Today we are doing a quick gardening project to help us get our seed spacing right. The materials for this project cost around $20 and took less than an hour.
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Awesome idea.
Another method.
http://www.modernvictorygarden.com/plantingjig.htm
Toilet paper or paper towel block seed tape get you there too. No drilling, lugging aroud a heavy board or bending over tediously dropping a seed in a hole & poking it down. The tedious job of making the tape can be done in front of the TV or while listening to music in a nice dry house.
One year I used muffin tins & ice cube trays of varying sizes to stamp out spacing. Used a wide ended icee / frozed coke plastic straw to pick up tiny seeds & poked them in with my finger or shook potting soil over the top. Still a pain in the butt.
Tiolet paper seed tape & paper napkin (12" sq.) works best for me for kitchen garden.
For production gardening there are better options than using a board to plant.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVn9bDOp3DfMMKjPrEsIOw, Nancy and Hollis on their homestead, he has some awesome homemade seed planters like you made, I think his are a little easier to make and use.
You could do a 12" x 12" with the different spacings in one board! Essentially you are doing square foot gardening. So on one board you would have holes for 16 plants, 9 plants, 4 plants and 1 plant. Look up the square foot garden seed spacer on amazon.
Very nifty garden helper!
I took plywood set up sguares for my onions then screwed old broom stick handles inche an a half about 4×4 inches put old wood 3 foot handle in middle to pull up set in place slightly press down with foot an pull up . Planted onions very fast an saved back so could be used for lots of planting
BING!!!!!
Hi there! You might be interested in a video by Kirsten Dirksen titled Backyard farmers by necessity. The farmer made a tool similar to yours but it actually pokes the holes for you. Both tools are pretty awesome!
You two are awesome! Your videos are my new addiction! My hubby and I also saw the need for such a tool a few years back…so after designing and manufacturing – and maybe even a pitch on Canada's version of Shark Tank :O We now offer a color-coded seed spacer very much like yours. I've sent you a Seeding Square to use on the farm – my gift to you. It tends to be quite the hit with little-green-thumbs too 🙂 I hope you like!
You could wrap a rubber band around the desired depth mark on the 'seed poky thingy' so that if kids wanted to help, they wouldn't be able to make a 3 inch deep hole.
George rules.
This is awesome, thank you for sharing I'm definitely going to do this, and if you haven't already thought of it, you could paint every other hole a color to use a sowing chart for wider spacing. If that makes since. Thank you guys for sharing!
The Granarchy Guerilla Gardening & Terrorism Society accepted the challenge of how to plant tiny carrot & radish seeds without killing your back hips & knees by squatting over a raised bed & lugging a heavy board around the garden.
Four bottles of wine later…an idea & prototype.
Part 1 – Take on old, thick plastic cutting board. Grid off to 2 in.spacing. Hot glue or scew in small 2 oz lotion/shampoo bottle caps (travel size) which average about 1/2 in. deep. Attach broom handle to top of board so prepared bed can be stamped from standing position.
Part 2 – Cut length of straight doll rod about 4 ft. Cut equal length of clear silicone tubing same length. Tape tubing to doll rod, but off-set ends by about 1 1/2 to 2 in., so one end has tubing protruding an the other end has doll rod protruding.
Step 3 – Prepare beds. Stamp in spacing with dibble board. Aim and drop 2 pelletized carrot/radish seeds through tubing into dibble hole made by little caps on the dibble stamping board. Easy to place tubing right in hole. If you miss, use protruding doll end to knock pelletized seed into hole.
Cover lightly with dirt/potting soil.
No (or not much) stoop labor needed.
Thin as needed.
These old broads need their own gardening show. It would be X-rated after 2nd bottle of wine They run a garden to support a food bank.
this is only for big seeds, right? have you checked out the shout out Pappa Pepper @ Abundant Harvest Homestead gave your? you inspired him to get creative !
You have to watch Papa Pepper’s take on your seed spacing inventions!
Omg I never realized you live in Arkansas too! How awesome! Do y'all ever do meet and greets?
HAHA I am the same way about that silly speed square it should be called a carpenter/speed triangle lol.. I love the planting tray what a great idea to have something ease your way of planting. I am doing my best this gardening season to THINK/PLANT smarter not harder! AND Miah should totally make some smaller versions at the Shin Dig and maybe a few large ones. They are awesome! Thanks again for sharing! <3
I've seen an Aussie use a plastic grate from Home Depot for spacing…. I think they are usually used as grating for florescent lights. (sp)
The whole THIS IS A TRIANGLE THOUGH scene made me crack up! This video was a super helpful video!! I wonder if you could save a few steps and use peg board, or do you think it would be too thin? 🙂
Color code the holes for 4, 6, 8 inches etc.
This makes it more fun for kids to help plant seeds.
A speed square.
I loved this video! And sweet Miah is amazing with the details!! Reminds me of my loving husband!