Product Description
The Hoss Garden Seeder is constructed with Amish-crafted hardwood handles, 15″ steel wheels, and a powder-coated steel frame. The drag chain behind the seed drop tube covers the planted seed and the rear wheel compacts the ground behind the covered seed.
The seed plates lie flat in the hopper, ensuring accurate planting without wasting seed by overplanting. The rolling coulter design in front of the seed drop tube works great for planting in gardens with undecomposed organic matter.
- Removable hopper for filling and emptying seed
- Adjustable planting depth from 1/4″ – 1 1/2″
- Stand-alone design with back kickstand
- Plant small (mustard, turnips) to large (beans, squash) seed
- Seed plates easily changed
- Includes Seed Plates #1-6
- Optional Row Marker available
Included with the Hoss Garden Seeder:
- Seed Plate #1 (HS4-1001) – broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, turnips, mustard, rutabaga, and other fine seeds
- Seed Plate #2 (HS4-1002) – onion, small coated seeds
- Seed Plate #3 (HS4-1003) – okra, pelleted: carrots, lettuce, beets, chard
- Seed Plate #4 (HS4-1004) – small sweet corn, popcorn
- Seed Plate #5 (HS4-1005) – small peas and beans
- Seed Plate #6 (HS4-1006) – medium beans, peas, large sweet corn, field corn
5 out of 5 Very pleased with the seeder
Carl A.. Zeltinger –
I purchase a Hoss Garden Seeder a few months ago, and I just finished planting my garden. Overall I have to say that this is a great seeder. The only other seeder that I have had is one made by Earthway. Compared with that seeder, this one is much more sturdy, and the quality is excellent. The seed plates are nice, and I really like that they offer blank plates so that you can drill them out to whatever size and spacing that you need. The double disk opener is great and does an amazing job. I only have one minor complaint, and that is that the chain is made of material that stretches easily. If your seed plate jams every once in a while, you will notice that your chain gets looser as time goes on. I had one chain stretch so much that it wouldn’t stay on the sprocket. I didn’t realize what happened right away, so I contacted Hoss. They sent me out a new chain right away, and I have to say that their service was excellent. They responded quickly and I got the new chain in three days. Overall I have to say that I am very happy with both the quality of the materials used and with the way that the seeder performed.
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Steve –
Just finished hand planting all the places the seeder skipped when planting peas. Gaps in the rows amounted to more than a third missing. So far, not good. Out of the half dozen varieties I used it for, spinach was the only one that completed full rows. The rest need extra attention. Not sure the seeder is worth it, but the wheel hoe is useful.
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Admin hosstools (verified owner) –
Steve, the skips are not the fault of our Garden Seeder. If the holes in the seed plate are properly sized, gravity will feed the seeds through the holes properly. As it is clearly explained in our instructions, there’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all plate for any crop — peas especially. The reason you had skips is because your seed plate wasn’t optimized for the variety of peas you were planting. There are many different varieties of peas which are all different sizes. Because of this, you must test and modify your seed plates based on the variety you’re planting. If you have any further questions, you can give us a call at 1-888-672-5536 and we’d be glad to walk you through the process.
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Question
tim –
is it safe to assume the gears under the hopper #41 and #42 in parts are made of steel?
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Kurt Barbee –
Sounds like I don’t want to buy one without trying it first. Who has one in southern Ohio ( Zanesville)
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Philip Bennett (verified owner) –
I like this seeder overall and it’s very well made. However, I do feel like there are a few minor design flaws that could really improve the effectiveness of it. I wish the handles were positioned on the back half of the seeder instead of the front. It’s a little awkward and bulky at times with the majority of the weight on your side, and if your legs are longer, you’re forced to take little choppy steps. My point is that it could be a little more compact and still just as effective and more practical to use. The bigger issue for me are the smaller size seed plates. There is about a 1/16″ gap between the edge of the plate and inside wall of the hopper. If you put just a little too much seed in the plate, it accumulates around the brushes, falls between the edge and the wall, eventually working its way under the plate, forcing you to stop, take it apart, clean it out, and hope you put the right amount back in this time. This seeder does shine when it comes to planting bigger seed. Beans, corn, beets, etc. the smaller lettuces, turnips, and alike is where it could use improvement. All it would take is a tighter fitting plate and problem solved. Again, I think overall this a quality, very well made piece of equipment. Just would really love to see a solution for the small plate issue.
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Connie kubitz –
I would like to buy one of these but I am concerned about the jamming issue on the small seeds. Has any improvement been made to rectify this problem.
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Admin hosstools (verified owner) –
Hi Connie. To what problem are you referring? The only time the Seeder jams is when the hole size in the seed plate does not match the type of seed being planted. If someone has an issue with the unit jamming, it is a direct result of them not properly testing the seed plate hole size before getting into the field and planting.
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Admin hosstools (verified owner) –
Tim, those gears underneath the hopper are made of a hard plastic by intention. This is so the unit will stop if seed plates have not been correctly fit to the seed being planted. If the gears were metal, they would simply crush the seed and you therefore wouldn’t be aware that there was any problem with your seed plates not matching your seed.
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