Garden Time, JINMAN ??????

[Bird]

Don, I had this Earthway planter that I bought from a farm and ranch store in Hillsboro when I was raising a garden. And I got the extra 5 plates so I had 11 seed plates. It was a pretty handy little gadget.

 

[txdon]

Interesting Bird. Thanks. I guess planting the corn by poking a hole with the hoe handle and dropping in a couple of seeds is kind of hard on the 'ol back.

 

[billbill1]

Bird, I have an Earthway also that my folks bought probably 40 years ago. It works good but when I do corn, I always go over each row two times to fill in the bare spots that I always seem to have. Corn gets stuck sometimes and you have to watch and make sure each hole gets a kernal.

 

[Bird]

Bird, I have an Earthway also that my folks bought probably 40 years ago. It works good but when I do corn, I always go over each row two times to fill in the bare spots that I always seem to have. Corn gets stuck sometimes and you have to watch and make sure each hole gets a kernal.

Bill, when planting, I was in the habit of pulling a string between two stakes to mark the row. Then for many things, I'd go up one side of the string and back down the other side. So I did a double planting a good part of the time. Seed's cheap and I figured it was easier to thin anything that was too thick than to fill in any blank spots later.

 

[jinman]

Don, I had this Earthway planter that I bought from a farm and ranch store in Hillsboro when I was raising a garden. And I got the extra 5 plates so I had 11 seed plates. It was a pretty handy little gadget.

Bird, I bought the Earthway planter too. Amazon had them for $79. I also bought a Wolf Garten planter that looks to be just the thing for small seeds like turnips, carrots, and radishes. I didn't buy the handle because I had a fiberglass one from an old hoe I busted and I was able to adapt it perfectly to the planter. I'll show some pictures later today or this weekend.

What I like about the earthway is it has a "plow" foot that allows seed to be planted just below the surface, and it is adjustable. I think I may need to add a few lead tape-weights to the wheel to give it a little extra weight though. I'll give it a try first. It may not need weight since I'll be running it in a row I've already layed out with the tractor.

Wolf Garten Seed Master

 

[Bird]

Jim, I've never seen one of the Wolf Garten planters, with all the plates for the Earthway, I used mine for even the smallest seed. I guess one good thing about small seed is that you usually want them planted close together anyway.

 

[jinman]

Bird, the Wolf Garten planter comes with three seed wheels. Two wheels are stored on the back side while one is in use. If it works good for larger seed, I'll post some pictures. It's so simple and lightweight that I hope it works as well as I want it to work.

 

[jinman]

Well, here are some pictures of my planters. We planted English peas, Bush beans, Kentucky Wonder beans, and more turnips and radishes today. The only thing I didn't use the planters for was some cucumbers because we planted them in hills.

I really like the Wolf-Garten planter for the small turnip seed. It really planted them sparingly with good control. I don't think I'll have to thin as much as last year. With turnip seeds all I had to do was walk the row and water them in. With the larger bean seed, I had to come back and cover the seed using a garden rake. That's more due to my soil than anything. If it were sandy, the Earthway plater would put them 2" deep.

The picture titles tell most of the detail. I'll be happy to answer any questions.

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Jim,

I have that same kind of planter, just a different name brand. Works great and I have about 6 different plates for it.

One thing I did on the peas, beans, and okra was to tape up every other hole on the seed plate to keep mine from planting them so close. It keeps me from having to go back and thin them out. You know getting older and bending over thinning those rows out gets to the back . I told my wife I was going to get one of those grabber things that you can reach down and pick stuff up with, modify it and use it to pull weeds .

David

 

[Bird]

The Wolf-Garten was something new to me, and my Earthway looked identical to that one except mine was red where that one's black.