Use our Seeding Date Calculator to determine seeding dates for all your vegetable, herb, and flower varieties, when you want to plan to harvest your crops on specific target dates.
Follow these guidelines for best success when direct seeding crops into the garden or field: covers benefits, materials needed, bed prep basics, recommendations for sowing to thinning, and how to address common post-germination issues the grower may encounter.
A downloadable, printable (PDF) version of our Direct-Seeding Guidelines for direct-seeding crops into the garden or field: covers benefits, materials needed, bed prep basics, recommendations for sowing to thinning, and how to address common post-germination issues the grower may encounter.
Follow the illustrated, step-by-step instructions on this sheet to correctly assemble and attach your EarthWay Vegetable Seeder Fertilizer Attachment.
Follow the instructions and tips in this tech sheet for assembling, operating, and maintaining your EarthWay Vegetable Seeder.
A quick guide to using the Ev-N-Spred Broadcast Seeder-Spreader, with tips on features and routine maintenance.
A list of crop-specific lever settings for your Ev-N-Spred Broadcast Seeder-Spreader, for field seeds, lawn seeds, and fertilizers.
Follow the instructions in this tech sheet for assembling your Four-Row Pinpoint Seeder, with recommendations and guidelines for use from Eliot Coleman.
This interactive spreadsheet displays a matrix of FARM SEED/COVER CROP types, including 32 specific varieties of green manures, grains, legumes, and forage crops, with seed characteristics and Jang JP roller gauge size by millimeters, indicating the best Jang rollers for the particular variety, the roller part numbers, and whether or not the roller when placed on the Jang JP Seeder provides for seed singulation, plus a Notes/Comments field. Click on any Johnny's roller part # or specific farm seed variety part # in this chart to view or purchase. Save the file to your desktop to filter, sort, make your own edits, and keep more detailed records of which farm seed/cover crop sowing practices work best for you.
This interactive spreadsheet displays a matrix of 70 specific varieties of CUT-FLOWER crops, their seed characteristics, and Jang JP roller gauge size by millimeters, indicating the best Jang rollers for the particular variety, the roller part numbers, and whether or not the roller when placed on the Jang JP Seeder provides for seed singulation, with a Notes/Comments field. Click on any Johnny's roller part # or specific flower variety part # in this chart to view or purchase. Save the file to your desktop to make your own edits and keep more detailed records of which flower seeding practices work best for you. (See separate sheet for Sunflower variety results.)
This interactive spreadsheet displays a matrix of 44 specific varieties of 21 HERB crops, showing seed characteristics and Jang JP roller gauge size by millimeters, indicating the best Jang rollers for the particular variety, the roller part numbers, and whether or not the roller when placed on the Jang JP Seeder provides for seed singulation, with a Notes/Comments field. Click on any Johnny's roller part # or specific herb variety part # in this chart to view or purchase. Save the file to your desktop to sort, filter, make your own edits, and keep more detailed records of which herb seeding practices work best for you.
A spreadsheet displaying a matrix 48 varieties of sunflowers, indicating best Jang JP rollers for sowing, part numbers, and seeding notes on singulation.