5000 Series Fertilizer

Liquid Fertilizer

The Kinze 5900 and 5700 front fold planters are available with a time-saving liquid fertilizer system with 400 to 750 gallons of onboard capacity. Equipped with a durable and long-life diaphragm-style pump, it is easily capable of drawing fertilizer from saddle tanks or an auxiliary nurse tank. The high accuracy control valve enables applying fertilizer at rates from 2–25 GPA, and individual row shut-offs are controlled by the Blue Vantage display.

  • Optional plumbing for connecting to saddle tanks or a nurse tank is factory installed
  • No pump seal damage if the diaphragm pump is accidentally allowed to run dry
  • Low maintenance row by row flow switch

NEW Fertilizer pump and control valve

Diaphragm-style pump, along with a high accuracy control valve, enable a a wide range of application rates at low to high speeds.

5000 Series Pump and Valve

NEW Fertilizer flow switch

Easily indicates fertilizer flow at all application rates and is integrated with the Blue Vantage display. Resistant to tacky fertilizer, easy to clean, and available for retrofit of older flow switches.

In-furrow drop tube

Maximize your fertilizer investment with drop tubes installed behind the seed tubes to deliver fertilizer in-furrow directly to the seed.

drop tube
5000 Openers

Fertilizer openers*

Tool-less adjustments for quick and precise down force and depth control. Overall design enables quick lockup of openers when not in use.

*Openers are not available on the 5700 planter

Granular Chemical

Complete planting, fertilizer, AND insecticide application in one pass. Use prescription maps or directly control the application rates with the Blue Vantage display without getting out of the tractor cab.

5000 Granular Chemical
Model
Configuration
Tank Capacity
Opener Availability
5900
24R30 w/o openers
750 gal.
No
24R30 w/openers
500 gal.
Yes
16R30
500 gal.
Yes
12R30
400 gal.
Yes
5700
12R30
750 gal.
No
24R30
750 gal.
No
24R20
500 gal.
No
5670
31R15
300 gal.
Yes
23R15
300 gal.
Yes