Wetland Seeder is for sowing germinated paddy seed directly in wetland field. There is no need for transplantation. It is a manually pulled implement. It covers 8 rows of 20cm row-to-row spacing at a time. It is made up of plastic materials. With an aim to fulfill the wide needs of the agricultural sector, we are affianced in offering supreme quality Wetland Seeder that is a gardening equipment used to plant rice seeds. It is designed & manufactured using the finest quality components and sound techniques under the supervision of skilled professionals. To ensure its flawlessness at clients' end, the offered Wetland Seeder is tested on various parameters by our quality controllers prior to dispatching the delivery from our end.
Planting Paddy with Direct Paddy Seeder :
- KSNM Direct Paddy Seeder is an efficient and inexpensive implement for row sowing of pregerminated paddy seed in wet land field. This is a manually pulled implement developed and certified by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.
- KSNM Direct Paddy Seeder covers 8 rows of 20 cm row to row spacing at a time. This implement ensures uniform plant population throughout the field.
Field Preparation :
- Field must be well puddled and leveled.
- Wate must be drained out at least 24 hrs before sowing to form hard slurry pan of puddle soil.
- At the time of sowing, only paper thin of water should be maintained in the puddled field.
- Water should be flooded to the puddled field once in three days after sowing and drained out immediately.
- This practice must be continued for 12 days. Thereafter depending upon the height of the seeding, Water should be allowed to stand in the field.
Operation Procedure :
- After assembling, fill the drums with pre-germinated seeds. Remember only two-third of the drum are to be filled at a time.
- Close the mouth with the knob provided.
- Pull the seeder manually at a normal walking speed (1 Km/h) in the backward position as in the photo.
- The wheel impression in the first pass will server as a maker.
- In the second pass the wheel should pass on the same wheel impression of the previous pass to maintain the row- to-row spacing of 20 cm.
- Occasionally watch the dropping of the seeds through the holes of the seeder.
- Refill the drum when it reaches one fourth capacity.
- Continue the seeding operation.
Salient Features :
- Labour cost is reduced drastically
- Uniformity in seed sowing and Plant population
- Continuous drilling of seeds is eliminated.
- Reduction in seed rate and thinning cost.
- Crop matures 7-10 days earlier than the transplanted paddy
- Light in weight and easy to handle
- An area of 1 hectare per day can be shown.