Fertilizer - Rate Adjustment - Landoll 5530 Operator's Manual

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4-19 FERTILIZER – RATE ADJUSTMENT
4-19.1 The dry fertilizer rate is adjusted by
changing sprocket ratios for each section.
See Figure 4-28 for desired settings. For
best results use clean dry fertilizer, free of
clumps, or foreign material.
IMPORTANT
THE OPERATOR MUST VERIFY ACTUAL FER-
TILIZER OUTPUT BEFORE PLANTING.
DENSITY
CONVERSION
FACTOR
Example: using a dry fertilizer with a density of 70 lbs/ft
50 x .93 = 46.5 (use a setting from the rate chart nearest 46.5 lbs/acre)
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Figure 4-28 Fertilizer Rate Chart
DRY FERTILIZER DENSITY CONVERSION CHART
Based on average density of 65 lbs/ft
50
1.30 1.18
Table 4-1 Dry Fertilizer Density Conversion Chart
4-19.2
age size dry fertilizer with a density of 65 lbs
per cubic foot. If using a fertilizer with a dif-
ferent density, apply the following conversion
factors, and use the closest rate for applica-
tion (See Table 4-1).
55 60
1.08
3
and a desired application rate of 50 lbs/acre.
The fertilizer chart is based upon aver-
3
65 70
1.00 .93
75 80
.87 .75