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  • From: "Kelly Saxer" <kellysaxer AT hotmail.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Stand 'n Plant
  • Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:57:08 -0700

I purchased it for the purpose of planting zucchini and squash and it broke a lot of those seeds. I did not try using it to plant other, rounder, type seeds. So, perhaps it's better suited to those kinds of seeds. I guess I didn't give it a fair chance. :) Maybe I'll dig it out of my shed and give it another shot with grean beans.

Thanks,
Kelly


From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
Reply-To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Stand 'n Plant
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:42:11 -0600

On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 10:24:19PM -0700, Kelly Saxer wrote:
> Last year I purchased the Seed Stick Planter from Johnny's and was VERY
> disappointed. The Stick Seed Planter has a seed hopper and requires that
> you push down lightly on the stick while it's in the ground to release the
> seed from the hopper. However, I found this process ended up breaking most
> of the seeds I experimented with - no good! However, this "Stand N Plant"
> has a squeeze to release mechanism that looks like it would solve the seed
> breaking problem. Looks promising to me.
>
> Johnny's Seed Stick Planter:
> (http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog/product.aspx?category=292&subcategory=621&item=9028)

I had just the opposite experience with the "Stick" planter. In trying
out a minimum till thing last season, I used the "Stick" to plant fair
amounts of both okra and sweet corn. It did well singulating and
planting both. The spring shutter did prove somewhat troublesome,
though.

I wonder what seeds it breaks? Beans?

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