How to Use seeder in a Sentence

seeder

noun
  • Place one seed per divot in the tray by hand or with a seeder.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
  • After the cut grass is vacuumed up, a seeder truck plants the seeds.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2020
  • But when the blooms fade, leave them be—columbine is a self-seeder that will produce more blooms next season if left alone.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 1 June 2026
  • So that Focus section becomes a place for growth, like a seeder to the main fair.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The spray will move some of the loose soil dredged up by the disks of the slit-seeder back into the slits, thereby covering the seed.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Lubricate and check the condition of sprayers and seeders, and replace or sharpen blades on tillers.
    — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2020
  • The freeze hurt mature onions whose bulbs were partly above ground and stressed others, forcing some onions to grow what is called a seeder at the center.
    — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • To encourage farmers to use the seeders, the government is offering to pay half the cost.
    — Geeta Anand, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2016
  • Slit seeders can be rented from local equipment dealers and home improvement centers.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
  • For example, a seeder was made that opened a furrow, dropped in seeds from a canister, covered the seeds with soil, tamped the soil and marked it for the next furrow.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 9 June 2017
  • So cloud seeders introduce chemicals that mimic the structure of ice and serve as a template for crystal formation.
    — Kathryn Phillips, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Run the machine over the area a few times, with a goal of between 20 and 40 holes per square foot of lawn, then distribute seed using a drop seeder.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The government is promoting a seeder that can be mounted on a tractor and used to plant wheat without the need to dispose of the straw left after the rice harvest.
    — Geeta Anand, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2016
  • For example, farmers could be provided subsidized machines (such as the happy seeder machine to cut the straw and distribute it as mulch on the field).
    — Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • With slit-seeding, a machine called either a slice seeder or slit seeder cuts vertical slits through the thatch layer and into the soil, leaving behind shallow grooves about one-inch deep.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Ellie was fatally injured Saturday afternoon by a slice seeder that was attached to a tractor her father had been operating on their farm.
    — Christine Dempsey, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2022
  • That’s because many Blockbusters have leaked to BitTorrent pirate sites, and the likely seeders are academy members.
    — David Kravets, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2013
  • As part of the CII’s model, a range of subsidised machinery is provided to farmers, including happy seeders, zero tills, mulchers, and rotavators.
    — Amanat Khullar, Quartz India, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Dust is a great ice cloud seeder, but due to the lack of dusty land sources in the Southern Hemisphere, some scientists have hypothesized that other types of particles might be driving ice cloud formation over the Southern Ocean.
    — Thomas Hill, The Conversation, 19 June 2020

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