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Re: [Market-farming] Tool reviews European Planter
- From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Tool reviews European Planter
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 14:24:09 -0500
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:47:24PM -0400, Glen Eco Farm wrote:
About earthway seeder:
> spinach satisfactorily. Some kinds of beans planted fairly well and others
> didn't, with seeds often wedging behind the flexible plastic seed plates,
> causing jams, poping and seed throwing. It was a little better than sowing
> seed by hand but not much better.
I've had the same trouble. It seems to be associated with over filling
the seed hopper.
> those things. (The Earthway would plant radishes but not spinach due to a
> slight difference in seed size.) My biggest disappointment with the
I've taken a die grinder to some of my seed plates to increase the hole
size.
All in all, I would say that the earthway works pretty well. For such
a cheap thing.
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[Market-farming] Tool reviews European Planter,
swyckoff AT hughes.net, 05/21/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Tool reviews European Planter,
Glen Eco Farm, 05/21/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Tool reviews European Planter,
Willie McKemie, 05/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Tool reviews European Planter,
Bill Bradshaw, 05/22/2007
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[Market-farming] Half the County was in my Pasture this evening,
Allan Balliett, 05/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Half the County was in my Pasture this evening,
Bill Bradshaw, 05/22/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] Half the County was in my Pasture this evening, Allan Balliett, 05/23/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Half the County was in my Pasture this evening,
Bill Bradshaw, 05/22/2007
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[Market-farming] Half the County was in my Pasture this evening,
Allan Balliett, 05/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Tool reviews European Planter,
Bill Bradshaw, 05/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Tool reviews European Planter,
Willie McKemie, 05/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Tool reviews European Planter,
Glen Eco Farm, 05/21/2007
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