sowing
Sign in to savethumb|Simon Bening, Labors of the Months: September, from a Flemish [[Book of hours (Bruges)]] thumb|Men sowing seed by hand in the 1940s thumb|Manual sowing machine Sowing is the process of planting seeds. An area that has had seeds planted in it will be described as a sowed or sown area.
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Sowing is the process of planting seeds in soil, whether done by hand or with a machine. It matters because sowing is the fundamental step that starts crop growth and food production.
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10 sectionsContents
- Plants which are usually sown
- Depth of sowing
- Sowing types and patterns
- Types of sowing
- Hand sowing
- Seed drill
- Open field
- Pre-treatment of seed and soil before sowing
- See also
- References
thumb|Simon Bening, Labors of the Months: September, from a Flemish [[Book of hours (Bruges)]] thumb|Men sowing seed by hand in the 1940s thumb|Manual sowing machine Sowing is the process of planting seeds. An area that has had seeds planted in it will be described as a sowed or sown area.
==Plants which are usually sown== Among the major field crops, oats, wheat, and rye are sown, grasses and legumes are seeded and maize and soybeans are planted. In planting, wider rows (generally 75 cm (30 in) or more) are used, and the intent is to have precise; even spacing between individual seeds in the row, various mechanisms have been devised to count out individual seeds at exact intervals.