I run in light clay to good loam ground. I only notill soybeans and zero corn. I have found on my ground the 25 wave 3/4 inch wide coulters do the BEST job. I ran bubble coulters for years they will hair pin. The 13 wave 1 1/2 inch wide coulters throw a trench in my soils.
You want to know the biggest secret to getting a JD planter to do a great job in just about any conditions??????????
!!!!SLOW!!!! down.
Running 4 1/2-5 MPH is as fast as you should go for a perfect stand. Talk to any of the yield winners and they will tell you seed placement is an inverse proportion to speed. The faster you go the poorer the seed placement.
Also on steep side hills, that you plant on a contour. Buy a finger pickup and have it in good condition an you will out plant the fanciest vacuum planters out there. I have seen it for the last 25 years. Guys don't believe it until you actually go out and do the stand counts.
>Also just about anything you do will be a setup from the frame mounted coulters. They where junked by the thousands around here. I would rather have good double disk openers by themselves over the frame mounted coulters.
I think you will find row cleaners will not work very well in heavy corn trash on your 15 inch rows. I would rather plant through the trash as the PILES the adjoining row cleaner throws up.
If you drive correctly you should be planting beside the old corn rows if you start the field correctly. You will need to be driving on the old corn rows.
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