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- From: "Dalew Farms" <dalew AT phonenet.ca>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Vacuum Seeder
- Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 10:42:01 -0500
Last winter I built a homemade vacuum seeder for
plug trays. I wish now I had done that years ago! I run it off of
our shop vac, and it cost next to nothing. I had some thin sheet metal
laying around, built a frame out of 1x4 wood, and then inserted the sheet metal
just inside the 1x4 frame. Put a piece of plywood on the bottom of your
1x4 frame, seal it with some caulking, and insert a piece of pipe (with a tap on
it outside) just inside the box. Finally, drill some tiny holes to suit
your tray size. (I made one for50's, 72's and 244) If you check
the market farming archives, I think I posted about this with a little more
detail last spring.
It worked great for any round shaped seeds, and
saves tonnes of time, even if I only seed a tray or two of each variety, versus
seeding by hand. I get all of my lettuce seed pelleted, even before using
this because I foudn that really speeded up seeding, even by hand. With the
homemade vacuum seeder it means the difference between being able to use it or
not! It didn't work well enough to use on crops like peppers, tomatoes, or
non pelleted lettuce seeds. Pelleted onions worked well, but non-pelleted
onions did not work well.
Hope this helps
Dave
Dalew Farms
Web: www.dalewfarms.ca E-mail: dalew AT phonenet.ca Phone: (705)594-1823 Fax: (705)594-1834 10781 Hwy 64, Lavigne Ont P0H 1R0
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- Re: [Market-farming] Vacuum Seeder, Dalew Farms, 01/02/2012
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