IH 800 Planter for Green Beans

majorlucas · Mar 23, 2014

I am planting several acres of green beans and wondered if anyone has experience/suggestions as to using an 800 Planter? Does it have enough air to keep the beans from getting stuck in the tubes? etc. Thanks

Dave H (MI) · Mar 23, 2014

I have a hard time with the idea of the beans getting stuck in the tubing. Green bean seeds are bigger than corn/soybeans but it doesn't seem like they are all that heavy and they have more surface area. Not sure which drum you would use but there are several available. I would have to get out my manuals and see what they had. I would like to know how this works for you.

Jim Becker · Mar 23, 2014

I happened to have a brochure for a 400 within reach. It shows 3 different drums (corn, milo, beans). It says each seed drum handles any size seed. The difference is the number of seed pockets in each row (24, 72, 144 respectively). This says to me that if you don't have a bean drum your biggest problem will be getting a high enough seed population. Seeds shouldn't have a problem in the tubes unless you have a damaged/kinked tube.

I presume this would be the same for an 800 planter.

the tractor vet · Mar 23, 2014

Don't know much about that planter , myself i used my 1240 platless for green beans and what i learned on it is that even on the highest setting on seeding rate ya don't get enough seeds in the ground on one pass . To get a good stand of green beans i'll make one pass and come back over the same rows with one more , yea i am off a little but it makes for a great stand of beans . The only way you will know is try four rows and look and see how it worked out and at seed placement , if ya have four inches between each seed then come back around and go back over the same four rows . You will most likely be off a couple inches as i am as my built in GPS is off a inch or so and that makes it work.
OH and 30 inch rows of green beans suck if you have a normal tractor talers build 38 inch rows are better that way you can fit your doney between the rows to pick , now if ya got a bean harvester with a skinny donkey then it don't matter , mine have all left home . So i am the bean harvester . I would have to go to a 40 inch row if the War Dept was to do the picking , Oh did i say that my bad.

Dave H (MI) · Mar 23, 2014

The Cyclo 400 is an earlier planter. I don't doubt that it had only three seed drums available and that the plan, as stated in the brochure, was that it would handle any size seed. What I am hearing from some folks (but not all) who used them is that they had difficulty with irregular seed. Neither here nor there because you are not asking about the 400. I found the manuals for our planter and the 800 had 10 seed drums available at the time it was printed. One of these drums was specifically for Large Edible Beans. It was for seed larger than .200 inches. Thinking it my be a challenge to find this drum but the next closest drums in terms of seed size are for corn (.220") and soybeans (.180"). Both of those are common drums if they would work with your seed size.

gcnehring · Mar 23, 2014

Yes, actually it is still the best population over all planter. Your using bean drums and planting at what population? The new seed treatments will be something you want to be concerned with but won"t cause you any problem.

majorlucas · Mar 23, 2014

Thank you everybody! I need to check to see what all drums I have. I know i have a bean drum and at least two different corn drums. I'll double check population and see if it will work.....

It is early enough I wanted to see if it was worth pursuing or if I needed a plate planter.

Again, THANK YOU!

caterpillar guy · Mar 24, 2014

We plant corn with a 36hole drum I believe. The 144 is what we used to use on soybeans. I don't see why it would not work for the others. If you had a problem with them dropping off the drum I would think you could up the air pressure a bit to help hold them on.

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