WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF PLANTING IN NARROW ROWS?
Increased yields at harvest. When farmers went from 40″ rows to 30″ rows they experienced a 10-15% yield increase. Then the progressive farmers experimented by splitting the middles to 15″-20″ rows. Again a 10% to 12% yield increase was noted. It is very realistic to expect an additional 10% increase with 6″ or 7″ rows. The success of these narrow rows is determined by you. Higher yields, through increased population, does not necessarily occur without adjusting your planter or drill to achieve equi-distance between plants and an even planting pattern. For example, when a farmer switches to a 7″ row from a 15″ row, he may not achieve the 10% increase because he may leave his planter in the shed and us a drill, but he is losing the precision planting a planter gives him. When he loses that planting accuracy, because of the poor uniformity of seed size the planting pattern and equi-distant plant spacing are sacrificed. This is where the Accu-Bean-Chek sizer is an invaluable aid. It will
