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Planting corn with a 2 row Deere 7000

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Alan8n

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I have used a 290 successfully in the past to plant some corn and really just tried to keep an eye on the depth. The 290 had rubber band around the press wheels and I never adjusted them, just used them where they were set by someone else many years ago. I sold the 290 and got the "new" 2 row 7000 and see that you have adjustments for depth but quite a few settings for the press wheels. Since I really don't know what I am looking for, can someone clue me in on how to set hose press wheels. With the cost of everything I really want to try and make sure that i do whatever I can to help the seeds grow. For that matter, any other tips for setting the planter up would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
 
Little lever between the depth wheels. Run a few feet, and check your depth. Adjust the lever to the desired depth. Run a few more feet or a check.....
 
Set them just tight enough to close the trench. If you are doing something like no-tilling into sod, you want them all the way tight. If in worked dirt, no tighter than they need to be. Excessive pressure
could cause compaction/crusting in the wrong conditions. Does that help???
 
I spent some time this weekend playing with it a bit, with no seed and tried setting them as tight as possible and as loose as possible and didn't see much difference. I worked my field with a chisel plow then a Perfecta II so it is tilled and loose about 4-5 inches down, and a little dry. At both extreme settings the slot was closed. Not sure if depth setting or not having seed to really see if it would be closed or not has anything to do with it. Going to try it with seed this weekend so we will see what happens...
Thanks for the help
 
The depth wheels aren't the press wheels.
The depth wheels adjustment is about 16
holes between the the big wheels. You can
get a starting point by pushing 1 up as
far as it will go. Can look at disk and
see how deep it will plant. It will go
from almost nothing to 4.
 
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