Pellet

A tan, heavy, split-type seed pellet offering excellent plantability and uniform placement.

Species availability:
Endive, Escarole, Lettuce, Radicchio, Tobacco

A versatile white, heavy, melting seed pellet that allows rapid oxygen uptake, also known as propellet® heavy. Popular among leafy vegetable growers located in the Pacific Northwest and California growing regions.

Species availability:
Endive, Escarole, Lettuce, Radicchio

High-quality lightweight seed pellet, also known as propellet® light, is commonly used in coastal regions of California.

Species availability:
Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Cucumber/Gherkin, Endive, Escarole, Jalapeno, Kale, Leek, Lettuce, Onion/Shallot, Parsnip, Pepper, Radicchio, Red Beet, Tomatoes

Optimize seeds per pound & precision planting

Take your planting precision to the next level with proflo, the seed encrustment coating designed to optimize seed size, weight, and singulation. Proflo helps your seeds flow smoothly through vacuum planters, reducing skips and doubles while maintaining the seed’s natural shape. This means better visibility in the soil and optimized accuracy for every planting.

Key benefits:

Proflo^® seed encrustment for onions

Achieve the perfect seed count accuracy for your onion crops, ranging from 55K to 95K (+/- 5K) seeds per pound, with proflo. Please note that the per-pound seed count specification is currently only available for onion seeds. Contact a Germains representative to inquire about new product development for other vegetable species.

Take action to achieve accurate field stands!

Elevate your planting results with proflo seed encrustment. Learn more about learn how proflo or seed pellets can improve your precision planting.

Species availability:
Carrot, Endive, Escarole, Lettuce, Marigold, Onion/Shallot, Parsnip, Radicchio

An upgrade to our standard seed encrustment, proflo precise, is a heavier build than our standard encrustment and designed to improve singulation and flow through precision planters that helps to increase planting speed. Initially formulated for baby leaf lettuce producers seeking to reduce the wear on planter sponges and improve precision planting accuracy.  Due to grower demand, proflo precise is now available for gherkin!

Species availability:
Cucumber/Gherkin, Gherkin, Lettuce

Upgraded pellet to improve seedling vigor.

Propellet elite is a targeted, precise approach for enhancing seed genetics for optimal seedling establishment. By adding essential micronutrients to the pellet, the seed’s radical begins to absorb nutrients as soon as it emerges, helping to strengthen the seedling root and foliage mass to withstand the field transplant process. This conventional seed pellet enables some growers to bypass transplanting and direct sow into the field to reduce transplant costs.

Key benefits

Improve seedling vigor in the greenhouse or field

Since 2014, propellet elite has continued to aid the successful establishment of thousands of acres of celery annually. Due to grower recognition of its beneficial properties and the need for cost-effective solutions to enhance seed performance in the greenhouse and in the field, the elite seed technology is available as a pellet or filmcoat for carrots, jalapenos, and tomatillos.

Propellet^® elite is an innovative seed pellet solution to a grower’s problem.

Propellet elite product development began with a single customer inquiry. A commercial celery grower was experiencing crop loss when transporting seedlings from the greenhouse to the field. The customer contacted Germains to see if a seed technology could be developed to improve celery seedling vigor and root mass for transplanting. Based on the grower’s circumstances, Germains’ Research and Development team customized an existing seed pellet by combining it with beneficial health products that deliver stronger roots and canopy vigor to improve the crop’s overall performance from transplant to harvest.

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Species availability:
Carrot, Celery, Jalapeno, Tomatillo

Uniform stands, accurate spacing.

Prosun is a seed coating for sunflowers that provides added weight and a smooth, slick finish that enables sunflower seeds to flow smoothly through planters. Designed for precision air planters, Prosun seed coating helps growers achieve accurate field populations. Prosun pellets may be applied to raw or treated seeds.  Seed distributors may provide crop protection chemicals for application as a filmcoat during the coating process.

Key benefits

Germination and emergence trial result

No significant differences in germination or emergence were observed. Data represents four trials combined: NDSU REC’s Carrington & Minot 2017, 2018. Four varieties/seed fields were tested in each trial. Sizes within a seed lot originated from the same seed field. Seeds were counted equally between treatments and planted with a cone planter.

Precision Planting | Raw vs. prosun®

Skips and multiples trial results

Number per 100 feet of row. Data represent three trials combined. NDSU REC’s Carrington 2017, 2018, Minot 2018. Two varieties were tested in each trial. Sizes within a variety from the same seed field.

Improve Singulation Reduce Multiples Raw vs. prosun® 

Sunflower yield improvement

No differences in oil content, moisture, or test weight were observed. Data represent two varieties tested at each of the three trials. 2017-2018 NDSU Research Extension Center (REC), Carrington, ND, 2018 NDSU REC, Minot ND. All sizes from the same seed field. Revenue was calculated using an average NuSun selling price of $16.67, Enderlin, ND (Source: NSA Daily Market News). Learn more about our trials.

Accurate Spacing to Improve Yield Raw vs. prosun®

Added crop protection | Pretreated seed application

Prosun is a seed coating for sunflowers that may be applied to raw or treated seeds. Seed distributors may provide crop protection chemicals as a filmcoat during the coating process. Click here to contact a Germains representative to find out how to purchase.

*Not recommended for air seeders or finger planters

Species availability:
Sunflower, Sunflower