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Planet Jr 300 A Planter

Postby brianJ » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:33 am

Hi All I just bought a Planet Jr 300A veggie planter from eBAY and then researched it after purchase. I read somewhere these planters are not the best to plant corn or pumpkins/ squash which is why I bought the thing in the first place. I read that this is because the Planet Jr will not space the seeds far enough apart in the case of corn or squash. Anyone have experience with this? Can I plant corn and squash and thin the rows after they sprout or is that a waste of time and seed?

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Postby beaconlight » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:55 am

I have planted sweet corn to close at times. Being a little careless while cultivating and plenty of super nitrate made a good crop.

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Postby John *.?-!.* cub owner » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:39 pm

I have not personaly had experience with the Planet Jr. but have solved that problem in other planters by plugging some of the seed plate holes, per example, every other one, or plug 2, leave 3rd one open, etc.
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Postby brianJ » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:51 pm

I gonna try to adapt it my Cub. I was hoping it would plant larger seed.

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Postby Virginia Mike » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:12 am

Even with only 1 cell open it may not plant squash and pumpkin far enough apart. When I truck gardened we planted pumpkin with the transplanter. We would fold two or three seeds in toilet paper envelopes and stapled them. They could then be fed into the transplanter.
This works good for large plots. If I were planting less than an acre I would lay off rows and plant them by hand with a bugle.
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