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Most corn seed meters are sigulated meters, rather than volumetric meter that are typically found for planting crops such as wheat, oats and canola. Important things to look for in a meter are its ability to handle a wide variety of crop seed, seed sizes (i.e. small, medium and large), and seed shapes (flat v. round). The 2 main meters used in Western Canada are finger pick up and vacuum meters.
Finger Pick-up & Brush | Air & Vacuum |
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Advantages | |
Low cost | Lower maintenance |
No additional power needed to run vacuum fan etc. | Increased planting accuracy |
Simple design which is easy to understand and adjust on your own | Easy to add precision parts to track in real time your planting accuracy |
Disadvantages | |
Require regular maintenance (brushes and seed belt) | Hoses, fans and seals can leak which affects performance |
Less adaptable to different seed sizes and shapes | Higher sensitivity to heavy winds, steep slopes and rough fields |
Leveling the planer should be one of our 1st adjustments as the levelness of our planter effects every other adjustment we are going to make. On todays new modern planters we want to be checking the level of the row unit or the actual frame that the row units are connected to. For the planter to be ‘level’ it must be parallel to the ground.
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Disc openers are crucial for proper seed bed preparation. Although the openers can continue to be sharp enough to cut a seed bed trench even when they are worn, if the circumference of the one opener is different from the rest your planter, seed depth will not be consistent. The seed disc needs to make a true ‘V’ in the trench for the seed to fall into. Worn out discs leave a ‘W’ which shallows up the seed deep and creates air pockets around the seed.
For examples John Deer’s disc openers are 15” brand new, once they are worn down to even 14.5” they need to be replaced!
How to set your disc openers:
Stronger, healthier corn and increasing corn populations are creating more residue that takes longer to naturally decompose. In addition to this climate can also play a roll in decomposition depending environmental factors in your growing area. The most efficient way to combat this is the addition of row cleaners on your planter. If you do have row cleaners on your planter they need to be set properly.
Q: Are my row cleaners for tillage purpose?
A: NO, row cleaners are NOT a tillage tool Common Misconception about row cleaners is that they do or should do some tillage. That is FALSE, a row cleaner should NOT move or till the soil.
Always check with the planter in down position. Improper down pressure will result in the side wall being one of 2 ways: 1. Too Firm 2. Too soft
**You should be able to turn the gauge wheel slightly when you planter is in the down position**
The goal is to plant every seed at an even seed depth in consistent soils. With the optimal depth being 2” deep. Uneven planting depths lead to uneven emergence which can lead to competition amongst the corn plants which directly affects yield per acre.
To set the depth on your planter
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