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John Deere 290 Planter

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Tim

07-25-2001 13:25:57




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I have a 290 planter. This year I planted about 8 acres with it. I had round plates and round seed. The first four to six feet of each row came up perfect then it starts to leave 2 to 3 feet between stalks. When I checked it, it was dropping seed perfect but it doesn't look like my press wheels our covering the corn. If I plant a little deeper then they will cover but it takes forever for the corn to come up and then it doesn't all come up. My neighbor has a 290 also and his has disc openers where the fertilizer drops. I don't have the disc on mine. I'm wondering if I am getting fertilizer burn since his seems to plant well. Any help would be appreciated.

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Dave in Mo

07-26-2001 10:09:27




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 Re: John Deere 290 Planter in reply to Tim, 07-25-2001 13:25:57  
If I were you, I'd be tempted to borrow the neighbor's every spring and sell mine for only 8 acres/year. One less piece of equipment to worry about and maintain. See if your neighbor would mind.



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Butch

07-25-2001 14:58:11




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 Re: John Deere 290 Planter in reply to Tim, 07-25-2001 13:25:57  
The corn won't sprout if it isn't covered unless you get timely rains. Plant 1" deep, a little deeper if it is late and dry, a little shallower if it is early, cold or wet. Been a while since I used a 290 but I belive you have what is called a split-boot type. One of the reasons for going to the seperate openers for the fertilizer was that heavier amounts would injure the corn being to close to the seed. Seems to me that Dad converted his 290 fertilizer drops to the disk type. Your problem could also be from too much speed when planting, that would explain why the corn is OK at the end before you cracked the throttle open. Those planters were designed to plant around 3 MPH, higher speeds causes erratic planting.

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