Using your covington planter seed plate chart

If you've ever spent a sunny afternoon scratching your head over a pile of cast-iron parts, you know that finding a reliable covington planter seed plate chart is basically a rite of passage for anyone trying to get a garden or a small food plot into the ground. Covington planters are legendary for a reason—they're built like tanks and they just keep working—but they aren't exactly "plug and play" like the high-tech, computerized planters you see on the big commercial farms. These machines are mechanical puzzles, and the seed plate chart is the only instruction manual that really matters when you're standing in the dirt trying to figure out how many seeds are going to end up in a foot of row. ...

February 19, 2026 · 8 min · Ira Johnsen