Boog

We use your "shaft turning" observation method also, however we've found that it is hard to do when you're running the planter at the normal speed (6 mph?) and also realizing that there is still seed falling in the tube after the meter has physicall stopped. I'm sure there is some more reaction/delay time there involved for us as humans when we "think" we see the shaft stop turning vs where the last seed falls.

I agree w/you on the "looks" of the blank plant area, but you really only see it for a couple of weeks. Once the corn gets about knee high or so, you can't really see the blank area any longer. I just always have the feeling that for maximum efficiency, there should be a 30" gap between that inside headland row & the last corn plant on the long rows. This is assuming one considers normal spacing as 30" rows. Could be wrong on that assumption however. But, I know most like to overplant rather than underplant.