Tool weights are used for the Gridder or Seedbed Roller.
Gridder - It is great for terminating green or tall cover crop and extra weights is preferred.
Bed Roller - For adding extra firming the your seed bed.
Weights are sold in pairs. Each weight is 1.5 lbs. (Pair is 3 lbs)
Weights work with 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, and 6x6 spools
The Gridder
The Gridder
Plant Spacing Made Easy
created by conor crickmore
The Gridder
Easy, quick, and perfectly straight plantings every time. This ensures even growth and fast cultivation.
The gridder is a rolling dibbler used to lay out or create a grid for your plantings. It is also used to make straight lines before direct seeding or using a paperpot transplanter.
Essential Tool
Essential Tool
On The Market Farm
Gridder Spool Spacing
Below is an example of the Two Row Spool Layout
Plants are 15" from Each Other
Plants all have 15" of Space
Even and straight plantings are more productive and easier to cultivate.
The gridder creates straight, evenly spaced plantings on a 30" bed. Each spool is related to the number of rows you intend to mark/plant. The spool will divide the bed evenly by that number of rows. Two row spool - 30” bed /2 rows = 15”. A 2 row spool marks rows 15” apart in the bed. Obviously in-row spacing and row spacing are identical for even plantings.
3 rows on a 30" bed (30/3=10") Rows are spaced 10" apart.
4 rows on a 30" bed (30/4=7.5") Rows are 7.5" apart
Roller Crimper
Roller Crimper
Multi Use
Magnetic
Dibble Spikes
No tools required. No Bolts or Screws. These stainless steel dibbles are great for plastic mulch and hard soils.
worker communication
Standardization
Post your own planting chart to communicate simply and easily your standard planting distances.
Education
The Gridder
For more information on using the Gridder on your farm, check out our Youtube Gridder Playlist.