If you don't own one get one. They are on the cheap for a 4 row or 2 row planter. Chances are you can use it for deer food plots as well. You need a corn planter. Plate type or finger pickup is what you are shooting for in a planter. No-Till Drills are not going to give you the heads you need due to the narrow rows. If you can somehow make the rows 30" to 40" then you can use a no-till. I still suggest getting a corn planter. I bought my first planter for $400 and dumped about $600 in it to fix it up including a ton of extra plates. I have some pics of it before I went to work on it. If you can find a JD 7000 series then get it. They are the best and parts are easy to come by these days. My old JD 494A was a great planter, but I recently upgraded to a JD 7100 mainly because the 7100 is a 3 point hitch instead of a pull behind. I have a couple of farms at different locations and the 3 point works out better for me. I would recommend the 494A to anyone due to ease of use and it plants excellent stands.
You will want to widen out the rows to at least 36". The reason is that sunflowers need to spread out a little and this allows for larger head sizes. My seeding rate was about 20,000 to 23,000 seeds per acre planted. I usually make passes in the field and pull up short enough to make two full passes at each end of the row perpendicular to what I have already planted.
I am currently working on rebuliding my 7100 now. I will post some pics of it as the work continues. The pics on this post are the 494A prior to my rebuild.
Link for planting plates for a plate type planter
http://www.lincolnagproducts.com/
Link for parts on JD 7000 Series planters:
http://www.shoupparts.com/
Pictures:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730141.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730171.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730235.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730236.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730189.jpg
You will want to widen out the rows to at least 36". The reason is that sunflowers need to spread out a little and this allows for larger head sizes. My seeding rate was about 20,000 to 23,000 seeds per acre planted. I usually make passes in the field and pull up short enough to make two full passes at each end of the row perpendicular to what I have already planted.
I am currently working on rebuliding my 7100 now. I will post some pics of it as the work continues. The pics on this post are the 494A prior to my rebuild.
Link for planting plates for a plate type planter
http://www.lincolnagproducts.com/
Link for parts on JD 7000 Series planters:
http://www.shoupparts.com/
Pictures:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730141.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730171.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730235.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730236.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/MathieuPoag/SL730189.jpg
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