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Corn Planting With A Drill

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Robert

05-29-2000 07:40:17




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I recently lost one of my rental farms so I have to economize a bit. My corn planter is about shot though I think it will last the rest of this season.I have an IHC 10 drill with double disc openers that I could use to plant next years corn.My dad says that most corn around here was planted with grain drills when he was a kid but the population tended to be a bit high for the varieties of the day.I don't think that population would be such a problem with modern corns.(28000 recommended as opposed to 16000 when he was a kid.

Does anybody have an opinion about whether this is a practical idea or not? I may try an acre or 2 this spring to try it.

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Tim(nj)

05-29-2000 21:10:53




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 Re: Corn Planting With A Drill in reply to Robert, 05-29-2000 07:40:17  
You may want to rig up a presswheel for each corn row, maybe one that helps gauge depth. Most drills lack the depth accuracy that planters have.



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steve

05-29-2000 09:49:30




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 Re: Corn Planting With A Drill in reply to Robert, 05-29-2000 07:40:17  
I use a ford drill and put 28,000 to the acre. The variety will depend on what you are wanting out of your corn and where you live. Check with your local seed salesman or county extension agent they can help you out picking your variety.



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Burrhead

05-29-2000 17:40:01




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 Re: Re: Corn Planting With A Drill in reply to steve, 05-29-2000 09:49:30  
Yessir the drill will work fine.

I'm not familiar with the IH. If it has seed plates you'll have to figure out which plates that will drop the seed rate you want. If it's like the old deere and MM drills here you just set the gates for the seed rate desired and go.

I've got the books for both plates or flute so if you don't find out give a holler in the email and we'll look it up.

If I were you tho I would try it like you said on a couple of acres this year. It might be very helpful to find out.

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