Monosem MS Series - Field Test; Checking Seed Population

PREPARINGTHEPLANTER
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FIELDTEST
Beforetheinitialoperationoftheplanter,aeldtestis
advised.Checkforthefollowing:
•
Thattheplanterislevel(fronttobackandsidetoside)
(seeLevelIntegralMachines)
•
Checkthatthehydraulicsofthe3-pointhitchofthe
tractorisinaoatpositionwhileplanting.
•
Thatalloftherowunitsarerunninglevelandremain
paralleltothegroundwhenplanting.
•
Checkthateachmeteringunitismeteringproperly(see
RowUnitsection).
•
Checkthattheseeddischasthepropernumberofholes
andproperdiameterofholesforthetypeofseedyouwill
beplanting(seeSeedDiscchartinRowUnitsection).
•
Checkfortheproperapplicationratesofchemicalson
allrows.
•
Checkthedesiredseeddepthandpopulation.(see
RowUnitsection).
CHECKINGSEEDPOPULATION
1.Onlyoneplantingunitisnecessarytocheckseed
population.Tieupthesetsofclosingwheelson
oneunitwithaheavycordorlightchain.Itmaybe
necessarytodecreasethetensionoftheclosing
wheelarm.
2.Putseedintheseedhopper.
3.Beginplanting.Attheendofashortdistance(for
example100yardsor90meters)checktoseeifseed
isvisibleintheseedtrench.Makeadjustmentsto
seeddepthifnecessary.
4.Measureoff1/200ofanacreofthetestrowjust
planted.Usethechartbelowtondtheapproximate
distance.Markthisdistancewithags.
Counttheseedswithinthedistancebetweentheags.
Multiplythenumberofseedscountedinthisdistance
by200.Thiswillgivethetotalnumberofseedsplanter
peracre
RowWidth
FractionOf
Acre
22"30"36"40"
1/200
11987
72½
66
NOTE:Whenviewingthetestrowforseedpopulation
andplacement,rememberthattheclosingwheels
weretiedupinaraisedposition.Therefore,the
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seedsmayhaverolledorbouncedandwillaffect
theseedplacementforaccuracy.
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