The invention relates to a multi-variety-adaptive
leafy vegetable harvester and a harvesting method. The harvester comprises a rack, a
plant lifting device, a root soil shoveling and
cutting device, aclamping and conveying device, a traveling device and a transmission device, the rack is used for supporting and fixing other devices, the
plant lifting device is used for forming columnar gas, lifting plants of green
leafy vegetables in a harvesting area and bundling and leading the green
leafy vegetables in rows to a
cutting area, the root soil shoveling and
cutting device is used for shovelingand cutting root systems of the green
leafy vegetables, the clamping and conveying device is used for clamping the green
leafy vegetables and conveying the same into a vegetable basket, the travelingdevice is used for traveling of the harvester on the ground and adjusting an angle between the harvester and the ground, and the transmission device is used for driving the clamping and conveying device. The harvester realizes mechanical operations like
plant lifting, shearing, clamping and conveying of the green
leafy vegetables and can harvest the green leafy vegetables different in variety andsize,
breakage rate of the green leafy vegetables during harvesting is lowered greatly, and labor productivity is improved.