How to make my John Deere FB117 plant in 15" rows?

Oliver662011 · Feb 9, 2015

Question is as simple as title. I have a John Deere FB117 I want to plant in 15" rows for my beans is this possible to accomplish?
Thanks
Mike

Ozlander · Feb 9, 2015

Could do two passes, the second one offset by 15".

casecollectorsc · Feb 9, 2015

Is a JD FB117 a corn planter or drill??? Don't know all the JD numbers.

oliverplow · Feb 9, 2015

plug half of the holes

VicS · Feb 9, 2015

Oliver plow is right. Except you will get 14 in
rows. I think. Could be as simple as duck taping
every other one.

super99 · Feb 9, 2015

I used to do that. I cut the side out of plastic quart oil containers and duct taped them over every other hole to get 14" rows. Worked good, but now I used the White 5100 4X36" planter and double plant to get 18" rows. Remember to cut the drill rate in 1/2. Chris

big jt · Feb 9, 2015

Plug half the rows like others said and yes you
will then have 14" rows. Deere originally made
plugs for just this purpose, at least the book for
my Deere/VanBrunt talks about them.

I will ask one question though. Why? I use my
Drill and just plant on 7". Granted I just do
replants with it but the beans don't care.

jt

Oliver662011 · Feb 9, 2015

(quoted from post at 02:46:26 02/10/15). Remember to cut the drill rate in 1/2. Chris

Thanks for all the replies, I figure I could do that. Does anyone know where to get any of the actual plugs from deere? BTW: To those who asked a FB117 is a drill.
Mike

Oliver662011 · Feb 9, 2015

(quoted from post at 03:32:35 02/10/15)

I will ask one question though. Why? I use my
Drill and just plant on 7". Granted I just do
replants with it but the beans don't care.

jt

I have experimented much and I have found that I get my best yields by using a late season bean, that have a bushy growth pattern. In 7 in" rows bushy beans don't do as well, I am able to plant less seed and obtain equal and greater yields than standard drilled beans with a sleek high and tight growth pattern. Just been my experience on cold hard yellow clay in the Sandusky Bay area here in Ohio. Most recent harvest was 68 bu/ acre. The past times I grew in 15" I had them planted by a friend with a kinze bean planter.
Mike

JMS/.MN · Feb 9, 2015

That wouldn"t work- you"d have rows 3 1/2 inches apart.

big jt · Feb 10, 2015

I will offer up a few more comments here.

Only place I can think of to get the OEM filler
plates would be mother Deere. At least that is
where I would check.

Now 14 inch rows may do better than 7 inch. I
am pretty sure that beans planted with a Kinze
interplant will do better than a drill given
the same row spacing. You are really comparing
apples and oranges as far as planters there.
Kinze has much better openers, depth control
and furrow closing than that drill.

BTW my main planter is a Kinze 3650 with
interplants but I haven't done yield checks
between the two.

jt

Bob · Feb 10, 2015

IIRC, FB117 means 11 openers on 7" spacing, so (IMHO) if you block off every other feed you will be at 14" spacing.

The block off plates are # M60725, just a piece of plastic with 4 nubs for just under $3.

The same result can be had by taping over the mouth of ever other fluted feed with a chunk of duct tape.

Oliver662011 · Feb 17, 2015

I must correct myself my drill is a FB177 not a FB117. So I would need 8 blocking plates correct?
Mike

Tx Jim · Feb 18, 2015

Yes 8 M60725

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