Which corn seed size plants the best?

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Provide corn seed size R1, R2, R3 or F1, F2, F3 (R2 = Round @ 45-55#) and the make/model or planter unit technology/era.

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6100, 8 row White planter. I want larger rounds, 54#  & up.  I modified the air holes in the plates, used a rotary file in my drill to make the holes bigger, to hold the seed better,  so brushes wouldn't brush off any kernels. Like it would do for flats, easy to wipe them off.  Found that out the first year we bought the 5100 4 row white planter.  We had ordered flats for our old IH 58 planter I think it was. It had the medium plates the planter came with or large, i can't remember, the White.  We were getting lots of doubles then, so the dealer said, use the small plates,  then we were getting  skips with the flats.  Didn't have to buy more seed because the population evened out,  but it did not yield better with the higher population.

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We use precision planting vset meters on harvest international bars and F2 seed works best for us.  If not available then R2s

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I’ve studied this for 4 years on my vacuum planter. I do small plots and have 150+ hybrids each year with all seed sizes and there hasn’t shown any difference in stands or yields

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R2work best for my planter

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Medium rounds plant with almost 100% accuracy in my white 8524.

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Plant alot of F1 seed size.  Use white 6180 and white 8523.

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Case 1250 planter.  I like R2 and 45-55#

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With my precision finger pickups,  R1 or F2 plant the best

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Precision V Drive Meters I like Flats the best F2 45 to 52 pounds.

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Which corn seed size plants the best?

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