Johnny's Selected Seeds The Neversink Farm Zipper Quick setup guide

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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
• Head for Zipper
• Oiled ashwood handle
• Self-tapping #6 x ½" round-head woodscrew
Additional Materials Needed
• #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
1. 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

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TIPS FROM JOHNNY’S
The Neversink Farm Zipper can be especially helpful for
finishing the rows where the Paperpot Transplanter is too
long to reach, as within the close quarters of a high
tunnel.
To finish off Paperpot beds:
1. Cut or tear enough chain to finish off the row.
2. Move the Paperpot Transplanter off to the side.
3. Dig remaining trench with the Zipper.
4. Lay your Paper Chain Pot seedlings in the trench to
the end of the bed.
5. “Zip” the furrow up around your seedlings so that the
soil is just up over the pots.
Watch our video to learn more about the Paperpot
Transplanter System:
https://www.johnnyseeds.com/videos/video-v146.html
For Transplanting Paper Chain Pots
1. Create a furrow by placing the furrow-opener into the soil the same way you
would for direct-seeding or standard plug-style transplants. Be sure to dig a
furrow along the complete length of the row you will be transplanting to
accommodate the string of Paper Chain Pots.
2. Remove the white paper strip from the end of the Paper Chain Pots and pull
a small length of seedlings from the tray at the beginning of your furrow.
Stake the first pot into the ground where you want your row to start, to keep it
in place once the paper chain pots are under tension.
3. Carefully lay the Paper Chain Pot seedlings along the bottom of the newly
dug furrow (see right).
4. Cut or tear the string of Paper Chain Pots so that the seedlings will
line up with the end of the row.
5. Turn Zipper over so the furrow-opener is face-down and outward, and
“zip” the soil back over the seedlings with the same drawing motion
used to create the furrow (see right). The soil should be slightly
mounded around the base of the seedlings, fully covering the Paper
Chain Pots. Be careful not to bury the seedlings.
07.16.2020 | JG, ms