A tool or mechanism for broadcast seeding, the scattering of seed by hand or mechanically over a wide area rather than in drilled rows. Simpler and faster than row planting, it uses ten to twenty percent more seed than a drill for the same area and remains the standard method for establishing dense plantings such as cover crops, pasture and turf. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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OriginGrew out of manual broadcasting, the hand method of throwing seed over a field, which seed drills later improved on for depth and spacing. 1 The source documents manual broadcasting as the method that seed drills later improved on, but gives no date or inventor for the mechanical broadcast seeder itself. Connections
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broadcast seeding, scattering seed over the whole field, is the older and less precise method that row crop planters largely superseded for row crops
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1. Wikipedia: Seed drill
WikipediaPrecursors section, manual broadcasting sentenceQuote, Precursors section, manual broadcasting sentence
The field is then seeded by throwing the seeds over the field, a method known as manual broadcasting.
Broadcast Seeding (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOpening definition section
broadcast seeding is a method of seeding that involves scattering seed, by hand or mechanically, over a relatively large area
Opening section, comparison with row sowing sentence
It is simpler, faster, and easier than traditional row sowing.
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