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- From: KAKerby AT aol.com
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:17:48 EDT
Not to get totally geeky, but I'd be curious if you happened to know how
much weight they applied per unit area. I have resisted this idea for
years, not wanting to squash all that hard-earned airiness out of my
soils. But I've had to resort to tray plantings to get the germination I
need and I'm sure that lack of seed-to-soil contact is one big reason. I'd
love to direct seed but I have yet to capture that oh-so-elusive Goldilocks
amount of "just right" compression of the soil pre-seeding. Anyone have
any good rules of thumb for how much tamping is "enough"???
Kathryn Kerby frogchorusfarm.com
Snohomish, WA
In a message dated 4/26/2010 5:43:17 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
wshoemak AT illinois.edu writes:
I knew a family who had one of the largest vegetable farms in the country (2000 acres). They raised mostly greens on raised beds. They direct-seeded them but they always used a roller to press down the surface first. This increases the seed-to-soil contact that is important for uniform germination. It can be overdone but it's a good technique when done right. |
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Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder
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Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder,
Allan.Balliett, 04/25/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder,
Casey & Teena, 04/25/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder, Mike Rock, 04/25/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder, Allan.Balliett, 04/25/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder, Allan.Balliett, 04/25/2010
- [Market-farming] It is called a concrete tamper, MAsteveINE, 04/25/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder,
Casey & Teena, 04/25/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder, Bill Shoemaker, 04/26/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder, clearviewfarm, 04/25/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder, clearviewfarm, 04/25/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder, clearviewfarm, 04/25/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder, KAKerby, 04/26/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Earthway Push Seeder,
Allan.Balliett, 04/25/2010
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