Bob_Skurka
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OK here is the question. Do I really want a mechanical veggie planter? I have been looking at used single row units. This year we put in about 150 veggie plants by hand, and used a JD 71 Flexi planter for an acre of corn, 1/6 acre of green beans, and I don't know how much sunflower (just for the blooms and the birds). But I really HATED every minute of transplanting those vegetable plants (Pulling the JD planter was fun!) And our harvest is going to be donated to others (charity), so I really wish we would have planted more. I have more land available to plant, so next year I could easily plant 500+ tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, watermelon, honeydew, pumpkins, etc. The problem is the manual effort to do the actual planting.
So my question really boils down to this: Has anyone actually used a one row mechanical planter (I'd buy a used one) on a small scale, is it worth the investment in a used unit, or am I just being a crybaby because I don't want to plant the stuff by hand?
So my question really boils down to this: Has anyone actually used a one row mechanical planter (I'd buy a used one) on a small scale, is it worth the investment in a used unit, or am I just being a crybaby because I don't want to plant the stuff by hand?