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SEED BREEDERS, GROWERS, AND MERCHANTS SINCE 1973
955 Benton Ave., Winslow, ME 04901
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Phone: 1-877-564-6697
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Fax: 1-800-738-6314
Email: [email protected]
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Web Site: Johnnyseeds.com
The Neversink Farm Zipper is designed to open a furrow for seeding or transplanting, then “zipping” the soil
back in place by flipping the tool over. The Neversink Farm Zipper can be used for small succession plantings
of larger-seeded crops, as well as for transplanting small seedlings. It is particularly useful for planting
seedlings grown in Paper Chain Pots without the use of a Paperpot Transplanter or for planting the ends of
rows in your hoophouse where space for operating your transplanter is limited.
Materials Included
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Head for Zipper
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Oiled ashwood handle
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Self-tapping #6 x ½" round-head woodscrew
Additional Materials Needed
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#2 Phillips screwdriver
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
1. Gently insert the tapered end of the handle into the metal ferrule of the head as
far as it will easily go by hand.
2. Push down on the head while slowly
rotating handle, until the taper is fully
seated in the ferrule (see left). Once
seated, rotate until the Johnny’s logo on the
handle is on the opposite side of the pre-
drilled screw hole on the ferrule.
3. Using a #2 Phillips screwdriver, secure the
head onto the handle with the #6 x ½" wood
screw provided (see right).
NEVERSINK FARM ZIPPER OPERATION
For Direct-Seeding and Transplanting Plugs
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To create a furrow for large-seeded crops (e.g.
peas, beans, corn, potatoes) or for small-celled
seedling plugs, place the rectangular ended
furrow-opener into the soil, with the fins facing
upward and outward (see left). Pull the Zipper
towards yourself.
2. Sow seeds or position your small-celled seedling
plugs along the bottom of the newly made furrow.
3. Flip Zipper over so that the fins are face-down
and inward and the furrow-opener is face-down
and outward. “Zip” the soil back over the seeds or
plugs with the same drawing motion used to
create the furrow (see right).
Ferrule
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The Neversink Farm Zipper
Assembly and Use
