Whatetting for orchard grass?

[BryanM]

What setting for orchard grass?

I apoligize, I feel like I am asking to many questions here! I just picked up a IH #10 grain drill at an auction and it does have a grass seeder attachment and it looks as if it works Have not tested and I have never used one before.

I look on the grass seeder chart under the lid of the grass seeder hopper but it does not give me orchard grass, It give aprox 7 grasses only a few I reconize Like timothy, canary ?

So here is the question what would I set the planter at what size seed is comparible to orchard grass?

Another question, Is the grass seed suppose to be layed in the cut that the disc makes or does it gett pushed in with rain? My seed tubes dont go all the way to the ground they stop six inches from the ground and are not perfectly aligned to drop seed in the furrows cut? Any info helpful!

 

[funny farmer]

I would ask the seed guy about the size of the seed and what to match it up with when you go pick up the seed. And I think that if the seed actually fell into the furrow that the disks cut it would be planted to deep. Usually they have chains that drag behind each disk that should bury the seed at the proper depth, just under the surface.

 

[flusher]

Re: What setting for orchard grass?

I apoligize, I feel like I am asking to many questions here! I just picked up a IH #10 grain drill at an auction and it does have a grass seeder attachment and it looks as if it works Have not tested and I have never used one before.

I look on the grass seeder chart under the lid of the grass seeder hopper but it does not give me orchard grass, It give aprox 7 grasses only a few I reconize Like timothy, canary ?

So here is the question what would I set the planter at what size seed is comparible to orchard grass?

Another question, Is the grass seed suppose to be layed in the cut that the disc makes or does it gett pushed in with rain? My seed tubes dont go all the way to the ground they stop six inches from the ground and are not perfectly aligned to drop seed in the furrows cut? Any info helpful!

If I were you, I'd jack up that drill and calibrate it with orchardgrass seed. That way you'll know for sure which setting to use.

I did that last month with my old Minneapolis Moline P3-6 drill for oats and fertilizer. I use the large fertilizer box for oats since the grass seed feeders mangle the oat seed pretty good.