Customer Reviews

Optional Seed Plates for Earthway's Garden Seeder 1001B

5 star:		(2)
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3 star:		(1)
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Earthway stands for excellence,pricey but well made and a lot of bang for the buck. There is no other device ever invented that will save you any more time and backbreaking labor in your garden than an Earthway garden seeder,period. The optional seed plates only adds to the tools versatility.The only reason I did not give the optional plates 5 stars is that well frankly they are not essential and as noted they are an option.I do recommend them highly tho as they will save your precious seeds and reduce your thinning labor time effectively enough to pay for themselves in one season if you are an avid gardener like myself. In my humble opinion if you are going to make an investment in a lifetime tool of this quality might as well get all the gadgets with all the bells and whistles that go with it.You will not regret it in this case.

I was given an Earthway seeder. It only had one plate and we wanted to plant a large plot with soybeans to imrove the soil. The seeder seemed like it would be the fastest way to plant the field and maintain rows, etc. The plates did fit the seeder
You can't really talk about these plates without talking about the seeder. Many people swear by them. I didn't have much luck. I had 1/10th acre of fresh tilled ground. It was kind of lumpy. Before using the seeder you need to make the seed bed as smoothe as possible. Being a freshly converted meadow, it would have taken much repeated tilling, a disk harrow and a lot more work than I was willing to put in. The seeds need to remain dry, and the seeder needs to be constantly monitored to ensure seeds are being picked up and dropped by the seeder. Under ideal conditions this might have worked well. Under my conditions it was more trouble than it was worth.

i have not needed these , but my alternatives to seed population and seed types has doubled . i am FULLY satisfied with the ORIGINAL and inso obviously added this inexpensive set to the selection .

There are only a few options for direct-seeding a garden, get down on your knees to dribble seeds into a furrow, or buy a machine mounted seed drill for a lot of money. For gardeners who want to plant more than a few feet of row, there are no easy solutions. The Earthway seeder is a compromise, but a pretty good one IMO. It is well made and works as advertised, but it is light weight, requires a well-prepared bed to work well, and can be hard to keep in a straight line. The plates are not real good for small seeds- I planted white clover and got a very dense planting. Still, I think with some work (maybe blocking some of the openings in the plate) I can get the density I need. Overall this is a good machine, and the price is outstanding.

Delivery was fast, packaged well, seems to be a good product, will use it for spring garden.