In a sowing apparatus for sowing seeds in consolidated ground, especially for resowing incomplete grass surfaces, with one or more sowing units, each comprising a seed-dispensing device 22, 24, a leading cavity-shaping device 54 and a trailing ground-levelling device 61, with the dispensing of seeds 40 onto the bottom 56 of the cavity 52 formed by the respective cavity-shaping device 54, it is proposed to use a cavity-bottom pressure element 58 for slipping the seeds 40 into the cavity bottom 56. The seed sown in this way germinates well, since the seeds slipped in are on the one hand well exposed and on the other hand well moistened, among other things also as a result of the collecting effect of the cavity formed in this way. <IMAGE>
