TheGleaner - 2/7/2021 22:42 So I've read 800 and above you want, but how well do they do with no till work and dry fertilizer? I ask as there seems to be quite a bit on no till Cyclos and not a terrible lot on dry fertilizer. Would it be worth getting one and then converting it to no till and dry fertilizer? Are there certain types that can't do that?(I assume one's that fold up instead of around cant be used with dry fertilizer boxes?) Also what exactly makes them no till? This is related to the post below. 6 or 8 row header for the combine and then we know of no one who uses or carries liquid fertilizer and we are not set up for it either. We are looking to get a planter ready to go for under 10k, as comparing to NRCS rates that would make sense there. The IH 800 and newer planters were some of the best no-till out of the box planter on the market, due to their blades being set back. Been lots and lots of acres notilled without any mods on those cyclo planters. One concern with dry fert and trying to no-till is the fert disks can wreck the placement with the seed disk/seed. Depends on the soil type and ground conditions for the spring. I think you'd be better strip tilling (droping fert as you strip) then seed into that strip - likely get better results too. ETA: strip-tilling can be made up with some disk type blades to experiment a couple years. Work with your SWCD for getting one.
Edited by iseedit 2/8/2021 05:51
| 
IH Cyclo Planters Questions
