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Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. Table of Contents Metric Charts Canola Seeding 39

Canola Seeding

General Information

Refer to Figure 15

These instructions explain how to plant with the Air-Pro

250 cell canola seed disk . This disk is suitable for

canola and mustard (not pelletized).

Although this disk reliably singulates these very small

seeds, this class of seeds is too small to be reliably

detected and counted with currently available seed tube

sensors. This situation presently requires a special seed

monitor setup: singulated with blockage detection.

Details for each monitor are found on pages:

Configure PM300 Monitor (Canola)..............................40

Configure IntelliAg

Monitor (Canola) ..........................43

Pre-Requisites

Yield-Pro

planters manufactured in November 2013 and

later have Air-Pro

seed meters and seed tubes that are

compatible with the 817-991C canola disk. Planters

manufactured earlier may be updated with a 403-684A

update kit. See page 47 for installation.

To determine if your planter is canola-compatible, inspect

any row unit seed tube. If the seed tube color is dark

translucent red, it is compatible. If the tube color is

opaque buckskin (tan), the row units require an update.

Ground Drive charts are provided for row spacings of:

inch: 22, 30 and 30

cm: 70, 75 and 75 twin

If you are planning to run at any other row spacing (such

as 70 cm single row), you will need to calculate your own

drive sprocket pairings.

The canola disk is compatible with Air-Pro

rice meters.

If the planter has been used for volumetric seeding, the

grain shield may be left in place. A grain shield is not

required for planting with the canola disk.

Prepare Meters

See the planter Operator manual for step details.

1. Remove rain covers on all rows.

2. Perform a clean-out of the planter seed system, from

hoppers to meter brushes.

3. Remove and save the presently installed seed disks.

4. Install the 817-991C canola disks.

5. Install the rain covers.

6. Set the seed inlet shutters to the recommended

values in the canola rpm limits chart (page 44) or

seed rate charts (pages 41 and 42). This is typically

setting 1.5 (1

⁄

, the notch between “I” and “II”). On

early meters (that lack half steps on the shutter) set

the handle between “I” and “II”.

7. Set meter pressurization to 1.5 inches of water.

See Operator manual for adjustment details.

Loading Seed

Use ample Ezee Glide Plus seed lubricant with small

seeds such as canola and mustard. One cup (240 ml)

per 30 pound (13.6 kg) bag is a minimum starting value.

Mix the seed lubricant early during the seed loading and

mix well. Use more lubricant in extremely dry conditions.

Figure 15

817-991C Canola Seed Disk

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