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Plant corn with a Grain Drill?

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Tucker

03-02-2005 18:55:51




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I am putting in a few acres of corn come spring, and was wondering if a grain drill would plant corn. I was thinking that if I covered the correct drop holes to make the spacing right, that it would work. Tell me if this is rediculous or if it will work. I dont really want to buy a $200-400 planter for 3 acres of work. Thanks




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paul

03-03-2005 11:43:53




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 Re: Plant corn with a Grain Drill? in reply to Tucker, 03-02-2005 18:55:51  
If the end result is a try for 200 bu corn, it won't work. Corn likes very even spacing, very even depth, and firm but not slicked over seed covering.

A drill is miserable on all of these.

If you just want to plant some corn & not concerned about best yields, or for a feed plot, the suggestions here will work fine. The corn will be poorly spaced, and at different depths, but to feed some deer you will get more than a good enough stand. Be sure to meter way down, you want very few seeds per acre for corn compared to other grains as mentioned.

--->Paul

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ed1

03-03-2005 09:06:28




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 Re: Plant corn with a Grain Drill? in reply to Tucker, 03-02-2005 18:55:51  
I guess anything will work. I think you would have a hard time getting the rows streight and metering the seed. Grain is planter a lot thicker than corn. For corn you probably only want one kernal of corn every 7-9 inched on 30in - 34inch rows. around 20,000-25,000 seeds (close to 1/3 of a bushle)per acre. Grains go in at 5 or 6 bussels per acre depending on what you plant.



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buickanddeere

03-03-2005 05:53:15




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 Re: Plant corn with a Grain Drill? in reply to Tucker, 03-02-2005 18:55:51  
Works fine. That's what puts in the deer and turkey corn here. One seeddrill width along the outside of my fields where it's too shaded to grow much of a grain or hay crop.



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TomTX

03-03-2005 05:40:46




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 Re: Plant corn with a Grain Drill? in reply to Tucker, 03-02-2005 18:55:51  
Tucker, if you get the Operator Manual thru JD dealer, it has all the details on how to plant corn. Even tells how to block out the drops you don't use. You put "feed stops" over the holes. The manual is available but you need model and SN or your drill. I also got the Parts Manual for my JD/VanBrundt. There is a section in Operators Manual titled "Drilling Row Crops" which has charts as to row spacings and lbs per acre or corn, kidney beans, soybeans, beets, turnips, radishs, etc, telling which notch to place levers in.

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Joe in IN

03-03-2005 05:22:02




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 Re: Plant corn with a Grain Drill? in reply to Tucker, 03-02-2005 18:55:51  
Let us know how it works. I bought an old Melroe 201 drill in pretty good shape except for the seed wheels. I purchased fine seeds wheels as I am planting hay, but the drill had two spots for seed wheels. So, I also purchased wheels for larger seed and then put them in every fourth hole. (Row 1, 5, 9 etc...) This gives 30" spacing based on a drill with 7.5" spacing. You received more positive feedback than when I asked the question. I probably won't get to the corn this year. But if you would, post your results as this is how I am going to plant corn...

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Gerald J.

03-02-2005 21:33:54




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 Re: Plant corn with a Grain Drill? in reply to Tucker, 03-02-2005 18:55:51  
I did that once. I added some 2x6 on hinges with cultivator shovels for manual markers. I did get tired of changing them. I used cables from the markers (hinged from the rear walk board) to the front corners of the frame so they didn't break off the hinges.

While calibrating the drill, I found it was crushing about 2% of the seed.

It doesn't cover and pack the seed as well as a planter so it doesn't force as good a seed to soil contact that corn can need to germinate in dryer conditions.

I used blocks of wood cut with shoulders to fit in the unwanted row openings.

You might want to look for small flat seed to make it less likely to be crushed in the grain meters.

I used a JD Van Brunt FBB drill. I bought a planter or since then.

It certainly worked once and would work more if I wanted to, but uniform spacings are supposed to get a bit greater yield, and I'm sure that intimate seed to soil contact helps germination when it doesn't come a soaking rain right after planting.

Gerald J.

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msb

03-02-2005 20:36:14




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 Re: Plant corn with a Grain Drill? in reply to Tucker, 03-02-2005 18:55:51  
A neighbor did it for years. Maybe still does,I don't know for sure.You couldn't tell if from a planter job.



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Don-Wi

03-02-2005 19:12:51




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 Re: Plant corn with a Grain Drill? in reply to Tucker, 03-02-2005 18:55:51  
It won't look as nice as what a corn planter would, but it absolutely will work for 3 acres! My dad planted 25-30 acres for a few years w/ our JD Van Brunt drill before he bought our corn planter. I forget the model #, but it's a JD 4-row. It was wide (38") but we narrowed it up(32") about 5 or more years ago.



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Don-Wi

03-02-2005 19:11:32




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 Re: Plant corn with a Grain Drill? in reply to Tucker, 03-02-2005 18:55:51  
It won't look as nice as what a corn planter would, but it absolutely will work for 3 acres! My dad planted 25-30 acres for a few years w/ our JD Van Brunt drill before he bought our corn planter. I forget the model #, but it's a JD 4-row. It was wide (38") but we narrowed it up(32") about 5 or more years ago.



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