Features of the choice of different types of devices for planting radishes and how to make a planter with your own hands?

Radish is one of the early vegetable crops, which allows to compensate for the lack of vitamins at the beginning of the season. The vegetative period of radish is short, so you can grow a crop throughout the season, starting in early spring.

It is recommended to use seeders for sowing radish into the soil. We will talk about what they are, about the differences between each species, as well as the pros and cons of this method of planting radish seeds in the ground.

What it is?

Radish seeders - mechanical or automated devices that can place the seeds in the ground evenly to the required depth and make markup for subsequent rows.

In the process of sowing radish, three types of seeders are used: motor-block, for a tractor and manual.

1. Seeder for motoblock - attachments used for the rapid sowing of fine-grained crops and seeds into the soil without extra costs.

   Motoblock drills differ in the method of sowing:

   • nesting: crops are sown in the soil nests;
   • ordinary, evenly and simultaneously placing the seeds in rows;
   • precision seeding: seeds along the dotted line are located in the soil in a wide range with equal spacing;
   • square-nesting: seeds are in the soil in a pre-marked square;
   • scattered: chaotic placement of seeds in the designated area.

   A feature of the seeder on the walker is that it allows you to make 6-8 rows at a time.

2. Tractor seeder allows you to cover a large area. Such seeders are distinguished by high productivity, but due to their massiveness they are mainly used in industrial cultivation of crops. One more difference of the unit is the number of rows for simultaneous seeding - from twelve.
3. Hand drills. The main differences from the above are small size, no fuel costs and easy storage. This device operates on a wheeled course, the seeds are placed in replaceable rollers and are evenly placed in the previously marked rows with the help of a dispenser.

According to the principle of operation, the planters are also divided into pneumatic, mechanical and vacuum.

Their main differences are:

• Pneumatic seeder they will allow to “shoot” seeds into the soil, which contributes to quick germination, provides an opportunity to apply fertilizer simultaneously with the seeds.
• Mechanical sows the seeds into the soil simultaneously with the movement of the machine, but there is a threat of rebounding of the seed from the soil, which reduces the number of shoots.
• Vacuum seeder It has a pump adapted for uniform seeding of the crop into the soil and allows adjusting both the distribution of seeds and the level of pressure.

What is it used for?

In order for the radish crop to be good, compliance with the recommendations is required when sowing. These include both an equal interval between the seeds in the soil, and the necessary depth to which each seed must be placed so that the roots do not deform and lose their taste during growth and maturation.

Pros and cons of various types of tools

What is better: to buy or do it yourself?

For planting radish are used as purchased in a specialized store and seeder, and made their own hands. In the first case, knowledge of the parameters of the drill is required to make the right choice. With your own hands you can make the planter if you have the necessary materials..

Features of choice depending

From the principle of action

• Hand drill has a marker that marks the next row.

  The mechanisms on the planter allow you to control the number of sown seeds and the width of the aisle. Seeds with the help of the rammer poured earth.

• Seeder on the motor-block It has several seed bins and allows simultaneous seeding of the crop in several rows.

• Tractor seeder sows seeds from bunkers by gravity, they fall into the inter-disk space, and then they are filled up with earth using the shelf mechanisms of the seeder.

From the price

• Hand drill economical. Cost depends on the complexity of the mechanisms and the number of bunkers.

  For sowing radish is used as a budgetary small seeder, but it will require a lot of time, and more expensive, but functional seeder with a large number of mechanisms.

• Seeder on the motor-block expensive. The cost can vary from 7,000 to 25,000 rubles. The cost depends on how many rows the planter will allow to sow at the same time.
• Tractor seeder can be purchased at a price of 58,000 rubles. The price depends on the complexity of the mechanism and the manufacturer.

From the type of seeding

• Hand drills can be scattered and precise seeding. The scatter mechanism places the seeds in the soil chaotically, the precision seeding drill allows you to sow the crop in the previously marked rows. The seeder of the second type is suitable for small areas and saves seeds.
• Seeders for motoblock there are ordinary, placing the seeds in rows with subsequent embedding in the ground, nesting (seeds are in rows), dotted, when the seeds are placed in rows parallel to each other, as well as scattered (the seeds are scattered on the ground). For sowing radish, it is convenient to use an ordinary seeder on the walker, as it is the way of sowing, carried out by it, allows you to place the crop in the soil in compliance with all recommendations.
• Tractor seeder happens to be ordinary. breeding, dotted, direct seeding. The choice of a seeder for a tractor according to this principle depends on the size of the area to be treated.

From the manufacturer

• To purchase hand drill available from manufacturers of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
• Seeders for motoblock produced in Russia and Belarus. American and German manufacturers also offer high-tech seed drills, their cost when buying higher domestic counterparts.
• Tractor seeder can be purchased Belarusian, Russian and foreign production. The latter offer a tool with more features than domestic manufacturers.

From the width of the grip

• Hand drill. The width of the grip depends on the number of bunkers. In multi-row drills, it is higher, single-row also allows you to reach up to 24 centimeters when seeding. The larger the area, the better with the greater width of the seeding seeder.
• Seeder for motoblock depending on the model has a width of 100 cm to 8 meters. The larger the rows of the planter, the greater the width of the grip. To be guided by this indicator when choosing is, relying on the size of the cultivated area.
• Tractor seeder has a width of 4 to 12 meters. The larger the seeding area, the greater the width of the seed drill is required.

From seed consumption

• Hand drill For radishes, it differs by a small amount of seed.
  The seeder of exact sowing will allow to reduce the expense, the dispersive mechanism increases the quantity of the sowed seeds. Save will allow the first option.
• Seeder for motoblock allows you to adjust the flow of seeds. Ordinary and breeding drills are characterized by reduced consumption, scattering increase this figure. The greater the row width and width of the seed drill, the higher the flow rate.
• Tractor seeder on average, it permits to sow 170 kg of seeds per 1 hectare of land. The seeding rate on such drills is regulated and depends on the number of rows of one or another type of seeder. The larger the area, the more consumption is required.

Comparative table of models

Where and for how much you can buy equipment?

A manual seeder in Moscow can be purchased at a price of 6,990 rubles, in St. Petersburg - from 4,550 rubles. Seeders for motoblock more expensive. The minimum cost in both Moscow and St. Petersburg is from 29,500 rubles. The average cost of a seeder for a tractor in Moscow is 31,900 rubles, in St. Petersburg - 30,800 rubles.

Service

The main care of the radish planter is to regularly check the condition of all mechanisms, as well as to clean them from dust, dirt, soil residues and seeds after each use. Upon completion of the sowing process, it is recommended to check and lubricate the rubbing parts.

For this, a grease is suitable, which is applied until the oil protrudes from the gaps. At the beginning and at the end of the season it is recommended to replace the piston discs, shafts and clean the seed bins (in particular it concerns vacuum seeders). It is necessary to store seeders in a dry closed room.

When operating the drill, malfunctions can occur.

1. When the seeding rate is not maintained, the control lever must be checked. If it is loose, it is necessary to tighten the part.
2. If the seeds are unevenly distributed, the length of the coils is leveled if they diverge, untreated seeds are removed from the bunker, which can clog the gaps.
3. If the depth of sowing seeds in the soil is unsatisfactory, check the coulter discs. Probably, the soil is stuck to them, or the seeder is not properly adjusted.
4. Stopping fertilizer sowing? Clean the seed hopper and seed holes.

Step-by-step instruction: how to make a device for planting radish?

To plant radishes, a seeder made by hand will fit. This requires only the necessary inventory and materials from which it will be collected.

Inventory:

• hammer;
• chisel;
• drill;
• knife.

Materials:

• galvanization (1);
• metal tube (2);
• 1.5 mm metal plates (3 and 4);
• support screws (5);
• guide axis (5);
• screw (6);
• flat brush in a metal frame (7);
• wheels (8).

Drawing:

A list with step by step production:

1. In the metal axis (2) you need to make recesses for the seeds of the size you need.
2. The drawing shows two types of grooves of 4 and 6 mm.
3. The axis must be fixed with the help of two rings (9) for its free movement to the right and to the left.
4. It is inserted into the drill body.
5. Then rings are put on it, which fix the axis.
6. On both sides of the metal tube we attach the wheels (8).
7. To the metal plate (4) fasten the rail or cut from a flat tube, which will be an imitation of the handle.

When installing the axis, the side plates can be made the required size.

The gaps between the tube and the plates should be minimal so that the seeds do not get stuck in them. The bunker can be made from any plastic container or bottle with a neck of the desired diameter and fixed at the top of the tube.

The seeder is ready. The holes in the axis must be drilled to such a diameter that they correspond to the size of the seeds that are planned to be sown.

We offer to see a video instruction on how to make a seeder for radish with your own hands:

Possible problems

The main difficulty in the manufacture of the drill may be the absence of one or another element, as well as the difficulty in the selection of parts. To avoid this, it is necessary to accurately calculate the size of the planned seed drill and find out its immediate purpose.

Whatever the seeder - purchased in a specialty store or hand-made - it will in any case facilitate the sowing of the site and provide an opportunity to get a good harvest at the end of the season.

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