Setting seed depth
Placing the seed at the proper depth and keeping the depth setting
consistent are critical to achieving optimum germination. The packer
wheels are factory set to place seed at a depth of 3/4 in. below the packed
surface of the soil.
• Factory seed depth setting is “D”, which equates to approximately ¾”.
• The fertilizer to seed offset will place the fertilizer ¾” below and 1 ½”
to the side of the seed.
• The depth of this offset can be manually adjusted by the slide on the
fertilizer knife.
• It is important to ensure you always manually check your seed and
fertilizer depth to guarantee proper placement.
• The seed depth is adjusted by removing the retaining pin on the
opener and utilizing a ¾” wrench to turn the packer wheel gear to the
desired setting.
• Additionally, growers will often utilize the fertilizer knife to seed crops
such as peas. This is providing that the nutrients being put down are
okay to be in the seed row. At factory setting of “D” this would give a
depth of 1 ½” on the seed when putting it through the fertilizer knife.
Note:
Please check with your local agronomist to confirm this practice
with your nutrients, and soil composition
1. Remove retaining pin from the
quick pin.
2. Remove quick pin from opener
shank.
3. Rotate the packer arm gear using
a 3/4 in. wrench, and align the
corresponding pin hole with the
desired depth setting (marked on
the decal).
4. Replace the quick pin and the
retaining pin.
Seed depth pin legend
A. 3/8” (9.5mm)
B. 1/2” (12.7mm)
C. 5/8” (15.9 mm)
D. 3/4” (19.0 mm)
E. 1” (25.4 mm)
F. 1-1/4” (31.7 mm)
G. 1-1/2” (38.1 mm)
-A. Less than 3/8” (<9.5mm)
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