[Market-farming] seeders
Road's End Farm
organic87 at frontiernet.net
Sat Mar 28 09:13:30 EDT 2009
I use an Earthway seeder in rocky uneven soil. It's not a precision
tool, but does well for me.
A major factor that inclines me to the Earthway is that I'm often
planting a little bit each of a number of different varieties on the
same day. It's much easier with the Earthway than with the Planet
Junior to empty excess seed back into the packet in the middle of the
field. I haven't tried some of the others people have been discussing;
though I have been told that at least some of the precision seeders
will not work on rocky or uneven soil.
I've had the same one for well over twenty years; I think in that time
I did once need to replace a part, but can't now remember what it was.
It needs to be taken apart and cleaned thoroughly about once a year --
I finally figured out that not doing this was why I'd been having
increasing problems with seed refusing to feed through properly.
I would just get all the seed plates at once, unless you're sure you
never want to plant any of the crops that the extra set is designed
for.
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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