Late last season, my son and daughter wanted to plant something. It was only about a month before our average first frost, but I didn’t really see any real loss, if the plants didn’t survive. My daughter planted lettuce, which rapidly grew and was consumed as fast as we could cut it. My son decided [...]

New project added to our projects section on how to make a vacuum seeder. The seeder is a single tip vacuum powered seeder made from an aquarium pump and an airbrush. Click here for the project details.

There are many different vacuum seeders on the market. Some aimed at home gardeners and even more aimed at professional growers. Some of the major types include: Bulb type seeders which create a vacuum by squeezing a bulb and then releasing pressure when the vacuum tip is in the seeds Single tip vacuum seeder powered [...]