Market Farming

[Willie McKemie <mckemie AT austinfarm.org>]

> Next year we hope to automate our direct seeded crops using a precision
> seeder which would be a huge labor savings.  Does anyone have any
> experience with any of the below seeders:  If you know of other
> precision seeders not listed, please advise.
> 
> - Planet Jr. (not a precision seeder,  but I am interested in the seeds
> it does well)
> - Stan-hay
> - Milton Garden Pro/Starco
> - Cole Multiflex

I have two Planet Jrs mounted about 9" apart on a tool bar.  I use them 
with "pretty good" success to plant spinach, pelleted carrots, okra, 
beans, southern peas, and sweet corn.  The bed tops have to be pretty 
clean, soil moisture has to be pretty good, and soil texture has to be 
not too loose and not too tight for them to work well.  We still hand 
seed watermelon, cantaloupe, squashes, and very small seeds such as 
arugula, mustard, radishes; though we plant only a few feet of those 
small seeded crops.  We typically plant one to ten acres of the Planet 
Jr seeded crops.

I am interested in planters that will plant through some trash; anyone 
have suggestions?  Anyone have a URL for the Cole Multiflex?

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