Planters Please help with Jd 246/247 planter Corn plate info

[Chris1970]

Can anyone share info about Corn planting plates for John Deere246/247 Corn planter. I have plates # Y2637B in planter, I don't know what size plates these are and if they will work for sweet corn. I don't know what size to look for if they won't work. Can anyone share any info? thanks in advance any info appreciated.

 

[orangeandgreen]

I'll take a look at mine this weekend and see what plates are in it. I plant Silver Queen and Peaches & Cream every year and it feeds just about right.

 

[Chris1970]

that would be so appreciated.I just don't know what is available for sale anymore so i need some #'s to start looking. Peaches & Cream is the variety i was thinking about planting. Thank you.

 

[sixdogs]

Search Llincoln Ag Products on the net and they will list every plate by size. For seed, when you buy a bag of graded seed the plate information is printed on the bag. Seed from a hardware store is often the mixed size seed that didn't grade out correctly and as a result will not be very good through a seed plate.

 

[orangeandgreen]

I currently have plates H696B in my 246 planter, according to the manual, they are for "large corn". I have attached a few pages from the manual related to plate selection and seed spacing.
I apologize for 2 of them being upside down, tried several ways to fix it but no luck. They are right when I open them from my desk top but not when they are uploaded. ??????