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Kinze coulter and row cleaner


Rawson coulters with
liquid fertilizer injectors

I use a customized Kinze no till planter with Monosem row units to plant sweet corn, field corn, and pumpkins. This machine has Rawson coulters, Kinze row cleaners, Yetter parallel linkage, CASE IH depth wheels, Martin spading closing wheels, Keeton seed firmers and foam markers.

When planting early into the dead mulch I use a 2" eight wave coulter on either side of the row and clean the row so the soil dries out and warms up quicker. It is basically a zone - till setup. Later on I change the coulters to a 1" 13 wave style. Each setup applies 80lbs. of N on the row - 40 lbs. on each side. I also put 4 gallons of popup fertilizer in the seed trench.


Martin spading closing wheel

 


Keeton seed firmer and
Case IH depth wheels


Foam markers

Steve & Cheri Groff Cedar Meadow Farm
679 Hilldale Road Holtwood, PA 17532
Phone: (717) 284-5152 Fax: (717) 284-5967 Email: steve@cedarmeadowfarm.com