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.
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.
This interactive spreadsheet displays a matrix of 127 VEGETABLE varieties, seed characteristics, and Jang JP roller gauge size by millimeters, along with the best Jang rollers for the particular vegetable variety, as well as the rollers' part #s, and whether or not the roller when placed on the Jang JP Seeder provides for seed singulation, and a Notes/Comments field. Click on any Roller or Johnny's Roller 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 vegetable seeding practices work best for you.
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Quick-Guide to Precision Seeders | How to Choose the Best Seeder for Your Small-Scale Growing Needs
This quick-guide to choosing a seeder will help you determine which type of direct-sow precision seeder will best suit your needs. We address efficiency, precision, and affordability, additional key factors to weigh in your calculation, the pros and cons of our seeder options, and reviews from small-scale growers of all types. Choosing the right seeder will enable you to use seed, time, and labor to your greatest advantage.
An introduction to the Jang JP-1 Clean Seeder, with an overview of seeder anatomy, accessories, and rollers for optimal seeding singulation, ease, and efficiency.
Here's a quick look at the Jang JP-6W in action, seeding parallel, 100' rows of salad mix at Farmer Kev's in West Gardiner, Maine.
See how easily you can plant lettuce, carrots, and baby greens in a raised garden bed with a single pass of the Four-Row Pinpoint Seeder, then cover with soil and tamp down to provide good seed-to-soil contact. For seeding multiple rows, line up the drive wheel with the last seeded row from your previous pass. The Four-Row seeder allows you to plant a full bed of dense greens in minutes.
Whether it pertains to ergonomics, efficacy, ROI, versatility, durability, or otherwise, we want your point of view on how we can improve upon our tools! <<Fermier, éducateur et auteur du livre "Le jardinier-maraîcher" Jean–Martin Fortier avec Johnny's Mechanical Tools Design Engineer>> on improving Johnny's Six-Row Seeder.