Great Plains YP1625 Material Rate - Manual (Page 6)

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Singulated Planting Overview
The information in this section covers important setup
and checking information that applies to both:
Singulator Plus (wheel, at left in Figure 2) meters and
Finger Pickup meters (at right in Figure 2).
There are additional Sections for each meter. See also:
“Finger Meter Planting” on page 30 and
“Singulator Plus Meter Planting” on page 10.
Singulating planting employs the seed monitor in:
• “PLANTER CONTROL” mode with optional hydraulic
drive, or
• “MONITOR ONLY” mode with ground drive.
If the seed monitor is presently in GRAN SEED mode, follow
the setup instructions carefully. Switching between seeding
modes can cause some planter configuration values to be reset
to defaults that are incorrect for your planter.
Singulated Rate Setting Overview
1. For your crop, determine your intended population, in
seeds/acre or seeds/hectare. If you know only the
population, the charts on page 8 and 9 correlate
population to seed spacing for several row spacings.
2. For your crop, population and desired field speed,
verify the suitability and setup of your meter type,
and seed wheel part number or finger count.
For Singulator Plus seed meters and wheels, details
and charts are found in “Singulator Plus Meter
Planting” on page 10.
For Finger Pickup meters, details and charts are
found in “Finger Meter Planting” on page 30.
3. Set meter rate. See one of:
“Hydraulic Drive Meter Rate” on page 3 or
“Ground Drive Meter Rate” on page 4.
4. Verify your planting rate per the instructions at:
“Checking Planting Rate” on page 6. If the results
are consistent with your setup, plant the crop.
Null4:
Figure 2
Singulating Seed Meters
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Row Spacing Row Spacing
Seed Spacing Seed Spacing
14,000 44.8 in 22.4 in 29.9 in 14.9 in 50,000 12.5 in 8.4 in 6.3 in
15,000 41.8 in 20.9 in 27.9 in 13.9 in 55,000 11.4 in 7.6 in 5.7 in
Plant Population Seeds/Acre Plant Population Seeds/Acre
30in
Twin
30in
Twin
10in
Single
20in
Single
15in
Single
30in
Single
10in
Single
20in
Single
15in
Single
Note: Adjust Finger Pickup meters for the seed
This only applies to finger pickup meters.
See “Finger Meter Adjustments” on page 32.