Hand Planter

[crsutton81]

We have several of these hand planters (snap shooters). My oldest son has dug several of them out of their resting places to revive. So far he has 1 totally functional as it should be but wanted some rubber valves for the water chambers to finish up some of the rest of them. Is there a parts source for these things anymore ?

 

[560Dennis]

Never seen one that design ,thanks for posting, good luck with project. ,
Photo of what you need is only way I know what is needed and why!
Any manufacturer logo on them any where ?
Nice collection to take to shows ,also !

 

[Richard G.]

Got one here that we use to plant some things in the garden.
Growing up we planted tomatoes and sweet potato plants with them.

 

[workshopman]

I've seen some of these before and seen them in action. You need a lot of stamina and a good strong lower back. Makes for a really good cardio workout, depending on the size of the field your planting.

 

[Phil-mar Farms]

These planters were intended for filling in where the corn planter skipped

 

[Leroy]

BIG NO!!! they were built to plant fields of corn instead of a hoe before the corn planter was in existance. Grandpa tols of using them for that when he was young. They would take 2 planks and wasten length wise runners on them to use as markes for planting the fields. And grandpa passed away back in 1979 at 99 years of age.

 

[crsutton81]

I tried last night to include this photo also but could never get it to load up with the other 2. Anyway, what he is looking for is for lack of better description, the rubber cork that's on the end of this rod. They have gotten hard and or pitted where they no longer seal off and allow the water to leak out rather fast. We seem to have 2 different styles of these planters but there isn't any identification or markings on them other than traces of blue paint on some.

 

[crsutton81]

The last time that they were seriously used, we had 35 acres to walk over. It will definitely wear you down to tote one full of water in 1 hand and a tray of plants in the other.

 

[crsutton81]

They are handy for planting stuff in the garden. There's no telling how many tobacco plants these have set out since they have been on the farm.

 

[Phil-mar Farms]

Henry Blair was the second African American inventor to receive a US patent.
He was born in Glen Ross, Maryland, United States in 1807. His first invention was the Seed-Planter, patented October 14, 1834, which allowed farmers to plant more corn using less labor and in a shorter time. Wikipedia