AgTalk Home
AgTalk Home
Search Forums | Classifieds (25) | Skins | Language
You are logged in as a guest. ( logon | register )

Planting at 10 MPH
View previous thread :: View next thread
   Forums List -> Crop TalkMessage format
 
greenfarmer
Posted 5/5/2015 08:01 (#4552637 - in reply to #4550811)
Subject: RE: Planting at 10 MPH


Central Minnesota
Those planters are the biggest joke I've seen.....

Buy a bigger planter, and slow down! There is no reason on this earth that you need to do a crappy job and plant at 10 mph.. I don't care what some engineer says! No planter is going to do a good job at 10mph, that you can do at 4.5-5.5 mph... That's fast enough!

I'd rather have a planter twice that size, and go half as fast... Less broken parts, less wear, and you'll have a much better seed to soil contact, and do a way better job. Especially with depth, placement, spacing.

I plant my corn at around 4.7-4.9mph... plant beans at 5.5... and I feel like I should get a speeding ticket when i'm planting beans!
Top of the page Bottom of the page


Jump to forum :
Search this forum
Printer friendly version
E-mail a link to this thread

(Delete cookies)