Green Corn Down

[Diggin It]

Kind of like the movie Grey Lady Down, but a lot less serious.

Wind did a number on my corn. Some of it was almost flat a couple of days ago, but seems to be trying to come back up a bit. Taller stuff at the left of the second picture is starting to tassel out. Should I even try to do anything about the downed rows? Gardening websites seem kind of mixed on advice.



This is a very small plot in one area. I did a couple of different areas just to see if it would grow at all and whether I wanted to try more next year.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Ive found it tends to come back up

 

[4get gto]

Might've been planted too close together. Stalks look pretty spindly. :confused3:

 

[Diggin It]

Trenched with a subsoiler, dropped in by hand, covered by hoe, so likely too dense and shallow as compared to a machine planter, but I couldn't afford one of those this year. Hopefully next year.

 

[RickB]

I’d leave it, it will grow towards the sun. Space about 5 inches next year.

 

[Thomas]

If the root ball not showing and some good growing weather you should be fine.

 

[Diggin It]

I hadn't looked at if for a day or so, but this morning I noticed that about 80% of it was back upright again. Not sure I'll be able to say that by tomorrow morning.

 

[Diggin It]

Can cornstalks swim?

 

[CaptFerd]

I deal with this every year in July. Stalks looking beautiful standing tall and then we get squaw storms that travel strait north to south and blow it to the ground in a matter of seconds. I just leave it go any more and take what I can get. They do straiten up somewhat but hard to get in to weed or powder for earworms. Also depending on what stage the corn is in it effects pollination. Cant do that with them layin on the ground.

 

[Diggin It]

In that last few days of quiet without storms (finally), most of it has stood back up, but some stalks are noticeably shorter than others. Much of it is now tasseled out and cobs with silks are beginning to appear.

 

[Jstpssng]

It's too late for you this year, but I like to hill my corn just as I do my potatoes, although not quite as aggressively.

 

[oosik]

Look at - Earthway Precision Garden Seeder. This is what we used when we had corn. You can get "seeding disks" for just about every type of seed you would want in a garden... $100. They will dig the furrow to the correct depth - deposit seeds at the correct frequency - cover the furrow with a small drag chain & the rear wheel will pack down the soil. The ground has to be "broken" & tilled first.

I don't know if your plot is an animal food plot or for your consumption. That corn has been planted so thick - you will be very lucky to get many full sized, mature ears. If it's for the animals - not to worry.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
You also don't want to use it just after a rain storm or it will get all mucked up, the seeds won't come out properly and you will end up covering them with a rake anyways.

Don't ask me how I know that.

 

[Diggin It]

Those $100 gizmos didn't appear to me to be worth $10 when I looked at them in a store. Rickety comes to mind. I want to find a two row planter for my 3 point since I have one now, but they're ridiculously expensive. I found a few old (spelled antique) ones for a couple of hundred, but I'm not sure they'd work long, if at all.

The other section a few hundred feet away broke the surface, but that's about all. None of the stalks are more than a foot tall and they're all yellowed. This was a test are to see if anything would even grow at all. Next year, I'll have to try and get some soil samples done and see what they call for.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
They work surprisingly well, and put out seed a little too easily sometimes. My father used one for years and used it to put in a big garden with lots of corn and peas. The one that I have came from a building which was torn down after the camp lease was cancelled, and I've been using it for 10 years or more.

 

[Diggin It]

Oh well. Hope they enjoyed it.




May have a two row lined up to borrow next year if it will fit my blue toy. Not sure if it's Cat 1 or Cat 2 yet, but I've got a few months to find out.

 

[oosik]

This is the time of year to re-up this thread. The "planter" I mentioned in post#12 work exceptionally well. We used it every year to plant the row crop veggies in our garden. Corn, carrots, beets, peas, beans - etc. Saves a LOAD to time and ensures the seeds are properly planted.