Sowing
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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.
Simon Bening, Labors of the Months: September, from a Flemish Book of hours (Bruges)
Men sowing seed by hand in the 1940s
Manual sowing machine
A tray used in horticulture (for sowing and taking plant cuttings)
Broadcast seeding
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In agriculture, gardening, and forestry, broadcast seeding is a method of seeding that involves scattering seed, by hand or mechanically, over a relatively large area. This is in contrast to:
Sowing
…described in The Garden of Cyrus Hand sowing or (planting) is the process of casting handfuls of seed over prepared ground: broadcasting, that is, broadcast seeding (from which the technological term is derived). Usually, a drag or harrow is employed to incorporate the seed into the soil. Though labor-intensive for…
Broadcast seeder machine