Planter Plates

teach · Apr 26, 2009

I am using an old 2 row plate planter for sweet corn. I know there are numbers on bags but most of the time there isn't one on the sweet corn bags. Is there a way to match up a plate to the corn by looking. I know it wouldn't be perfect but good enough for sweet corn. I have about 4 sets of 1975A extra small and a couple other sizes but don't know what to look for.
I also have one old plate 1982A my dad had that has 8 cells that are about 1/2 inch in dia; does anyone know what they might have been used for? I've never seen one like it.
Thanks in advance!

Smith in TN · Apr 26, 2009

My book lists a 1975A for Corn, Hybrid Corn, Acid Delinted Cotten
I don't show a 1982A.
The book I have is for the A-180 planter
Hope this helps.

teddy52food · Apr 26, 2009

With the plates in the planter, dribble a few kernals in. If more than one seed goes in a cell , the cells are too big. The 8 cell may be for pumpkins, I don't know for sure.

GordoSD · Apr 26, 2009

Sweet corn is about the size of soybeans. Look at those plates too.

Gordo

teach · Apr 26, 2009

Sorry had a mistake on the first message. It was suppose to say 1892A MED not 1982A for the plate number.

Rootsy · Apr 26, 2009

Where are you getting your seed from? Call and ask? What variety are you planting... Some sweet corn seed is flat... some is round... hard to tell...

If you have seed... measure some of it... If you have a planter manual.. or even if you go to the caseih.com website in the parts area and pull up one of the old plate planters there will be planter plates lists with cell sizes...

Jim Becker · Apr 26, 2009

The owner's manual for the planter should have an explanation of how to properly select plates (cell size) for your seed. Manual for any model planter with Richmond type hoppers should have it. Plate 1892A is a hill drop corn plate.

LA in WI · Apr 26, 2009

Forget the 8 cell plates. Do not use them for sweet corn, use them for a wall decoration. Unless this planter is really ancient, you will need either 16 or 24 cell plates, depending on what the driver/driven sprockets are set for.

What plates were used in prior years? If you don't know you have to find out. Without that knowledge it will be difficult without an owner's manual in setting the planter for the correct cell count. (Planting without an owner's manual is really flying blind.)

And Gordo, I'm sorry but using a bean plate is not good for sweet corn because you will drop seeds too close together...sweet corn needs more spacing than beans do.

Go to a reputable farmer seed dealer and see if he can help you because he probably has a supply of plates that are never used anymore. I doubt if a "city seed dealer" (co-ops, etc.) will have any plates laying around.

Take some of this sweet corn seed with you when you see the dealer so he can help with sizing. He will probably supply you with plastic plates and that is fine. Pay him what he wants for them because this will be a bargain for you.

LA in WI

Mark · Apr 27, 2009

The most common plates are 1975"s, "77"s, and 78"s.

I think these in order are extra small, small and medium. I have all three and the 75"s and 77"s get the most use. I have drilled green beans with both...like somebody mentioned...just check and see if the seed fits the cell. On my old two row Super A planter (don"t recall the model #) I use the 6 tooth front and 10 tooth rear sprockets for planting corn. For green beans....I use the 15 tooth rear sprocket and the 6 tooth front. My rear sprockets are 7, 10 and 15 teeth if I remember right.

Ebay generally has lots of IH plates offered for cheap.

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