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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.


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Author(s): David L. Wenny, John L. Edson

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 42, Number 3 (1991)

Volume: 42

Number: 3