Spreader Setting for planting brown top millet in Cosmo spreader

[Rmurphy36]

I have a new Cosmo P-PL spreader and need to plant brown top millet. The spreading chart has settings for other grains but I need the opening, speed and lbs. per acre for brown top. I don't know the relative sizes of the seeds.

 

[leonz]

Brown top millet is a bit larger than wheat and the recommeded rate is 2 pounnds per thousand square feet

you have roll it in to guarantee a good germination rate

leonz

 

[Rmurphy36]

Brown top millet is a bit larger than wheat and the recommeded rate is 2 pounnds per thousand square feet

you have roll it in to guarantee a good germination rate

leonz

I emailed Cosmo in Italy and they said use the Sudan grass settings which on hole 5 gave me 67 lbs. per acre. I wanted 30 to 40 lbs. per acre so used hole 3 which gave me 33 per acre using a 2 pass crisscross spread. Hole 4 would appear to be right for single pass spreading.

Thanks for your help.