Batter-Powered Garden Planter

Batter-Powered Garden Planter FARM HOME Miscellaneous 26-2-30 If you'd like to plant your garden without having to bend or stoop - and have perfectly spaced plants in the row - you'll like this new battery-operated, hand-held planter. The "Seed Spacer" is powered by a 1.3-volt DC motor and requires one D-cell battery. It consists of a waist-high tube with a handle on top and a seed-dispensing wheel at the bottom. The wheel has a double hopper with a plastic cover. You remove the cover and pour seeds into the inner hopper, then adjust the hopper cover to the size seed you're using. To plant, you simply hold the unit over the row and push a button on the handle, which causes the wheel to rotate slowly. The seeds fall out of the outer hopper as you walk forward. The unit can be adjusted to sow any seed that will tumble, from tiny onion seeds to bush bean seeds. Sells for $31.95 plus $1.50 S&H. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, R.J. Winmore, Inc., Box 1765, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. 57101 (ph 605 332-0223; E-mail: rjwinmoreinc@aol.com).

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