I still use my earthway, but have checked into the Hoss. the wheel hoe planter combo I thought was best deal. the reviews for hoss are good. I hear a lot of negative comments about Jang other than price and high cost of rollers. the Jang seems to be best at small seeds and the earthway is best at large seeds.

Thanks for the response. I've worn out one earthway and am on the second. But this year for the first time I had trouble with beans. I think they were too damp because I dampened them to add inoculant. They clogged up in the chute. I am having trouble with beets mostly. What plate do you use for the small beet seed like Chioggia and Ace?

Funny, I'm so old I never considered a Jang. Could never get my moneys worth out of it.

This year I used electrical tape to tape every other hole on the Earthway beet seeder with better results on the red beets- less thinning. However, the golden beets were much smaller and still dumped 10 beets where I only wanted one. I made a second planting of the gold beets using the radish plate and experienced mush better results. Hope this helps.

I had tried the spinach plate and didn't get enough seedlings. Didn't think to try the radish! Thanks! If you tape the plate does it get sticky and interfere with flow?

spinach and radish are same plate. I tape front of both my radish plate and beet plate. paste wax the plates and inside of hopper. I just put dry inoculant on top of seeds in hopper. would never wetten seed. Is your tube plugged?

Great suggestions. I clean the tube regularly. Ever since I got a big spider webb in it and it trapped all the seed without me knowing it. So beet plate is every other hole? And radish plate also? I actually have two sets of plates so I could tape one and leave one. And I bet the paste wax will stop the seeds from sticking. I thought the seed would have to be dampened for the innoculant but I will try it dry next time.Thank you for the hints. I appreciate sharing information. There is so much to learn and experience is the best teacher.

BTW I have been using Fortier's suggestion about occultation and I love it. It has cut hours of labor for me. It's like Jay talks about with burning the weed seedlings off before planting carrots but I leave black plastic on the beds for two to three weeks, then pull it off and plant disturbing the soil as little as possible. Has really decreased weeding in carrots and beets.