Little Planter Has Big Features

Little Planter Has Big Features PLANTING EQUIPMENT Planters Darin Hubscher may plant only 10 acres of sweet corn but he takes the job seriously His 2-row planter has the technology of a much larger planter The White planter units offer exact seed placement and his liquid fertilizer system delivers precise amounts of phosphorous and nitrogen “I previously made a single row planter and broadcast my fertilizer but it was expensive ” says Hubscher “I upgraded to two White planter modules on 60-in row spacing and a fertilizer system that feeds the crop not the weeds ” Hubscher attached the planter modules to a 3-pt toolbar on his compact Deere tractor He fabricated a skid frame of 2 by 2-in steel tubing with pockets for forks mounted on his Deere loader The skid which is chained to the forks for safety is the base for two tanks Each is equipped with its own pump One holds liquid phosphorus and the other liquid nitrogen The fertilizers are pumped through a Redball liquid flow monitor with the nitrogen double-banded to either side of the seed furrow “I was injecting the phosphorus into the seed furrow but I wanted a more even application ” says Hubscher “I added a Keeton liquid application tail tube to apply it to the furrow walls ” In another effort to avoid wasting fertilizer Hubscher added a mechanical shut-off to the liquid fertilizer system When he raises the planter it hits a lever that shuts off the pump The entire system came together easily notes Hubscher “The biggest challenge was calibration ” he adds Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Darin Hubscher Box 3004 Swan River Manitoba Canada R0L 1Z0 ph 204-281-4440; darinhubscher@gmail com; Facebook: Worlds Sweetest Corn and Strawberries

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