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Rebuilt this old John Deere lindeman transplanter that was my grandmothers brothers. First time it was used in 22 years. It was a two row but made it a one row. Wife was skeptical cuz shes been used to ridin our older horse drawn transplanter but she quickly fell in love with this!
 
There are two round rubber disks squeezed together with spring steel fingers driven by belts connected to the closing wheels. As it comes around to where you sit there are a set of rollers in between the two rubber disks that spread the disks apart. You place the plant in that gap and it closes on the plant as it continues toward the soil. As it reaches the soil there is another set of rollers that opens the disks again and releases the plant. As that happens the closing wheels press the soil around the plant. Sounds like a lot but it is very simple.
 
Spent more than a few days riding a single row Holland transplanter setting tobacco.

That wasn't a bad job, it was the rest of the tobacco work I don't miss at all.
 
Me and my oldest son got our old 1 row Holland out to revive it to set out a few sweet potatoes. It had been a few years since it was last used to transplant tobacco. We got it ready and the creeper gear mounted on the tractor this week. Hopefully we can get them set out this week. Nice looking setup by the way.
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This is a Powell planter. Transplanters used various types of plant holders or grippers to place the plant in the ground. The plant holders were usually fastened to a chain driven by the wheels. The planter sword opened the row, the plant was placed in the row with a bit of water often containing insecticides, and the wheels packed soil to the roots.

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Glad you got your planter set up and ready to go. Called the local feed store last week to check on some sweet tater slips. They hope to have some soon.
 
We had a one row Holland transplanter. It had two seats for the operators. We planted tomatoes in 2 foot spacing, so every other set of fingers got a plant. This was very easy for two operators. When we put in peppers or Spanish onions, every set of figures got a transplant, for one foot centred plants. This kept the people on the transplanter busy. I usually drove the tractor, and my wife and oldest son ran the transplanter. We sold our transplanter about ten years ago, but I still miss setting the long rows of plants.
 
It wasn't too bad to do. Had to rebuild the water valve, change out the rubber clips on the arms, and fix the bottom plate in the fertlizer hopper where a pin hole had rusted through. Hopefully it's good to go now.
 
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