Planters PLANTERS
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PineRidge
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LoganWildman I guess your question might be based upon which corn planter that you decide to go with. As for my Allis, it will indeed double up or plant 2 of the smaller corn seeds But I don't see that as a real problem since the birds like to thin my corn for me anyway. I always plant with the idea that the birds and other critters will get a portion of my spoils then I'm not too disappointed. They do make different seed plates for the majority of these machines however. If you are lucky enough to find extra plates then my advice is to purchase them as most folks consider seed plates as collectibles these days and purchase them for display purposes.
Bentbx22 a very good friend of mine easily converted one of the two row corn planters to single row to accommodate his smaller Yanmar tractor. He has used it for years and swears by it. He is actually the one that put the bug in my ear to purchase a used planter for myself.
Bentbx22 a very good friend of mine easily converted one of the two row corn planters to single row to accommodate his smaller Yanmar tractor. He has used it for years and swears by it. He is actually the one that put the bug in my ear to purchase a used planter for myself.
jimgerken
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Old full-size corn planters go for so cheap at farm auctions, it is basically scrap price. Most have some damage to the fertilizer boxes, and wear and tear. But most would work if tinkered with. If you bought a four row model, the most popular, you'd have a nice selection of parts to build a one row or a nice two row (its going to pull very easy). Corn grows best in a patch, not a row anyway. You want a planter that has seed plates (most do). Then you can get plates with slots for the sweet corn (the seed is small and round compared to field corn seed). There'd be plenty of spare parts leftover, or two guys could share one four-row and each get a working one or two row miniplanter out of it. just a thought... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Smithla
Bronze Member
I purchased the One Row Planting unit, came with everything, even a box full of seed plates. I have been planting seet corn, field corn, green beans, okra, peas and whatever else I can get my hands on. Great machine, gotta clean it real good when through, fertilizer really bad on it.
Good Luck, Les
Good Luck, Les
PineRidge
Super Member
Les is your unit a 3-point mount or walk behind? Where did you find it and if you don't mind my asking the price? Thanks
Rodney
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Ebay has old planters quite often. If you get a john deere (I have the JD flexi 71 units) you can get plastic plates for $10 from Lincoln, they work quite well. The 71 flexi works very well, saw a couple of these on ebay about a week ago.
Smithla
Bronze Member
PineRidge,
It is a 3-point, and was mounted to a cultivator frame. Came with 6 or 8 seed plates, and the instructions listed which plates worked with which seeds. I found that the same plate for peas worked with the smaller sweet corn seeds. It also came with several gears, to set the spacing between seeds dropped. I used to plant the garden by hand with a push type seeder, now it just hangs in the shed. What used to take several days to plant, I can now do in less than a day. I paid $650 at Outback Tractor, Cumming, Georgia. Last year I planted sweet corn, and when it popped out of the ground, the crows made a mess out of it. We then put the scarecrows up and that helped, then when the corn started maturing the racoons started getting in it, caught and disposd of 12. Then the neighbors cattle got in the corn, oh well what a year.
Enjoy, Les
It is a 3-point, and was mounted to a cultivator frame. Came with 6 or 8 seed plates, and the instructions listed which plates worked with which seeds. I found that the same plate for peas worked with the smaller sweet corn seeds. It also came with several gears, to set the spacing between seeds dropped. I used to plant the garden by hand with a push type seeder, now it just hangs in the shed. What used to take several days to plant, I can now do in less than a day. I paid $650 at Outback Tractor, Cumming, Georgia. Last year I planted sweet corn, and when it popped out of the ground, the crows made a mess out of it. We then put the scarecrows up and that helped, then when the corn started maturing the racoons started getting in it, caught and disposd of 12. Then the neighbors cattle got in the corn, oh well what a year.
Enjoy, Les
Glenn9643
Veteran Member
There used to be a product (25 years ago) called "crow-chex)(copper oxalate) that you could mix with your seed corn that would keep the birds out. If I remember correctly it was a fine black powder, and worked great. I think I used it on peanuts too. I hope it's still available because I want to plant some sweet corn this year!
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/wldlf2/c700.pdf for help on keeping crows out.
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/wldlf2/c700.pdf for help on keeping crows out.
PineRidge
Super Member
<font color="blue"> I planted sweet corn, and when it popped out of the ground, the crows made a mess out of it. </font>
Les I have found that flutter tape works pretty well if you don't put it up till the corn comes up, then move it around every few days. Shotgun works best but that requires babysitting. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Les I have found that flutter tape works pretty well if you don't put it up till the corn comes up, then move it around every few days. Shotgun works best but that requires babysitting. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Smithla
Bronze Member
We sometimes will hang the plastic bags that you get at the stores nowadays, on the fences, and sticks. This does help, but you have to do it before the seeds start out of the ground. I like the shotgun idea, but since I have several varmint rifles, I'll probably use one of them, maybe a .17 Reminton. That does a real good job on them out to 300 plus yards.
Works great on Prairie Dogs too,
Les
Works great on Prairie Dogs too,
Les