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A Handy, Inexpensive Planting Table for Small Seed Lots

It seems late to make any basic changes in a tool as simple as a seed planting board; however, to change a seed planting board into a seed planting table is worth reporting. There is a special need for precision planting where small lots of progeny test seedlings are to be grown to obtain uniformity in seedling size. There are several types of seeding troughs or planting boards; all require much stooping over and/or kneeling while sowing seeds. A planting table was designed to increase efficiency and reduce the labor of sowing multiple small lots.


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Author(s): H. R. Kok

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 30, Number 2 (1979)

Section: general

Volume: 30

Number: 2