SC mounted planter

Dean Olson · May 23, 2010

I have a mounted planter on my SC set up to plant sweet corn. The hopper is big enough to hold at leat a 25lb or maybe a 50lb bag of seed. I only needed to plant 1/2 an acre so only put in 1 lb in each side. It promptly pushed all the seed to the "ledge" opposite the plate and would not fill the cells. I had to keep stopping and brushing the seed back over the plate. Obviously I could buy more seed but at $10.00 a pound that's not a great option. Anybody have a fix? My thoughts are to fab up a minnie hopper or maybe a funnel that will fit inside the main hopper.

gene bender · May 24, 2010

Take a piece of styrofoam maybe 2in thick round to fit seedbox with hole in the middle for the corn. My AC units on the B i just cut a piece of vynil siding made a circle small enough use duct tape to hold itinto place made it 2 in wide works well. The boxes were all funky.

Jim Becker · May 24, 2010

I haven't run into this situation first hand. But I am likely to with a planter I am going to try either this year or next. So I'm quite interested in how you solve it.

I'd try some sort of insert to take up some space in the can, but a little different method than Gene suggested. I'm assuming you have a Richmond hopper or similar. The part of the outer edge of the seed plate that is exposed inside the hopper should have seed resting on all of it to minimize planting skips. Try an insert like Gene described, but rather than a hole in the center, cut a crescent shape slot around part of the outside. Orient the slot over the exposed part of the plate and dump your seed into the slot. You may find foam rubber easier to work with than styrofoam.

To minimize skips, you may find that you need to plant at a lower speed than you would with an unmodified hopper.

SuperCmore · May 24, 2010

Just dump the seed in about 1/2 full. When finished, unloosed the two wing nuts and turn the hopper over (carefully) and dump seed back in box. Works for me for sunflower seeds at $259.00 per 22.4 pound bag!! Cmore

teach · May 25, 2010

I helped a buddy with a JD 290 and I put foam around the outside to help with that problem but I am wondering if either the plates are wrong or if you have to much speed. I plant with a rear mounted planter on my 200 with small amounts of seed for sweet corn. I have planted with as little as a few oz but I plant in 1st gear 1/2 throttle when the seed gets low.

Dean Olson · May 25, 2010

I only used 1st gear and varied speed from full throttle to as low as it would go and not stall. This planter is chain operated off of a cog on the brake shaft. Once I fugured it out it was a matter of just stopping and brushing the corn back on to the plate.PIA
I'm going to experiment with a 1/2 moon shape piece of foam and see if that helps.

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