I just purchased one, so we'll see how it goes in a couple of weeks when I put peas in.

I got the whole kit with the double wheel hoe. Also, there is a new seeder from them that is likely coming out in the next few months.

Thanks for the response rrleesb! I'm looking forward to your review.

Love it!

Larger squash and pumpkin seeds are hard to plant with the pre-fab seed plates but with patience and trial & error customizing a seed plate for this seeder is super simple. This is the only seed we had a problem with planting with this seeder.

We have rocky soil and the one problem I had was with the "wheel" part of the seeder (2 sprocket looking wheels with a piece of black plastic in between) The black plastic cracked. I am looking into getting replacements and it was easy to disassemble and it looks easy to reassemble. Once I get the replacement pieces I may look into seeing if I can get a metal replacement for that piece by going to a local fabricator.

This seeder is heavy duty all parts are metal except for that black piece on the back "wheel", the seed hopper & seed plates.

Pros
Plants almost every seed perfectly
Easy to fix on our own
Solidly built
Easy to mount and dismount from the wheel hoe
Seed plates are very easy to customize for size and in row spacing compared to other seeders

Cons
black plastic piece on back "wheel"

If you get other attachments with the wheel hoe buy a small inexpensive ratchet & socket that fits the nuts and keep it with the wheel hoe.

We also have an earthway seeder and a 4 row pinpoint seeder.

Each seeder is good for planting one thing or another. If I had to choose one I would choose the Hoss because it is good all around.

Thanks Tractorchik!

I got a chance to use mine the other day. I planted pelleted carrots, beets, winter peas, and sugar snap peas.

It worked great for the carrots and beets! I was planting those into beds that had been worked previously with little trash in the beds. The snap peas I sized the plate for them before I put them in a inoculate slurry and they swelled quite a bit causing them to get stuck or block the holes in the plate (my fault).

The field peas was in a new, freshly tilled, area that I'm cover cropping for corn. It had lots of trash and roots in the soil and that was difficult to seed because the furrower would get caught in the trash. It also didn't help that I was planting them deeper.

To me the best part of the seeder is the ability to customize your seed plates. I plan to order quite a few more so I can get the size just right for whatever I'm planting! For instance the field peas, I made a custom plate so they are spaced very closely.

Would I buy one again! You bet!

Mine just came in the mail today. The thing is built like a tank. I'm looking forward to using it but there's snow on the ground and more to come over the next week.

I'd love to hear a comparison of the Hoss seeder attachment to the new Hoss Garden Seeder. Does anyone have experience with both?

I had high hopes for this seeder as the earthway has been a struggle over the years. Although in design it appears to be well built minus some critical plastic parts we could not get this seeder to work consistently with corn seed. At least with the Earthway we could hear the seed drop so we could quickly identify any jams or missed drops. With the Hoss we could run a 100 foot row and find that the plate was plugged with too large of seed. I tried increasing the hole size but then two seeds would often drop. I guess corn is just a bugger not being of consistent size. Bean planting was also hit and miss. The earthway is also far from perfect but in our experience a more reliable design.

The Hoss seeder is definitely the best-built walk behind seeder that I've found. The Earthway is really flimsy and not very user-friendly for a taller person. With the Hoss, as long as you plan ahead and customize the seed plate holes to match the particular variety that you're planting, it does great. If you plant several varieties of corn, beans, peas that are all different sizes, you're going to need a plate for each variety. I assume the commenters above that had issues were not able to modify the seed plates successfully. With the kickstand on the Hoss, you can easily test the seed plates before planting to make sure you've got everything dialed in correctly.