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Jeff311 11-02-2012 11:11:51 69.5.35.67 Report to Moderator	Ok guy, I grew up in central Iowa with a 7000 planter on a corn/soybean rotation. I have a work project to secure a similiar planter for my company to be used in a test farm in NC doing corn, soybeans and cotton. Emphasis on cotton and the other two are off-shoot projects. What seed units do I use for cotton on a Deere 7000? IS it the bean cup unit, corn meter unit or something altogether different? THANKS for the help. [Reply]   [No Email]
cottonplant 11-02-2012 17:18:28 184.41.227.128 Report to Moderator	Re: 7000 planter for cotton in reply to Jeff311, 11-02-2012 11:11:51   I use a caseih 800 with a corn seed cell plate.Change up the sprockets on the transmission to fit the population for the variety that I am planting.The corn plate seems to put some together that gives "pushing power"to help get them up.Guys that grow a lot around here use a vacuum planter with a hill drop plate that works great for cotton but certainly not necessary.With so many different cotton varieties all with different seed sizes and so very expensive a good poulation monitor is worth the investment.You will also need a acre counter,some kind of scales,just bathroom is what I use,so you can calculate seed planted over a certain acreage amount. Keeping good notes on everthing will come in handy in years to come. [Reply]  [No Email]
turklilley 11-02-2012 15:42:35 184.5.183.70 Report to Moderator	Re: 7000 planter for cotton in reply to Jeff311, 11-02-2012 11:11:51   You need the cell drop hopper bottoms or the plate hoppers. [Reply]  [No Email]