Planter plate qustion?
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Topic: Planter plate qustion?
Posted By: Wdtractorman
Subject: Planter plate qustion?
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 2:46pm
Iv got one the older snap coupler planters http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/wdtractorman1984/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CD1205B1-7D9C-480F-B8D2-8F8F12718A92_zps38qslpb2.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"> I was wondering if you can use the john deere sorghum plate in it. Iv got the adapter for jd plates but I keep finding another thing called a filler ring do I need one of them. or would it even fit in my ac planter? I was also wondering if there is a plate to plant sunflowers? Thank Wil |
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Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 2:58pm
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I just noticed some planter plates hanging on wall when I came home from church and put pickup in shed. I just thought how many years the same type of planter plates were used before some one came up with something different. May have been AC with air planter. MACK Sorry to hijack your post. |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 3:03pm
| I have sorgum plates for my JD planter never used a filler plate. I know dad had some AC sorgum plates for his AC planter never seen him do anything put put the plates in it. |
Posted By: SteveMaskey(MO)
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 3:12pm
| I cant remember on the JD plates but I know you do on the AC plates. If the JD plates are thick as the bean plates you wont need them. I don’t know about the sunflowers never raised them but I think AC made plates for about everything but finding them might be a *$#@! |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 3:27pm
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I have some AC sorghum plates that will fit your planter think they are brand new must be stainless steel |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 5:52pm
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THAT IS a cool looking set up right there. What is your row spacing? ------------- 2-8070FWA PS/8050PS/7080/7045PS/200/D15-II/2-WD45/WD/3-WC/UC/C |
Posted By: Wdtractorman
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 6:23pm
| I think it on 36in rows, been using it to plant sweet corn and field corn for last few years. |
Posted By: jiminnd
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 9:20pm
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Not sure but when I planted sunflower with my old JD planter there was a filler ring as the plates were very thin. ------------- 1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner) |
Posted By: Travis2766
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 11:15pm
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I use Lustran plates for sunflowers in my JD 494 planter. I can’t remember the number but the plate I use doesn’t use a filler plate under it. If it goes above zero outside in the next few days I’ll try to make it out to the planter and see what number the plates are. ------------- 190XT Series III, D17 Series IV, D15 Series II, All Crop 66 and a whole mess of equipment. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2018 at 12:11am
| if you use the Lustran plates made for JD, in your AC planter, you will need an adapter that goes in the center of the JD plates, also made by lustran. |
Posted By: K-Mo
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2018 at 5:38am
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Lincoln Ag makes the Lustran plates. They have all the answers to your questions. You can also download their PDF info. KMo https://lincolnagproducts.com/support/" rel="nofollow - https://lincolnagproducts.com/support/ |
Posted By: Wdtractorman
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2018 at 10:52am
| I was just thinking iv got a boat load of plastic jd corn plates. I was thinking maybe I could cut out the slots in one to fit sunflower seeds. What I was thinking was put sunflower in one box and sorghum on the other or maybe millet. |
Posted By: Travis2766
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2018 at 11:17am
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The Lustrans I use aren’t a dedicated “sunflower” plate. They’re a corn plate that the sunflower seed I use just happen to fit in. If your planting for food/wildlife plots this works just fine. It’s different if your planting with plant population and yields in mind. A few years back I mixed some seed corn and sunflower seed in the same planter box and ran them thru the same plate, worked just fine and the deer didn’t seem to care! ------------- 190XT Series III, D17 Series IV, D15 Series II, All Crop 66 and a whole mess of equipment. |
Posted By: Wdtractorman
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2018 at 4:45pm
I'm assuming that what I have too there the plastic ones they use to give away when you bought seed. And wild life is part of it, the other part is my wife wanting a sunflower back ground for her and her friend to use for pictures. |
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