Liquid Tube Holder For Keeton Seed Firmers

Liquid Tube Holder For Keeton Seed Firmers PLANTERS Planters 20-6-25 If you've got Keeton seed firmers on your row crop planter or grain drill - or if you've considered trying the popular planter add-on - you'll want to take a close look at these new liquid tube holders that mount directly on top of the seed firmers, allowing you to apply liquid fertilizer or insecticides directly into the furrow. The "Flo-Rite" is a curved 8 1/2-in. long stainless steel tube that fits the curvature of a Keeton seed firmer and attaches by means of a plastic fitting to any conventional liquid tube. To mount it you drill a hole through the seed firmer and then rivet a metal tab into place. The Keeton seed firmer presses seed down into the bottom of the furrow to improve seed-to-soil contact (Vol. 18, No. 2). It consists of a 16-in. long abrasion-resistant curved nylon "paddle" that fastens onto the back of the seed tube with two nylon tie straps. "It lets you apply liquid fertilizer or insecticides right behind the seed in the fur-row, ahead of the closing wheels," says inventor Jeff Peters. "One caution - 28% liquid fertilizer should not be applied directly in the furrow because it will kill the crop." Sells for $9.95 per row plus S&H. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jeff Peter, Farmer Fabrications, Inc., Rt. 2, Hicksville, Ohio 43526 (ph 419 542-6880 or 419 542-7053).

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