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  • From: "Hook Family" <guldann AT ix.netcom.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Earthway Seeder Info.
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 13:36:01 -0500


Opposite with us, works ok with larger seeds but doesn't seem to work as
well with smaller seeds. My husband thinks it might work better without
hitting as many stones as we are blessed with :). Beth
----- Original Message -----
From: Joan Vibert <joan AT windwalker-farm.com>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Earthway Seeder Info.


> My most creative activity I do with the Earthway is to raise it in the air
> and threaten to throw it across the field when I am trying to use it to
seed
> peas and other round seeds. For some reason they get in behind the plate
> and begin springing out everywhere. At first I thought it was the
> inoculants acting like a graphite to slick the sides so the peas could
slip
> under but that doesn't seem to be the case. I've tried the next size
larger
> plate - to no avail. Does anyone have a suggestion? I planted Austrian
> winter peas this fall and ended up broadcasting and raking them in because
> the Earthway WOULD NOT WORK. I love it for many seeds but this has me
> stymied!
>
>
> joan
> Windwalker Farm
> Ottawa, Kansas
>
>
>
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