IH model 56 planter

cdv · Sep 9, 2014

ok looking at a IH -56 4row planter wanted to plant sunflowers with it ,,it has the 2 fertilizers box ,,4 seeder hoppers with corn plates and steel packing wheels than it have 4 more small metal sq looking boxes I think there seed boxes but not sure anyone know what there for thanks cdv

Zach Scherf · Sep 9, 2014

The small metal boxes are insecticide

DaninKansas · Sep 9, 2014

Are they red and marked "Gandy"?

DeltaRed · Sep 9, 2014

Yup,Insecticide boxes.Obsolete.These days with GMO(BT,triple stack....),'hi-rate' treated seed,they're no longer needed.Our local seed/farm chemical guys say they havent sold even one bag in a while.Can you even still buy granular insecticides?

IaGary · Sep 9, 2014

(quoted from post at 20:23:52 09/09/14) Yup,Insecticide boxes.Obsolete.These days with GMO(BT,triple stack....),'hi-rate' treated seed,they're no longer needed.Our local seed/farm chemical guys say they havent sold even one bag in a while.Can you even still buy granular insecticides?

They were obsolete.

The worms are starting to like that gmo stuff.

Eastern farmers including Iowa are using insecticide again.

I am one of them, for wire worms and cut worms. GMO seed doesn't have the broad range insecticide does.

Gary

DeltaRed · Sep 10, 2014

What is the brand name? I remember useing
Thimet,Furadan.More recently(10 years) Lorsban

IaGary · Sep 10, 2014

(quoted from post at 01:12:11 09/10/14) What is the brand name? I remember useing
Thimet,Furadan.More recently(10 years) Lorsban

I use Aztec some Counter and there are others still available to use.

Gary

Leroy · Sep 10, 2014

There were also herbicide boxes like that.

Leroy · Sep 10, 2014

There are a lot of people that will not use that seed.

Dave H (MI) · Sep 10, 2014

When I bought my Cyclo the seller had removed all the insecticide boxes. When I asked about them he was surprised I was interested but I was of the opinion that if I was buying the old planter then EVERYTHING he had should come with it. He had the fertilizer openers on a pallet, insecticide boxes and some spare parts. I just figured that if need be I could maybe use those to for something other than insecticide OR, as is the case, what was old is new again. OR...I might plant something non-GMO and want them. Just saying...the word obsolete may be obsolete in the world today.

DeltaRed · Sep 10, 2014

25 to 50% of my corn acres are NONgmo.I have a growing clientell for that kind of corn.I hope to go 100% nongmo.But it's getting hard to find ground that hasnt been corned for years.So I need to go back to useing insecticides.BTW,I still have my 'Gandy' setup in the shed to be reinstalled.

paul · Sep 10, 2014

Some areas with certain bugs the insecticide is making a comeback.

Also in heavy insect years, turns out the Bt corn every insect needs to take a bite before it does, and the corn can get pretty eaten up. So they do insecticides again in some areas.

Paul

rdandersom · Sep 14, 2014

There were also granular herbicides that could be banded in the row.I had 10" banders on my planter and little harrows behind the press wheels.I used Amiben for soybeans and Sutazine on corn.Then cultivated the middles.

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