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Hi Mike, I have been busy getting my greenhouse ready, washing and filling flats, seeding onions, etc. Onions are emerging, eggplant is getting seeded this week. Just in time for the lows to drop back into the low teens at night. For the larger seeds, I am using corn / bean hoppers. To get the seeding rate, start with a plate that is thick enough to contain the seed (soybean plates will work for most peas and beans). The press wheel is 4' in circumference (I think). Put some seed in the hopper and turn the wheel twice around. Put a cake pan under the shoe and turn the wheel one turn. Count the seeds / 4 = seeds per foot. Adjust the sprockets to get the rate right. Every variety of bean seed seems to be a different size, so this year I bought a selection of seed plates (Lincoln Ag corn plates) because changing plates is easier than changing the sprockets every 4 rows. I have a second gang of four planters with sugar beet hoppers that I use for arugula, mizuna, radishes, all the small seeded stuff. I think that you could add a filler plate to the corn / bean hopper and get nearly the same result. Kind of early to be working on planters isn't it ? You can't thinking about planting, are you ? Greg
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