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smigelski

11-08-2007 08:34:14




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I am truly confused. I am reading where people are planting corn with a grain drill. I thought corn seed would not go through a grain drill. I plant 4 acres of corn, mainly for deer. But harvest some for feed. I have been planting with a 1 row 70jd planter for 3 years and it takes forever. I have a JD grain drill, can I run corn seed through it? I am not worried about missing spots or correct seed spacing.

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James22

11-09-2007 08:31:21




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 Re: jd grain drill in reply to smigelski, 11-08-2007 08:34:14  
A friend borrowed my IH model MF drill and planted a food plot. We blocked the undesired outlets with tape, so the final spacing was 28 inches. Desired 30 inches so it could be cultivated without changing the shank/shovel spacing. Also there was a chance that it would be harvested after the hunting season, and 28 inches would still work OK with a 30 inch head. The model MF had the optional double run feed which is better on large seeds than the fluted feed (and better on all seeds from what I have read), but it was more expensive to manufacture so has completely been replaced by fluted feed. The resulting stand wasn't a world beater but entirely adequate for a food plot. Although it could have been cultivated, he decided to forgo this effort and ended up with a lot of weeds. Didn't harvest because of the weeds. If you do use the drill and want to cultivate or run a harvester, it is a good idea to have some type of markers to do a better job on the "guess row".

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dobber

11-08-2007 14:28:04




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 Re: jd grain drill in reply to smigelski, 11-08-2007 08:34:14  
It can be done with a drill but takes more seed in the box or some plywood or cardboard dividers to use less seed and just not worth it really for the stand you might get. Should be able to find individual row unit planters for $20-50 each in most areas that fit on adjustable tool bars.



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Gerald J.

11-08-2007 10:11:03




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 Re: jd grain drill in reply to smigelski, 11-08-2007 08:34:14  
When I set the FB up to plant corn, I did a calibration check and found about 2% of the seed split. Without press wheels it didn't do all that good a job and with the price of seed corn these days, a real planter pays great dividends by getting the corn to a consistent depth and spacing with proper cover and intimate soil to seed contact. Corn that comes up late looks like a weed to the corn that comes up first and causes a yield loss.

Gerald J.

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M Nut

11-08-2007 09:30:41




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 Re: jd grain drill in reply to smigelski, 11-08-2007 08:34:14  
Yes, it can be done, but it is a real pain. After a couple of years using a MM grain drill, I got an old JD 4 row corn planter and it works much better. Corn sprouts and grows much better too.



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Bob

11-08-2007 09:25:54




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 Re: jd grain drill in reply to smigelski, 11-08-2007 08:34:14  
The "gates" in the "fluted feeds" on Deere drills have (IIRC) 4 different positions where they can be set.

For small grains, the gates are set up against the fluted feed. If you move the "gates" to the "looser" positions, you can get some pretty big seed through the "feed".

You say seed placement accuracy is NOT necessary for what you are doing, so most likely it WILL WORK, unless you have some really "big" seed corn.

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Allan In NE

11-08-2007 08:57:23




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 Re: jd grain drill in reply to smigelski, 11-08-2007 08:34:14  
Ya can carry water in a wheel barrow too, but that doesn't make much sense either. :>)

Allan



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Animal

11-09-2007 16:03:19




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 Re: jd grain drill in reply to Allan In NE, 11-08-2007 08:57:23  
Thats a good one I will have to remember that, you devil!



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smigelski

11-08-2007 09:47:01




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 Re: jd grain drill in reply to Allan In NE, 11-08-2007 08:57:23  
I have been looking for a 4 row corn planter, but living here in NJ 1 in bad shape will bring $800 and probably will need another $200 to make it work. I barely make enough to cover my tractor payments.



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Leroy

11-12-2007 18:32:08




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 Re: jd grain drill in reply to smigelski, 11-08-2007 09:47:01  
Come to Ohio and you can get a working 4 row planter for less than the $200



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