Making a planter for garlic with your own hands
Garlic is a natural antibiotic that protects against all diseases. In addition, it has excellent taste and is indispensable in many dishes. That is why farmers are trying to plant this vegetable on a large scale. To do this, you can make a do-it-yourself garlic planter.
Making a planter for garlic with your own hands
Depending on the availability of funds and the necessary materials, it is recommended to build various devices at home. These designs will help when planting garlic, making it easier to work and significantly increasing the planted area.
On a walk-behind tractor
The walk-behind tractor has recently replaced several tools previously used on the farm for the farmer. This is a kind of mini tractor for Russian gardeners.
With the help of the device, you can dig and process potatoes, plow the land, use it as a means of transporting goods over rough terrain, if you build a homemade trailer.
Attaching a planter to a walk-behind tractor is not easy, but it will save a lot of time and effort.
To build a garlic planter on a walk-behind tractor with your own hands you will need:
- A container for seeds of a triangular shape, so that it is convenient to fill it up through a wide channel, and the seeds came out from the opposite narrow end in a metered dose.
- Wheel.
- Gears.
- Chain.
- Bolts and fasteners.
- Opener.
These elements must be attached to the walk-behind tractor, according to a previously prepared drawing.
Manual on wheels
The manual seeder has many positive qualities:
- This technical apparatus is easy to use.
- You don't need to buy fuel for it.
- Mechanical damage is easy to fix.
During sowing, efforts will be required to move the manual device around the garden, the rest of the actions are performed automatically, as in the case of constructing a seeder from a walk-behind tractor. Therefore, this option is suitable for gardens of less than 10-20 acres, it will be quite difficult to sow a large area.
Despite the presence of a coulter cutting the ground, it is necessary to plant garlic in the plowed black soil. The soil must be loose enough to ensure optimal growth conditions for the fruit when planting.
Planters make garlic sowing easier
You will need the following materials:
1. Garlic container with double bottom. The holes in it will regulate the supply of seeds to the outside.
2. Brushes attached to the shaft, facilitating the metered release of the teeth from the container.
3. One or two wheels. Their exact number depends on which planter design is selected.
4. A coulter that will determine the planting depth of the seeds.
5. Handles, thanks to which the efforts are distributed throughout the unit.
The development of parts for a manual garlic planter must be approached very carefully, every little thing will affect the quality of the grown products in the future.
Four-row
One of the most complex designs is a planter, in which there are four containers at once. To build such a device, you need a drawing.
The advantages of a four-row planter include:
- Minimal physical activity. Instead of 4 times, you only need to go through one.
- It takes less time to sow a larger area.
- In one pass, you can ensure the planting of an entire garden bed.
Landing marker
The design resembles a wooden rake with large, non-triangular teeth. This type of device is the easiest to make. It is easier for them to distribute the garlic in the beds rather than using the furrows. The marker does not allow seeds to hit the ground, but it adjusts the depth and distance between the holes, which can be easily controlled. These parameters will affect the yield and quality of the product.
Pros of planting with a marker:
- Same hole depth.
- Perfectly even rows.
- You can plow through the ground with such a seeder for faster work.
It is very easy to make it with your own hands, you only need a minimum amount of lumber and a cutting.
Useful Tips
In order for a homemade garlic planter to really benefit, it is necessary to calculate several parameters according to which the planted material will bring a good harvest.
- The distance between the cloves of garlic should be enough for full ripening so that the fruits do not interfere with each other during growth.
- The seeds must be put into the ground at a certain depth, at which, after the soil settles, the garlic will not be on the surface and will not slow down its growth from too deep sowing.
To comply with these rules, you will need to correctly calculate the width of the teeth at the marker and the rate of seed loss from the seeder.
Conclusion
Homemade hand planters for planting garlic are also useful for planting onion sets. You can also plant other vegetables with a marker.
The seeder will serve for more than one year and is necessary in the case when it is required to fill more than one garden bed with garlic and onions, but several acres of land.
If you follow the technology correctly and do the work with love, carefully look after the growing seeds, the harvest will pay back the effort and money spent dozens of times.