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JD 290 Corn Planter

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MattMO

05-06-2005 08:32:38




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I just bought an old JD 290 and am curious about the Checkwire system. Is this used all the time when planting? What is the advantage of it? I don't see it on other planters so I'm guessing it is a John Deere unique option. It looks like an amazing way to plant corn very precisely but is it really necessary?

Just wondering,
MattMO




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Leroy

05-06-2005 17:37:37




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 Re: JD 290 Corn Planter in reply to MattMO, 05-06-2005 08:32:38  
ALL companys used to have the check wire and that was so you could cultivate both ways in the field to control weeds before there was any weed sprays and at that time the kernel count per acre was so low it wasen't a factor but with each hill made with a check wire system there were either 2 - 3 - or 4 seeds put in each hill and so it gave an equivilant of a 10 to 20" seed spacing



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farmertee

05-06-2005 16:33:08




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 Re: JD 290 Corn Planter in reply to MattMO, 05-06-2005 08:32:38  
I used to have a 290. It is not necessary to use this. Like you said that is a very precise way to plant.



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Hayshaker

05-09-2005 07:35:48




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 Re: JD 290 Corn Planter in reply to farmertee, 05-06-2005 16:33:08  
Dad had a 490 JD corn planter which is the 4 row version of the 290 and I had an IH 450 corn planter. When it was no longer important to cultivate both ways due to herbicides, they had what was called the power check system. They could plant 3-4 seeds per hill but the rows from one planter swath may not line up with the next.
I can remember when Dad started "drilling" corn in the early 60's, which is what we still do.

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Leroy

05-09-2005 17:45:19




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 Re: JD 290 Corn Planter in reply to Hayshaker, 05-09-2005 07:35:48  
That is what is called hill drop and up thru the latest 494A and I believe the 1200 series all had that



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