Tim Cooke - 8/18/2009 09:52 Seed is hitting the ground long after it stops. Also, there will be a long patch of bare ground after you take off because the seed is bouncing its way down the tube. There is no way that can not translate into questionable seed spacing within the row. Very noticeable at lower populations. -- The problems with seed spacing on that drill are due to the fluted feed. Actually, the longer the seed rattles around in the tubes, the more chance of smoothing out some of the clumpiness that results from the fluted feed. Air drills have the seed in the lines for a much greater distance than the box (gravity-fed) drills, but seed spacing can be pretty darned good with an air drill if it is well-designed. E.g., the Flexi-coil carts deliver very nice randomized spacing. It's definitely not singulated like a planter, but at least it isn't clumpy like the box drills. |