Planters

[Fishincoach]

Will a John Deere Flex 71 do a good job planting Sorghum and Millet? How about a Cole or Covington?

 

[sweettractors]

New Covington with approx 30 different plates available would probably be the choice for me. Ken Sweet

 

[Luremaker]

Will a John Deere Flex 71 do a good job planting Sorghum and Millet? How about a Cole or Covington?

You would likely get more responses on the attachment forum.

I have a 71 planter but have only planted corn, beans and pumpkins/squash with it. There is a whole page in the 71 manual on setting up the 71 for sorghum. My manual makes no mention of millet.

 

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

They'll do the sorghum OK. Millet is such a small seed, it needs to be drilled. You can broadcast it, and disc it in lightly. Mark

 

[Smallplot]

you could contact these guys and see if there is a plate or one that can be made for Millet. Don't know anything about them but found them before while looking for a source for new plates.

Lincoln Ag Products

 

[Fishincoach]

Thanks guys, I ended up finding two of the older double hopper Cole planters and a Pittsburgh cultivator. One is in really good shape with the other a little stiff. As of now I can only work one row at a time because the max wheel base on my tractor is only 52". The planters came with lots of corn plates, and some peanut plates. I worked with Holder and Sons in NC and bought all the gears to change spacing plus a Sorghum plate and a Cantaloupe plate. Online I also found the charts for seed plates and seed spacing with the different gears. I am going to try the Sorghum plate on the smaller Millet seed and see if it does good enough, if not I will broadcast and disc in.
I am not in a hurry but looking for a slightly larger tractor that can work two rows, I will most likely not plant but 5 to 8 acres this year so I should be ok with my one row set up.

 

[Deermaster]

I have a old cole 700 line double hopper planter need to know where I can get plate charts .:tractor:

 

[Fishincoach]

I found the charts online somewhere doing a search. I will try to attach copies here.

 

[Deermaster]

Thank's for any help ..

 

[Deermaster]

Fishincoach the copies you sent are just like what I can make out inside the hopper lid thank's...