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Oliver planter (guru needed)

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Errin OH

05-03-2005 22:13:41




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I have been gettin ready a 540 4 row planter. It is done and ready, well almost. Have read the manual twice. Have a full understanding of the plate selections, seeding rate, gearing and such. I have selected to plant med flats on 30" centers and accordin to the math I should run 16-12 combo on the gears, 245 510 or 511 plate with the grove up. Figures via the book, a 19602 drop on 40" rows multiplied by the 30" row factor of 1.33. This will give me approx a seed drop of 26,000 to the acre. Perfect, no problem. But here is where I run into one. The fert rate says, 10-16 gear combo with a setting of 6 on the augers will deliver a rate of 293 lbs to the acre. ~300 is the target. No mention of the spacing adjustment anywhere in the book. Do I need to adjust for the spacing? If I do, this setting would bump me to 389 lbs (293*1.33) to the acre. Should I go with a 10-22 by 3 (231*1.33) and get 307 lbs per acre????? ????? Common sense says factor it in, do I?

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Roger in Ks

05-04-2005 06:08:11




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 Re: Oliver planter (guru needed) in reply to Errin OH, 05-03-2005 22:13:41  
I pulled an Oliver 543 for many years. I don't think your planter will put that much fertilizer on. If I remember correctly 150 lbs was the max on the 543. I put 150 lbs on one time. I had to drive slow. The fertilizer would not flow out of the opener at the higher rate. I was using double disk openers at the time. The opening was not big enough to handle the higher rate. My main concern is that much fertilizer so close to the seed. If you get a rain, it could cause seed burn. I prefered to broadcast the fertilizer. This forced the roots to go looking for it. This made for a better root system which is important in dry weather.

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J. Schwiebert

05-04-2005 03:58:12




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 Re: Oliver planter (guru needed) in reply to Errin OH, 05-03-2005 22:13:41  
I forgot to mention that each turn of that auger delivers a given amount. I would go with the 10-22 combo and then try it with the measurement. How long is you field that are starting with?



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J. Schwiebert

05-04-2005 03:54:32




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 Re: Oliver planter (guru needed) in reply to Errin OH, 05-03-2005 22:13:41  
I am not the guru. I was surprised that you are putting on that much fertilizer with the planter! Around that day ended 25 years ago. I would go with the factor because you are putting more rows in an acre. Measure off say a 1/2 acre, refill the planter and see how much fertilizer (by weight) you need to add. I don't know how many acres you are planting but around here which is also in Ohio you broadcast the fertilizer before you plant and just add a little starter fertilizer which speeds up your planting. My son just stopped by the other night and he was talking too why these guys can measure off a given amount of acreage and see where they are at on application rates. Good luck

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