Dave the soybean cups did not singlate the beans at all. They volumetrically ran the soybeans out. Meaning they just ran so much volume out and did not separate the beans at all. Much the same as a grain drill would do. So you would have random spacing. By metering volume you had a chart that would show you the population based on the seeds per pound of seed. You then had to "tune" the rate if your seeds per pound where different than the rate chart. Also when you changed seed brands or lots that have difference seeds per pound you have to adjust your rate.
Then there is the Kinze radial bean meters and then the JD radial bean meters. They basically are a plastic cone/plate that has notches in the outer edge that will hold a single soybean seed. These turn against a brush that helps to keep a single seed in each notch/slot. These are the best way to plant soybeans of the options you would have. In that the spacing is controlled just like the finger pickup does corn. These meters actually count the seeds per acre.
With the cost of soybean seed these days it does not take long for a set of radial bean meters to soon pay for them selves.
P.S. Dave I have set of six used radial bean meters and also a set of soybean cups too. We can talk about what them in an email.
The first picture is a Kinze radial bean meter plate, then a cut away view of a Kinze meter and then a JD plate..
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