Great Plains 2510HDF Material Rate - Manual (Page 2)

288-340B 10/19/2010
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Introduction ................................................................ 1
Models Covered ....................................................... 1
Document Family ......................................................... 1
Setting Planting Rate ................................................... 1
Setting Material Rates ............................................... 2
Revolutions Per Acre/Ha.............................................. 2
Non-Standard Configurations .................................. 2
Main Box Seed Rate................................................... 3
Drive Type.................................................................... 3
Main Box Seed Rate Handle........................................ 4
Seed Cup Door ............................................................ 4
Main Box Calibration.................................................... 5
Main Seed Box Charts ................................................. 6
Reading a Main Box Rate Chart .............................. 6
Main Seed Box Rates .............................................. 7
Alfalfa or Rape ..............................................................7
Barley ............................................................................7
Buckwheat ....................................................................7
Buffalograss ..................................................................7
Flax or Sudan................................................................8
Millet..............................................................................8
Milo ...............................................................................8
Oats ..............................................................................8
Peas ..............................................................................8
Pinto Beans...................................................................8
Rice, Short Grain ..........................................................9
Rice, Long Grain ...........................................................9
Rye................................................................................9
Soybeans ....................................................................10
Sunflowers ..................................................................10
Wheat..........................................................................10
Wheatgrass .................................................................10
Small Seeds Attachment Rate ................................ 11
Small Seeds Rate Handle .................................. 11
Small Seeds Rate Calibration ............................ 11
Small Seeds Rate Charts........................................... 13
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover Canola, Canary
Grass ......................................................................13
Ladino Clover, Timothy ..............................................13
Red & Sweet Clover, Lespedeza Hulled ....................13
Bermuda, Lespedeza Unhulled, Red Top,
Sand, Sercia, Weeping Love Grass........................13
Birdsfoot Trefoil, Sudan ............................................. 13
Fescue, Kentucky Bluegrass, Annual Rye Grass ...... 14
Millet, Reed Canary .................................................... 14
Orchard Grass ............................................................ 14
Fertilizer Rate........................................................... 15
Setting the Fertilizer Adjuster .................................... 15
Fertilizer Density Correction ...................................... 16
Example Fertilizer Density Correction ............... 16
Fertilizer Rate Calibration .......................................... 16
Fertilizer Rate Chart .................................................. 17
Density Conversion Chart...................................... 17
Metric Charts............................................................ 18
Main Seed Box Metric Rates ..................................... 18
Alfalfa or Rape ............................................................ 18
Barley ......................................................................... 18
Buffalograss................................................................ 19
Buckwheat .................................................................. 19
Flax or Sudan ............................................................. 19
Millet ........................................................................... 19
Milo ............................................................................. 20
Oats ............................................................................ 20
Peas ........................................................................... 20
Pinto Beans ................................................................ 20
Rice, Short Grain ........................................................ 20
Rice, Long Grain......................................................... 21
Rye ............................................................................. 21
Sunflowers .................................................................. 21
Soybeans.................................................................... 21
Wheat ......................................................................... 22
Wheatgrass ................................................................ 22
Small Seeds Box Metric Rate Charts ........................ 23
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover Canola, Canary
Grass ...................................................................... 23
Ladino Clover, Timothy .............................................. 23
Red & Sweet Clover, Lespedeza Hulled ................... 23
Bermuda, Lespedeza Unhulled, Red Top,
Sand, Sercia, Weeping Love Grass ....................... 23
Birdsfoot Trefoil, Sudan ............................................. 23
Fescue, Kentucky Bluegrass, Annual Rye Grass ...... 24
Millet, Reed Canary .................................................... 24
Orchard Grass ............................................................ 24
Fertilizer Metric Rates................................................ 24