You really can hear corn growing

[sixdogs]

You really can hear corn growing, especially during it's growth spurt around this time of year. Lots of people don't know this so here it is on tape.

Can you hear the corn grow? Yes!

The sound corn emits while growing is surprisingly similar to the sound of breaking corn, such as during greensnap, and may help scientists develop stronger, more resilient corn plants.

cropwatch.unl.edu

 

[Wagtail]

Well. there ya go.

 

[Thomas]

I heard old corn farmers say that many times,also if corn knee high at 4th July it will be good year.

 

[lman]

If it's knee high on the 4th around here, it was planted late. It's common for it to be waist high on the 4th now.

 

[KennyG]

Times and corn have changed. The field next to me was planted late, less than 3 weeks ago and it's knee high now. And yes, when I was a kid we used to listen to the corn grow at night but city folks didn't believe it. On the farm in the junk pile, we had a check row planter. It used chains to trip the planter so the corn was planted in 30 inch rows with 30 inch spacing between plants, so it could be cultivated in both directions. Now the plants are spaced about 4 inches and in very narrow rows. Agriculture has made amazing advances.

 

[Tinhack]

About all I like about corn is Fritos and liquor.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

If it's knee high on the 4th around here, it was planted late. It's common for it to be waist high on the 4th now.

Yep. In this part of the country, if corn isn't ready around the 4th, the hot, dry weather is not good for a corn crop.

 

[5030]

Growth rate is entirely dependent on the amount of Nitrogen applied. Field corn is very nitrogen dependent. This year especially, N is very expensive and sometimes hard to get too.

 

[Torvy]

This reminds me of so many 'life hack' videos kids publish that explain a 'new' solution to a simple problem, except people had been doing it that way for years. Kids seem to think nothing existed until they became aware of it.

 

[lman]

About all I like about corn is Fritos and liquor.

You don't like pork, beef or chicken? That's where most of the corn goes.

 

[Raul-02]

You really can hear corn growing,

I can hear it every summer when it's hot

 

[stuckmotor]

Yep. In this part of the country, if corn isn't ready around the 4th, the hot, dry weather is not good for a corn crop.

2Lane,
I see you're in Oklahoma. On the ONE trip I've ever made west, we passed.through your state. The thing I remember most is the beautiful fields of corn. That seems appropriate for this thread.

 

[jyoutz]

If it's knee high on the 4th around here, it was planted late. It's common for it to be waist high on the 4th now.

Mine is only ankle high, but I will have a good crop in August just like every year. Many new corn varieties produce in only 65-70 days. I never plant until mid May to escape late frosts.

 

[Diggin It]

You don't like pork, beef or chicken? That's where most of the corn goes.

Plant based meat.

 

[MossRoad]

This year in northern Indiana the corn is getting a late start. Very wet and cold spring. They always said knee high by the fourth of july, however, if it was only knee high by then, it was pretty darn late. Most years it's well over chest high if not 6' by then. On our trip out to OK this week, we saw very little corn that was over a foot all across Indiana and IL. We did see one field that was waist high already up in Kansas, south of Wichita, but that's it.

 

[5030]

Only tall corn around here was corn that was sown in the lulls between the rains on well drained fields. If the field is marginally tiled and wet, planting only results in hard pan and compaction. Most hybrid field corn has an 80 day maturity anyway so it will still mature but the harvest will be later than usual. Most row croppers around here are running beans or fitting fields with cover crops in anticipation of planting winter wheat. Wild radish is a favorite cover crop, to be chisled in before plating winter wheat.

 

[Tinhack]

You don't like pork, beef or chicken? That's where most of the corn goes.

Yeah, I also forgot Popcorn. As long as I don't see the yellow kernels, I'm ok. I'm just sick of seeing it.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

2Lane,
I see you're in Oklahoma. On the ONE trip I've ever made west, we passed.through your state. The thing I remember most is the beautiful fields of corn. That seems appropriate for this thread.

Thank you. We also grow a lot of milo, which looks a lot like corn. The sweet corn growers that sell to the public do really well, and I love the just-picked corn. We shuck it, blanch it and freeze the same day. I went through my old home town a couple years ago, and saw something I had never seen before...fields of bright yellow Canola!

 

[jyoutz]

Thank you. We also grow a lot of milo, which looks a lot like corn. The sweet corn growers that sell to the public do really well, and I love the just-picked corn. We shuck it, blanch it and freeze the same day. I went through my old home town a couple years ago, and saw something I had never seen before...fields of bright yellow Canola!

I have discovered a better way to fix sweet corn than boiling. After shucking, I soak in water for 30 minutes, then brush with olive oil and spices and wrap in foil. Roast on grill, turning periodically for about 20 minutes. Turns out more flavorful than boiling. If you don’t soak in water, it can tend to burn; soaking prevents that and allows steam to assist with cooking.

 

[sixdogs]

I have discovered a better way to fix sweet corn than boiling. After shucking, I soak in water for 30 minutes, then brush with olive oil and spices and wrap in foil. Roast on grill, turning periodically for about 20 minutes. Turns out more flavorful than boiling. If you don’t soak in water, it can tend to burn; soaking prevents that and allows steam to assist with cooking.

Normally, we shuck and boil sweet corn for 8 minutes and then cut off the cob and freeze. We found another way for eating off the cob that's worth a try. We boil the corn for 8 minutes with the shush on it. The we put the still unshucked corn on the BBQ and smoke/cook it for a while. It's pretty good.