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ii 3P606NT & 606NT ❖ 313-523B 2011-10-21
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................. 1
Models Covered............................................................. 1
Document Family ........................................................... 1
Main Box Seed Rate..................................................... 2
Setting Drive Type ..................................................... 2
Main Box Seed Rate Handle...................................... 3
Position Seed Cup Doors........................................... 3
Main Seed Row Shutoff ............................................. 3
Reading a Seed Rate Chart....................................... 4
Main Box Seed Rate Calibration................................ 5
Rate Charts, Main Seed Box ......................................... 8
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)............................................ 8
Bahia Grass (Paspalum notatum).............................. 8
Barley (Hordeum vulgare).......................................... 8
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)......................... 9
Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides)............................ 9
Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon).......................... 9
K-31 Fescue (Festuca) ............................................ 10
Flax (Linum usitatissimum) or Sudan
(Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii) ................. 10
Eastern Gamma Grass - Pete
(Tripsacum dactyloides) ....................................... 10
Kentucky Blue Grass (Poa pratensis) ...................... 11
Millet (Pennisetum glaucum, Setaria italica,
Panicum miliaceum, Eleusine coracana) ............. 11
Milo (Sorghum) ........................................................ 11
Oats (Avena sativa) ................................................. 12
Orchard Grass Potomac (Dactylis glomerata) ......... 12
Peas (Pisum sativum) .............................................. 12
Pinto Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) ............................ 13
Rape (Brassica napus) ............................................ 13
Rice, Long Grain (Oryza sativa indica) .................... 13
Rice, Short Grain (Oryza sativa japonica,
Oryza sativa sinica).............................................. 14
Rye (Secale cereale) ............................................... 14
Perennial Rye Grass - Palmer
(Lolium perenne, Lolium multiflorum)................... 14
Soybeans (Glycine max).......................................... 15
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)................................ 15
Tiffany Teff, Coated (Erogrostis tef)......................... 15
Wheat (Triticum) .......................................................16
Wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii,
Agropyron elongatum) ..........................................16
Small Seeds Rate........................................................17
Small Seeds Rate Calibration.......................................17
Small Seeds Row Shut-Off ...................................20
Small Seeds Rate Charts .............................................21
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover..........................21
Kentucky Bluegrass,
Fescue, Annual Rye Grass ...............................21
Bermuda, Red Top, Lespedeza Unhulled,
Sercia, Sand, Weeping Love Grass..................21
Red & Sweet Clover, Lespedeza Hulled...................21
Orchard Grass ..........................................................21
Millet, Reed Canary ..................................................22
Ladino Clover, Canary Grass,
Timothy, Canola................................................22
Birdsfoot, Trefoil, Sudan ...........................................22
Native Grass Rate.......................................................23
Series II Native Grass Drill Calibration .........................23
Seed Lubricant......................................................25
Native Grass Calibration Formulas and Example.....26
3P606NT Meter Shaft Rates ........................................27
3P606NT Standard Shaft Rates ...............................27
3P606NT with Seed Rate Reduction ........................27
606NT Meter Shaft Rates.............................................28
606NT Standard Shaft Rates....................................28
606NT with Seed Rate Reduction ............................28
Brome Grass Seeding ..................................................29
Brome Rate Charts ...................................................31
3P606NT Standard Brome Rates .............................31
3P606NT Reduced Brome Rates .............................31
Appendix .....................................................................32
Metric Rate Charts, Main Seed Box .............................32
Metric Rate Charts, Small Seeds Box ..........................41
Metric Native Grass Rates............................................43
3P606NT Metric Shaft Rates........................................44
606NT Metric Shaft Rates ............................................45
Brome Seed Rates, Metric........................................46