Great Plains 1006NT Material Rate - Manual (Page 2)

Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
150-287B 04/20/2007
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Main Seed Box Planting ............................................ 1
Select Drive Type ...................................................................1
Set Seed-Rate Handle ...........................................................1
Position Seed Cup Doors .......................................................2
Checking Seed Rate ..............................................................2
Rate Charts, Main Seed Box..................................................4
Alfalfa .................................................................................4
Barley-Schuyler..................................................................4
Bermuda Grass..................................................................5
Buckwheat-Common..........................................................5
Buffalograss .......................................................................6
K-31 Fescue.......................................................................6
Flax or Sudan.....................................................................7
Eastern Gamma Grass-Pete..............................................7
Kentucky Blue Grass .........................................................8
Millet...................................................................................8
Milo ....................................................................................9
Oats ...................................................................................9
Orchard Grass-Potomac ..................................................10
Peas.................................................................................10
Pinto Beans......................................................................11
Rape ................................................................................11
Rice-Short Grain ..............................................................12
Rice-Long Grain-Lamont..................................................12
Rye...................................................................................13
Perennial Rye Grass-Palmer ...........................................13
Soybeans .........................................................................14
Sunflowers-Dahlgren Confection .....................................14
Wheat-Abeline .................................................................15
Wheat Grass-Buffalo Brand .............................................15
Small Seeds Attachment ......................................... 16
Small Seeds Seed Rate Charts ...........................................17
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover .................................17
Kentucky Bluegrass, Fescue, Annual Rye Grass ............17
Bermuda, Red Top, Lespedeza Unhulled,
Sercia, Sand, Weeping Love Grass ............................17
Red & Sweet Clover, Lespedeza Hulled..........................17
Orchard Grass .................................................................18
Millet, Reed Canary .........................................................18
Ladino Clover, Canary Grass, Timothy, Canola ..............18
Birdsfoot, Trefoil, Sudan ..................................................18
Native Grass Attachment Series II ......................... 19
Setting Native Grass Rate ................................................... 19
Great Plains Calibration for Series II Native Grass Drills .... 20
Calibration Formulas and Sample Calibration................. 22
Native Grass Cup Rates...................................................... 23
Seeding Brome Grass with Native Grass Box..................... 24
Checking Seed Rate ....................................................... 24
Brome Grass Native Grass Rates................................... 26
Fertilizer Rate ........................................................... 27
Fertilizer Rate Chart ............................................................ 28
Metric Rate Charts ................................................... 29
Metric Rate Charts, Main Seed Box .................................... 29
Alfalfa .............................................................................. 29
Barley-Schuyler............................................................... 30
Bermuda Grass ............................................................... 30
Buckwheat-Common....................................................... 31
Buffalograss .................................................................... 31
K-31 Fescue.................................................................... 32
Flax or Sudan.................................................................. 32
Eastern Gamma Grass-Pete........................................... 33
Kentucky Blue Grass....................................................... 33
Millet................................................................................ 34
Milo.................................................................................. 34
Oats................................................................................. 35
Orchard Grass-Potomac ................................................. 35
Peas ................................................................................ 36
Pinto Beans..................................................................... 36
Rape................................................................................ 37
Rice-Short Grain ............................................................. 37
Rice-Long Grain-Lamont................................................. 38
Rye.................................................................................. 38
Perennial Rye Grass-Palmer .......................................... 39
Soybeans ........................................................................ 39
Sunflowers-Dahlgren Confection .................................... 40
Wheat-Abeline................................................................. 40
Wheat Grass-Buffalo Brand ............................................ 41
Metric Small Seeds Seed Rate Charts ................................ 42
Metric Native Grass Rates................................................... 44
Metric Fertilizer Rate Chart.................................................. 45
Sprocket Configurations......................................... 46