Market Farming

[Steve Diver <steved AT ipa.net>]

Hi Janet -

Here's some quick references / links / ideas:

Instructions for Building Poor Boy Tobacco Seeders
University of Tennessee
http://tobacco.tennessee.edu/research/poorboy.html
_____ Basically a homemade version of sliding 
plexi-glass template seeder; see pics 

Also see:

ABC Quick Seeder
http://www.abcquickseeder.com/
_____ sliding acrylic templates; seeder system 

Seed E-Z Seeder 
http://www.sezsdr.com/prod.htm
_____ small vacuum seeder

The good news for market farmers is that you're
back working for ATTRA.  

Very best regards,

Steve Diver 
Texas 


>Janet Bachmann wrote
>
>Somewhere I saw a construction plan for making a box-shaped, vacuum 
>powered seeder.  It included a plate with holes that corresponded to 
>cells in flats, and sized so that seeds would not pass through the 
>holes.  When a vacuum was applied to one side of the plate, a seed would 
>be held to each hole.  The plate would then be held over the flat, 
>vacuum shut off, and the seeds would fall into place.  A number of 
>dealers have vacuum seeders for sale, but I would like to find the 
>make-it-yourself plan.