Garden seed planter DIY

[ldj]

getting older and can't get down as easy as several years ago. Don't want to pay $100.00 for a garden planter. Anyway I got my doubts where the $100.00 planter will work with a teaspoon of tiny seeds.I'm sure someone has thought up good ideas on how to plant garden seeds with some sort of a home brew planter. I was kinda thinking of a pvc pipe and make about a 6" or so shallow box on top to lay seed in. Use finger to push one at a time in pipe to drop down to ground. Ideas?

 

[Anonymous-0]

I got mine at a auction for around ten dollars with four plates. Your thougts about ten seeds in a big box is correct. I have mixed simalar sized junk then planted. Radishes I used rice as the junk, and results were ok.

For sweet corn, you never know what size seed you get in the packs, so I try to buy bulk.

It sure is fast, and seeds are placed in the correct depth.

Alot of the older generation are having sales, and the younger folks have no idea what a garden is, so they go cheap. I have had mine for twenty five years at least. I have also seen them bring a dollar at auctions the past five years or so.

 

[Anonymous-0]

This isn't exactly what you're asking about, but a quick way I've found to mark straight rows is to use my antique steel wheel wheelbarrow. (the narrow wheel marks the ground better) Measure the spacing at the ends, put in stakes, then push the wheelbarrow over the soft loose ground across the garden to the stakes. It's easy to go straight this way. I also got a push garden seeder cheap at an auction. It's mostly useful for a large garden with large plots such as corn.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I have a book called "build it better yourself" that has a planter that you can use without bending over (kind of a wheel). I'll see if I can find and scan it.


Dave

 

[2t2@IA]

I have made several much like what you describe. I took a tuna can, punched a hole in the bottom near the edge to fit a half inch pvc pipe. I cut the pipe to a convenient legnth, inserted it in the hole, put in a couple of pop rivets and sealed the cracks with silicone. Works like a charm.

 

[Anonymous-0]

You all coming to Va. anytime soon stop by and I will give you 1 with 4 disk.Have not used it for sometime.

 

[Don-Wi]

My mom uses raised beds- Uses telephone poles, logs, whatever is available to build up a bed that's about 12-18" high. She's got 4 or 5 of those beds, about 3-4' across and 10 feet long. Filled them up with dirt from the cow pasture.

Just a suggestion- it works great and you don't have to bend over so far. Before we build a new bed we put down some plastic to kill off whatever is underneath. Ussually some scrap cut off from the silage bag.

Donovan from Wisconsin