soybeans with IH 100 disk drills?

DavidT1 · Feb 6, 2016

Hello,
Anyone currently or years past use IH 100 double disk drills for soybeans? How did they work and any tricks to know right away? Going to try mine this year for the first time as i dont have a planter. Thanks!

Paul swpa · Feb 7, 2016

Have used a IH 5100 double disc drill for bean planting lots of times, worked as good as any other way of planting. Just make sure the drill is parallel with the ground hooked to the planting tractor, maintains evener depth and goes over obstacles (rocks) better that way. Make sure you get the depth set deep enough, I like about 2 inches same as corn. And I try not driving over where already planted as I think it can crack the seed under certain conditions (especially if seed placement is shallow).

1070BK · Feb 7, 2016

Been using a 100 to plant beans for years. Works fine. I plug off every other seed tube so I plant at a 14" spacing. I seed with the back disks
this way which makes it easier to service. Experiment with seeding depth based on soil conditions and moisture. Do put a bit more spring
tension on the disks that follow the tractor tire as these are a little harder to cover.

AJB-830 · Feb 7, 2016

A lot of beans are still planted in my area of NE Wisconsin with IH 5100 and 5300 drills. Actually IH built these drills with a model they called a "Soybean Special". The difference is that these models included "press wheels" and "slow speed sprockets". You can still use your 5100 or 5300 drill but you will need to install the slow speed sprockets. Otherwise I don't think you can set the drill for the correct planting rate for soybeans. Most my neighbors use all the seed openings. One of my neighbors tried to block off 1/2 the openings but he said he couldn't get the planting rate high enough with half the openings blocked. And I think most that use these drills to plant beans have the press wheels, but you can still plant without them. I have a 5100 manual if you need any information on setting it up to plant beans. I have a 5100 drill, but I only use it for wheat and oats. I don't plant soybeans. Al

DavidT1 · Feb 7, 2016

1070bk,
What method do you use to block off the seed tube? Thanks

1070BK · Feb 7, 2016

Many different ways. I have thin metal seed cup covers that fit right over the opening in the hopper. Each cover has notches on both ends that fit over the bolt heads. These are fairly easy to fabricate if you can't find the actual covers. IH did produce actual magnetic covers but as I recall they were pricey. Some have used magnetic strips cut to cover the holes. Craft stores sell this stuff. A roll of duct tape is probably the cheapest and easiest way though. Just tape over the opening. One other thought on using the drill for beans is to remember that the suggested seed rate setting is just that, a suggestion. Soybean seed comes in many different sizes. I've devised my own setting rate over the years.

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