Soil preparation for using a grain drill

Farmerpete2400 · Jan 19, 2009

I am looking at buying my first grain drill. The one that I am looking at is a older John Deere with 7" spacing. I am planing on using it to plant soybeans. I have too main questions today.

1. What type of soil preparation is needed for a conventional grain drill? Could I get by with just disking the ground, or would I need to us a field cultivator after disking? The ground was soybeans in 2008, and I would like to plant soybeans in 2009.

2. Is 7" spacing ok to plant soybeans in?

Thank You

Farmer Pete

JMS/.MN · Jan 19, 2009

It"s getting rather common now,even on heavy soil, to leave SB stubble untilled over winter, and make 1-2 passes in the spring with a disc or FC. Or using a FC in the fall, same in the spring. Row spacing on a grain drill is usually not an issue unless the ground is low, wet, and white mold can develop in the beans. Then doubling the spacing by closing off every other opening in the drill may be helpful, letting more sun hit the ground. You can do that by having a plate made with openings over alternate flutes.

paul · Jan 19, 2009

Yup.

Duct tape makes an aceptable hole cover plate too.

--->Paul

JOE FARMER · Jan 19, 2009

YEP,,,,GONE TO JUST DISK IN THE SPRING ON ALL BUT R HEAVYIST GROUND, SPREAD POT ASH THEN DISC AN PLANT, (2) USE A IH ON 7 1/2 SPACING ,NIEBOR HAS USED 7 WITH EVERY 3RD HOLE DUCT TAPED OFF
ON FIELDS WHERE W/MOLD WAS A CONCERN GIVE APPERANCE OF TWIN ROWS ON 7 THEN 14''SPACE AND ANOTHER TWIN;;;NOT TO KEEN ABOUT BEANS AFTER BEANS ROUND THESE PARTS {MICH,} OPENS UP THE WINDOW 4 LOTS OF DISEASES BROWN STEM ROT ,SDS,WM
WHATS YOUR PLANTING WINDOW LIKE IN KY,TIME TO PUT IN OATS EARLY THEN BEANS AFTER THATS OFF,
P/S MUST B NON OF U PUNKS ICE FISH????

JMS/.MN · Jan 19, 2009

Yup- Red Green figures the cost analysis on everything he does, and it works for him!

super99 · Jan 20, 2009

I have an old JD grain drill. If you disk the bean stubble lightly, you should be able to plant beans OK. I use duct tape to cover every other opening to make 14" rows, works good. I also drill rye after harvest without doing anything to the stubble. When they are used to plant oats around here, most guys just disk the stalks and drill away, trash is not usually a problem. Chris

Too Far Gone · Jan 24, 2009

If You plan on really tilling Your soil,rather than Scatch'N'Plant technique.With the older drills like that your stand will get very uneven if You end up with disk ridges.A decent field cultivator with a good harrow on it is a very valuable tool here in Missouri anyway.

John_PA · Feb 10, 2009

how many bushel to the acre does a grain drill put down, with every other hole taped off? Or with every 3rd hole?

I want to try planting some beans in some corn ground this year, and would love to hear any suggestions. I'm just curious what the price is on a bushel of treated seed.

I wouldn't plan on doing much more than 15 acres or so.

Soil preparation for using a grain drill

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