Transplanting & Direct Seeding
Unit 1.4 | Part 1 – 195
Appendix 3 (cont’d): Transplanting & Irrigation
Equipment
Appendix 3: Transplanting & Irrigation Equipment
Dibble for creating lines of holes for transplanting. Note that the
shape of the dibble creates a hole that fits transplant “plugs.”
A push seeder used to seed garden beds.
Removeable plates are used for different seed sizes.
String jig used to delineate rows for direct
seeding and transplanting. The jig has screws
set at different widths; string is wrapped onto
the head of the screws to mark different row
spacings.
Dibble
Push Seeder
String Jig
Illustrations by José Miguel Mayo