Mechanical manual seeder. DIY seeder. We create a seeder ourselves. How to make a seeder with your own hands? What tasks does the seeder solve and how does it work? How to make it yourself

The Dominator is used in municipal services for sowing lawn grass, treating beaches before the start of the swimming season, for landscaping playgrounds and sports grounds (horse riding arenas) with a sandy surface, for daily loosening of sand on the beach, especially after rains. Vertically rotating rotors with two dominator knives loosen to a depth of 18 cm, without bringing wet layers to the surface, then the leveling beam and roller level and roll the soil or sand. The seeder, mesh roller and leveling knife for the dominator are available upon separate order.

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Lawn brush with collection

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I decided to share with you my experience in making seeded lawn. The method is purely my own (of course there are other methods), so I’ll tell you how I make such lawns. In principle, the method is simple and easy for any of you to master on your plots of land. All work was carried out from start to finish by one, with one horsepower :)

I don’t roll lawns; I always use seeded lawns. Well, I “don’t like” rolls :))

And so, we level the area.

I usually go through the area twice with a walk-behind tractor with a cultivator attachment, or I dig up the area with a shovel and level it with a rake (the soil can be straightened with the back of the rake (not with the teeth), it’s easier to level, after which it’s leveled with a board). It all depends on the complexity of the soil. In the photo you see the area I had already dug up before the rain.

After the first alignment, we begin the second. For precise leveling I use a 1.5m level and a 2m long board. I sit down on my knees and begin to crawl with the board, making the desired plane.

How is the earth compacted? — I compact the earth mainly with my feet and a concrete cylinder (an old Soviet urn with a void inside), this is most convenient.

Having leveled the surface for the future lawn, we sow the lawn seeds evenly. Immediately sprinkle fertilizer evenly. Sprinkle the top with a thin layer of loose soil about 1-3cm thick (I put it somewhere aside in advance).

I plant regular American or Canadian grass. I don’t remember the names now, and it’s useless to remember, because... Every year new varieties of herbs with different names are sold in stores, you won’t find the same type and packaging anymore! If you are planting a lawn in the garden under trees, then it is better to choose grass varieties for shade. If the lawn is in an open area, then you need to plant lawn varieties for sun and partial shade. It is better to take seeds in boxes rather than bags.

After the seeds and fertilizers are covered with a thin layer of soil, water the entire lawn generously with water. At first, the lawn needs to be watered once every day. In two to three weeks the lawn will sprout. Don't walk on the lawn to pick for weeds! Let them grow! Then, when the lawn grows to 5-7 cm, it can be carefully weeded for the first time.

Then, when the lawn grows normally, make the first mow with a lawn mower.

Usually, before the lawn surface is normally densely filled, you have to weed the lawn three times. When the grass is well rooted and the soil evenly settles slightly from watering and settles down, you can walk on the lawn without problems.

How to prevent other grass/weeds from growing on the lawn?

— It is better to dig up weeds in a timely manner with a thin root digger; it is better to do this before mowing the grass. I mow my lawns every week. If you water your lawn frequently, it only grows upward and the root system does not develop. If the lawn is watered moderately, the root system develops and the lawn becomes denser. Weeds do not break through the dense surface of the lawn! They almost don’t break through :))) Those weeds that do come out, I pull out.

If you don't mow your lawn every week (except during hot, dry weeks), your lawn won't grow well either.

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Rotary lawn mower without collection

Manufacturer:
Italy

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from 150 to 450 cm

Rotary mowers are widely used for mowing lawns over large areas. The design of such a mower is simple and effective: the gearbox ensures the rotation of 3 knives made of high-strength steel.

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Hello! It turned out very beautifully. I’ll tell you about my experience in landscaping the garden. There was experience in growing a lawn from seeds, as well as laying a roll in different areas. Planting seeds is definitely a labor-intensive process, but this option is still possible. In my opinion, the most effective way is to lay a rolled lawn, which will be more expensive taking into account all the features of proper preparation of the land, but will delight you with its beautiful appearance for a long time and require a little less attention. Regarding the varieties, my advice is that you should definitely not choose ones with admixtures of ryegrass or fescue! The laying of the roll, as well as the seeds, can be ordered at Gorgazon, it has excellent characteristics, website gorgazon.ru This lawn contains practically no impurities, and therefore one of the most durable. By the way, they have promotions for free delivery throughout Russia.

Good afternoon. I have an old lawn, please tell me how to update it. Or replace it altogether. I live in Podstepki.

If you are going to change the entire lawn, then you need to remove/cut off the entire top layer down to the root system. Scatter the seeds on top and cover with a thin layer of soil, watering generously. This is a time-consuming and difficult process. Throw out/remove the cut layer from the site. If you just update, then sprinkle the seeds in the bald spots, also lightly covering the top with earth

Should I loosen up to the root system, or from the root?

Rotary lawnmower without collection

Manufacturer:
Italy

Working width:

from 120 to 180 cm

Rotary lawn mowers, designed for work in difficult conditions, have a reinforced frame and a special blade fastening system - when hitting unmown objects, the blades automatically fold. This mower easily mows not only weeds, but also underbrush with a diameter of up to 4 cm.

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DIY making

By using a mechanism for planting small seeds, sowing can be accelerated 10 times. As an example of a simple hand-held device, consider a carrot seeder.

To make it you will need the following materials::

Plastic or metal shaft. You can use a part from a thick-walled pipe.
A wheel made from a tin can (a small bicycle wheel will do).
A bunker made from a plastic bottle, container, or shampoo container.
Retaining rings designed for the wheel.
Foam rubber.
Transport bracket (1 piece).
Wooden handle.
Screw “M 4” (from 4 to 8 pcs.).
Restrictive rings/clamps (from 2 to 4 pcs.).
Nut “M 4” (from 4 to 8 pcs.).

For high-quality assembly you will need tools: a screwdriver, drills with different diameters, scissors, a drill, a knife.

The process of manufacturing a simple manual seeder takes place in several stages:

The shaft is being prepared. In the middle of the plastic pipe, recesses of different diameters are drilled (for large and small seeds). The pipe is not drilled through.
Wheels are made from tin cans. To ensure better grip, rubber rings are placed on the wheels in several rows. In the middle, using scissors, a hole is cut equal to the diameter of the shaft.
A hopper is cut out of a plastic container. The lower part is cut off, holes are made on the opposite walls for the sowing shaft. The bottle is placed upside down.
The hopper is placed on the shaft. Foam rubber is laid and glued to the bottle walls so that during further rotation the excess seeds are removed. That is, when the foam brush is turned, the shaft should produce small cells, each of which will contain one or two seeds.
The transport bracket is attached to the shaft with wheels and secured with screws.
The hopper is carefully attached through a metal plate to the bracket. When the shaft rotates, it should not move.
A wooden handle is installed.

Flail mower with extension

Manufacturer:
Italy

Working width:

from 106 to 158 cm

In the case when the task of mowing roadside slopes and roadsides is systematic, and there is no need to use equipment with a long bar, it is rational to use a flail mower with an extension, the length of which from the central axis of the tractor is up to 1.7 m. The angle of inclination of the cutting unit is adjustable from -55° to +90°, which allows this mower to be used both for mowing steep slopes and for trimming hedges.

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Simple seeder

The principle of the mechanical solution here is simple - it is to limit the spilling of seed outward. For this, an open box is used, but with a double bottom. A movable plate is inserted into this space. The seed material is poured onto the bottom of the box, where there is a hole slightly larger than a grain, if it is a grain seeder. And in the lower bottom there is a larger hole, but it coincides with the upper hole. When the middle plate is pushed in, these holes do not communicate and the grains do not spill out. By moving the plate, the sower will continue working. However, it is worth adding a few seeds so that when rolling them over the seeder, you can avoid crowding the crops.

Often this movable plate is equipped with a spring drive, which, after pressing, will return it. Using a DIY small seed seeder will speed up seeding by 10 times.

When making your own sowing device, it is better to use the following materials:

Photo 2. Drawing of a multi-row manual seeder.

a plastic container for grains, ideally a transparent jar, to control the presence of seeds;
a bolt on which a jar filled with seed rotates, advancing in beds;
a piece of plastic pipe commensurate with the depth of the jar;
a piece of metal pipe, slightly narrower than plastic;
2 washers securing the can;
a door from a tin can to cover the filling hole;
aluminum wire;
wooden handle;
an improvised hoe.

Seeder in 10 steps

Here's how to make this device yourself.

Mark the center on the plastic jar and drill a through hole. Accuracy is important to ensure the performance and stability of the device.
Remove the lid and make a triangular hole on the side for filling with grains.
To prevent the seed from spilling out, you need to cut an improvised valve (lid) from a tin can, slightly larger than the hole for filling. It should be secured with wire. Rotating, it should close and open freely.
There should be a piece of plastic pipe in the center of the jar. It will not allow the can to shrink as the bolt is tightened.
A metal tube should be inserted into this scrap to obtain a bearing. The jar (reservoir) will begin to rotate. Then it will become clear that the homemade seeder is working properly.
Now you need to insert a bolt into this metal tube and tighten it with a nut between 2 washers so that rotation becomes free.
Make 2 holes on the side of the jar with a hot nail. The diameter of the nail should be equal to the caliber of the radish, garlic, and onion seed that is to be sown.

Of course, such a simple and lightweight garlic seeder will be more convenient if it is made with a wooden handle. Then it will be easy to drill a hole on it for a bolt to screw it to the rotating tank. Then it is worth automating the filling of crops with soil. A metal piece similar to a hoe will do. It should be bent a little so that it rakes the earth. Then you need to attach it to the handle, but above the tank.

Now the manual single-row seeder for garlic, onion sets or carrots is ready.

The principle of using a manual seeder

Use a regular hoe to mark a furrow. Then this homemade device is placed on it and pushed forward. The tank rotates, so the grains are sown at an equal distance. And an improvised hoe covers the sown with soil. The benefits are obvious even in large gardens. There is a saving of effort, time and seeds.

The transparent plastic tank allows you to record the presence of seeds in it. The design itself is easily adaptable for each crop. For example, a DIY radish seeder has smaller holes than a corn seeder. The tank is designed for a specific grain size. The availability of production from scrap parts and ease of use are also captivating.

However, in order to sow various crops economically and efficiently, you need 3-4 tanks with holes of different diameters. The seeder for corn should have large holes, for grain - narrower, and for carrots - even with miniature ones.

Flail mower on a boom

Manufacturer:
Italy

Working width:

from 60 to 110 cm

Professional mower-manipulators have a boom with a maximum reach to increase the working area of the surface being treated; they are used for clearing vegetation from roadsides, slopes and highway rights-of-way. Convenient for working behind barrier-type fences, cleaning the banks of water canals, pruning branches and even shaping tree crowns.

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Brushcutter on a pole

Manufacturer:
Italy

Working width:

from 150 to 180 cm

A high-performance hedge trimmer is usually used when shrubs grow along paths or sidewalks that have an asphalt concrete or dirt surface. First, the fence is cut in a horizontal plane - at a height of up to 6 meters, and then - in a vertical plane.

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Rotary cultivator

Manufacturer:
Italy

Working width:

from 125 to 165 cm

Processing depth:

from 15 to 16 cm

The rotary cultivator is used when performing such work as the development of overgrown areas, the development of stale soils, it makes it possible to prepare planned areas for sowing lawn grass, creating flower beds, and flower beds. Loosening of the fertile soil layer with cultivators is carried out to a depth of 18 cm.

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Stonebury with a seeder for planting a lawn

Manufacturer:
Italy

Working width:

from 96 to 168 cm

Processing depth:

18 cm

Stoneburier is designed to prepare the soil for sowing a lawn on unprepared (rocky) soil in one pass of the tractor. Garden lawn obtained using a stone buryer is distinguished by its quality, uniformity and high density of grass.

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Why do you need lawn seeders: their features and functional properties

Having your own home, a quiet and cozy place where you can at least temporarily escape the annoying bustle of modern life is the cherished dream of more and more people. Making such a dream a reality, many people think about arranging a well-groomed green lawn on their personal plot. Yes, and summer residents too - if possible, of course, they willingly arrange such a place for recreation and children's games on their suburban “acres”.

The best lawn is a dense, without the slightest bald spots, evenly green, well-groomed and neatly trimmed grass “carpet”. And without foreign inclusions, in the form of grass of a different variety or weeds, of course. Special seeders successfully cope with the task of ensuring maximum density and uniformity of the lawn. Because the seeder promotes the distribution of grass seeds in the ground as evenly and frequently as possible.

Despite all the diligence and perseverance, manual sowing of seeds cannot achieve the ideal quality of lawn coverage. Because seeds scattered by hand, in any case, do not fall very evenly into the soil. Even repeated, perpendicular to the first, passes through the area of the future lawn are not able to significantly change the situation. And after the grass has germinated and grown, even if there are no serious bald spots, the density of the grass is somewhere a little higher, somewhere a little lower. This inevitably disrupts uniformity and symmetry, spoiling the appearance and overall impression. Also, a weed that makes its way here and there among the lawn grass can completely destroy the feeling of beauty and well-groomed lawn.

A lawn seeder is a surefire way to achieve the dream of a “House with a Lawn.”

To avoid this, it makes sense to use a lawn grass seeder. So that instead of the expected even grass carpet, you don’t get separately sprouting and asymmetrical tufts of grass: in some places it’s too thick, and in some places it’s not at all. In addition, lawn grass seeders are convenient to use both for their intended purpose and as a machine for applying fertilizers to the soil; for spreading sand; for the distribution of preparations for protecting cultivated plants from pests. Lawn seeders-spreaders have the ability to be used in winter - to evenly spread sand and technical salt along slippery paths.

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