Great Plains 1007NT Material Rate - Manual (Page 2)

Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
150-290B 07/08/2009
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Introduction ................................................................ 1
Drill Models Covered ..............................................................1
Document Family ...................................................................1
Material Rates Overview ........................................................1
Calibration Overview ..............................................................2
Calibrate with Drill Raised..................................................2
Calibrate for
1 /10th Acre or Hectare...................................2
Calibration Crank Storage..................................................2
Using Calibration Crank .....................................................2
Main Seed Box Seed Rate ......................................... 3
Setting Drive Type..................................................................3
Set Seed-Rate Handle ...........................................................4
Position Seed Cup Doors .......................................................4
Main Seed Row Shutoff .....................................................4
Reading a Seed Rate Chart ...................................................5
Main Box Seed Rate Calibration........................................6
Main Box Seed Rate Charts...................................................8
Alfalfa .................................................................................8
Bahia Grass .......................................................................8
Barley - Schuyler................................................................9
Buckwheat Common..........................................................9
Buffalograss .....................................................................10
Burmuda Grass................................................................10
K-31 Fescue.....................................................................11
Flax, Sudan......................................................................11
Eastern Gammagrass - Pete ...........................................11
Kentucky Blue Grass .......................................................12
Millet.................................................................................12
Milo ..................................................................................12
Oats .................................................................................13
Orchard Grass .................................................................13
Peas.................................................................................14
Pinto Beans......................................................................14
Rapeseed.........................................................................15
Rice, Long Grain - Lamont...............................................15
Rice, Short Grain .............................................................16
Rye...................................................................................16
Perennial Ryegrass - Palmer ...........................................17
Soybeans .........................................................................17
Sunflowers - Dahlgren Confection ...................................18
Tiffany Teff (Coated) ........................................................18
Wheat-Abilene .................................................................19
Wheatgrass - Buffalo Brand.............................................19
Native Grass Seed Rates ........................................ 20
Setting Native Grass Seed Rate ..........................................20
Rate Reduction ................................................................20
Native Grass Rate Calibration..............................................21
Native Grass Cup Rates ......................................................24
Seeding Brome Grass with Native Grass Box .....................25
Checking Seed Rate ........................................................25
Brome Grass Native Grass Rates ...................................26
Small Seeds Rate..................................................... 27
Setting Small Seeds Rate ....................................................27
Small Seeds Rate Calibration ..............................................27
Small Seeds Row Shut-Off ..............................................29
Small Seeds Rate Charts.....................................................30
Alfalfa, Crimson Clover, Red Alsike .................................30
Annual Rye Grass, Fescue,
Kentucky Bluegrass.....................................................30
Bermuda, Red Top, Lespedeza Unhulled,
Sercia, Sand & Weeping Love Grass ..........................30
Birds-foot Trefoil, Sudan ..................................................30
Canary Grass, Canola,
Ladino Clover, Timothy................................................30
Lespedeza Hulled, Red & Sweet Clover..........................31
Millet, Reed Canary .........................................................31
Orchard Grass .................................................................31
Fertilizer Rates......................................................... 32
Setting Fertilizer Rate...........................................................32
Adjusting for Density ............................................................32
Fertilizer Rate Charts ...........................................................33
Fertilizer Rate Calibration.....................................................33
Appendix .................................................................. 36
Metric Rate Charts, Main Seed Box.....................................36
Metric Rate Charts, Small Seeds Box..................................48
Brome Grass Native Grass Metric Rates .............................50