In photo, one raw seed has received the first coating. The second photo shows the seeds almost finished as they have received a yellow coating. Ball coats seeds in order to make them slick. Reducing drag on the seed allows growers to singulate the seed easier when running the seed through a seed sewing machine (you can view an earlier story on our in-house germination)
Raw Seed receiving a first layer of coating |
Coated Seed completed |
Nick, scraping the cyclone to agitate the seed |
Cyclones |
Pelletizing the seed makes the seed round. Round, larger seed is easier to sew.
Pelletizing the seed. Different from coating |
Ball Seed tech explaining pelletizing to Nick |
Pre-germinated seed receiving pelletization |
Ball Teck prepping seed |