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  • From: Etienne Goyer <etienne AT lejardinduvillage.ca>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Jang Seeder
  • Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:39:22 -0500

My experience with the Jang seeder have generally been positive, but mixed. I never used any other push seeder, so it is hard for me to compare.

First, it is terribly expensive. And I do not mean just the seeder itself, but all the accessories (including rollers) are costly too.

Calibration and adjustments takes a long time. You have to plan on a few nights playing inside with your seeder to find the proper roller, sprocket and brush settings to calibrate for your seed lots. I also find the depth adjustment to be somewhat counter-intuitive.

Personally, last season (my first), I did not get seeding precise enough for my taste with beets and carrots. It still oversow (I got down to about 50 carrot seeds per linear feet). It worked wonderfully well for radish, though, which makes me thinks that it has a lot to do with rounder, more regular seeds. This year, I will be experimenting with coated seeds to improve the accuracy, and with the spreader shoe to lower the density.

Otherwise, I like it. It's a solid tool, and I like that the handle is fully adjustable. I do not mean to diminish its value, I just want you get the other side of the story. From what I hear, I would not want to be using an Earthway anyway, so I am happy with my Jang! :)

Etienne


On 12-02-20 12:31 PM, S Brocaar wrote:
Hello All,

We are in the market for a tool to help us with seeding. After years of
doing all our field direct seeding by hand, including using the vibrator
seeder for the last couple seasons (great for small amounts of fine seed and
seeding into trays), we have to do something else to be more time efficient.
My Mother's old Earthway seeder worked sorta alright for beans last year;
definitely does not work well in our soils for fine seed crops. We will
continue to use the Earthway for legumes.

I read good things about the Jang push seeders. Anyone with experience using
same that they would share? I am looking at the single row model; also
thinking about the 3-row push model as well. Pros/cons? Does anyone use the
double opening disk and/or double shoe options? We are working approximately
1 acre, often rocky, sandy loam, fair drainage, raised beds, intensive
production; hoping to move to nearly year round cropping in the next year or
so. Getting ready to plant peas this week in our new Rolling Thunder!

Thanks for any advice.

Sandy Brocaar
MiVida Gardens
Growing Natures Way in Silver Lake, NH
(Mount Washington Valley in NH)
Now - Zone 5B (I think) - altho this winter it is more like zone 6/7 - only
3 nights below 0F



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