Market Farming

[Janet Bachmann <janetb AT ncat.org>]

Steve, you sweetie!  I guess I owe you a beer!  Next time you are in 
town--or I'm in Austin.  BTW, you should look up my cousin Jon Hahn the 
drummer.  He is playing with the Howlers.
J.

Steve Diver wrote:
> 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.
> >     
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