates the activity of microorganisms, determines the biotransformation of straw into organic matter and humus. In this case, there is a problem of introducing a humifier, since innovative technical means are needed. A brief analysis of technologies and mechanized means for treating straw with a humifier and a development of an ecologically significant design for spreading straw to a combine harvester and treatment with a humifier are presented. Straw descending from the shaker on a certain trajectory falls on the divider-divider, then it is distributed and moistened by the air flow by the working solution coming from the sprayers. The application of this technique will improve the quality of application of working solutions to the surface of the straw by increasing the uniformity of applying the solution to the surface of the straw particles, which will accelerate the process of accumulation of humus in the soil, i.e. accelerate the processes of restoration and increase of soil fertility.