Earthway 1001-B Precision Garden Seeder with 6 Seed Plates

used for over 2000 ft of rows so far. we garden large. good = Very Very fast planting time. I can put in the row as fast as I can walk plus the time to empty and fill the bin with seed and change the planter disk. I did 500 ft of beets in less than 10 minutes from the time I opened the seed package to the time I put the leftover seeds back. Works great for consistent depth and spacing. leaves a nice straight row if you can walk straight. Lots of seed plates to choose from. Bad = finding the correct seed plate may be challenging. for example I often found myself using the next smaller size plate rather than the plate labeled for the seed I was using. I found that using the "beet plate" for beets was double and triple planting my seed, so I went to the next size smaller plate and it worked just fine. so if not careful this can be a Tremendous seed waster. You will over or under plant... but that is the price of speed. expect to thin the row. The seeds would bind under the plate, especially peas, and pop out of the bin rather than go where they were supposed too. I remedied this by spraying armor all car protectant on all the plates and the bin, it made them slick and the seeds no longer would bind behind the seed plate and the side of the bin. Probably any wax type spray would work also, or possibly light kitchen oil... You need to have more seed than you plan to use... when you get down to a hand full of seed in the bin it will no longer feed into the plate consistently and you will have misses. This is a bulk seed planter buying it to plant one small walmart packet of seed at a time will not work well for this set up. Conclusion = when used correctly, on large rows with lots of seed, waxed seed discs and box, proper depth, and garden is tilled well, light and soft and no thick organic matter- finely chopped will be ok but long grasses in the soil will clog the planter. This machine is a 5 star. Without the proper conditions you will have more difficulty with this.

Seeds were jumping out. Very limited use and not so effective in wet soil

L'ho pagata molto in confronto ad un altra che avevo visto su un altro sito ma con la beffa che questa non ha il copri vassoio dove si inseriscono i semi quindi rischio di farli cadere cosa che tra l'altro mi è già successa.

Just tried this out for the first time, it was impressive, my wife said after seeing it in action that she wouldn't have minded if it cost 200, it plated 2000 beetroot seeds on a plot, I was very happy, the discs can sometimes be bigger then the seeds so you have to work them out as you good, I'm thinking of buying the additional plates because I think they give you blanks too, well I'm glad I bought it as I stops the back ache I suffer.

My wife loved this gift. We have yet to test it out long term. Well built, simple design that will help up save time and our backs in the garden. It is very light weight, but seems strong. well worth the investment.