Improved Container Sowing With an Electronically Controlled Optical Seeder
The efficiency and accuracy of an electronically controlled optical seeding machine was evaluated. This system required less than one-fourth of the labor needed to perform sowing with a vacuum seeder. Seed of coniferous forest species were sown with a high accuracy that filled all cells with undamaged seed. The seeder significantly increased the efficiency of sowing small-seeded species that are difficult to sow with a vacuum seeder. Efficient sowing of large pine and fir seed would require modification of the equipment. Tree Planters' Notes 42(3):4-8; 1991.
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Author(s): David L. Wenny, John L. Edson
Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volumes 42, Number 3 (1991)
Section: Equipment Notes
Volume: 42
Number: 3
