Hilling, Side Dressing and Fertilizing Incredible Sweet Corn
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- Why do we "hill" sweet corn? How often do we fertilize it? How much fertilizer per application. All that and more on today's video.
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Thank you! You answered so many questions I couldn't find on other videos.
Glad to help!
Thank you for the corn plant care.
Thank you for the FYI on the care of corn, it was short and sweet.
Man thank you for all the info in this video. Great advice and can’t wait to use these techniques this growing season.
You're very welcome!
As always a great video. Travis your the Bomb!!!!!
Thanks Beth!
Good job, as always, Travis. Corn is looking great! Good info on figuring fert application rates!
It's one of our most frequently asked questions. Hopefully made it more clear.
@@gardeningwithhoss Very clear. I think it's one of the most misunderstood things about fertilizer applications. If you need 5lbs of nitrogen that's not 5lbs of 20/20/20 or 13/13/13 or whatever. Glad you covered it, I'm sure it will be useful to a lot of folks!
If you live near a peanut processing area you can get peanut shells for mulch for free. I used a concrete come along hoe for hilling. The hardest part is hookin' up a plough to my wife.
So glad you guys are here helping us to grow successful gardens! This week, my early hybrid sweet corn has started to tassel, and I've been applying Spinosad after every rain. So far, so good! I really just might get some sweet corn this year! My goal is to buy a place with more land - I dream of having 1000 sq ft of garden just for sweet corn! One day soon....
Sounds like you're well on the way to having some awesome sweet corn in a few weeks.
Bring your pocket book and come to Avera Ga I got 55 acres for sale. You can make you a heck of a garden!
Great video, you explained things very well. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
I got it well done. thanks
Thanks
Thanks Travis 👍 your corn is looking good
Thanks Roger. That side-dressing we did in this video really made it pop after we got a little rain.
Greetings from arizona growing zone 9b. we're planting our 2nd crop of our Native American blue corn this july 2022 for our fall crop. thanks for the tips. wish us luck!
Good luck!
How now?
The State School of Agriculture used to have posters of corn planting in hills. 3 or so seeds / hill. You may have realized how better a plant grows from being seeded in a hill or mound. They told me that I could take the old posters since they since
long before 1970 are now seeding in rows. Of course if the tractor seeder could put a seed in a row hill it would grow better, and if we had equipment to contour farm on hilly ground to do what the University Professors and farm posters promoted. They had a tractor with steel wheels and also spades to dig in to get traction as the new posters and that must have been 1930. No rubber wheels at first.
Wow you guys put me to shame.. I've 18 plants growing in a 3foot square patch of soil in my tiny garden patch of a victorian house here in the UK 🇬🇧! I did grow same amount last season and they were great!!... Holidayed in Wisconsin years back and there was corn growing in places as far as the eye could see!... Nothing beats the taste and sweetness of a home grown fresh cob picked and cooked immediately!!! Great video - ill do the 'hill' thing this season. Thanks for the advice.
Damn! Wish we could get these tools in UK
We ship all over the world. You can order them through our website.
Great video
Thanks!
My corn plants are about 18 inches tall but at the base of some of the plants, it looks like they have extra stalks growing out the sides. Should I remove these from the plants! Thank you!
good video. I wish that tool would work up here in North East Georgia. i have wayyyyyyy to many rocks of all sizes and clay in my dirt , i gave up planting in the ground and now use raised beds.
If the ground is impossible, go with the raised beds. Garden any way you can!
@Michael Fresh i tried all that for 8 years and the soil is just way to hard and rocky. say you dig a hole 1`x1`x1` you will get 30 to 50 quarter size rocks and most times mellon size rock to fist size. so its not worth it at all to use this soil. on a 20`x20` plot i was going to garden i spent 3 weeks just getting 50% of the rocks out. thats crazy. i`m done with large areas of ground planting. and useing raised beds and 1 tiny 5`x5` ground garden for water melon and cantaloupe..thats been a month ago and still getting rocks from that. count your blessing if your growing in the ground not everybody can
@Michael Fresh ive been looking into the perlite to. and adding allot of sand will make life easer. on the plants. i just got my soil reports back from UGA and im low in the beds on ph. so nice to just have to add a lilttle ph.. love the beds already.! i still want to grow some corn in the ground and have a idea. 4 years ago i first started tillig this soil. it took a walk behind about 7 days to till up a 20`x20` square 3" deep. and picked out 5 loads of rocks of all sizes, now in my wifes flower gardens.... some where so big had to get a pick axe and my truck to yank them out. they made great driveway edges. lol i have 4 grand kids put them to work. :) clearing rocks!! i`ll never do that again...i`m just going to keep adding raised beds good luck my friends.
Nice video! I also use a drip irrigation system with my sweet corn.
Is side dressing effective if we never get any rain during the growing season? In Southern California we get zero rain between May and September, so all the corn’s water comes via the drip system.
Thanks!
When the corn gets bigger, we tend to run it all night which soaks the row. In that case, it would have the same effect as rain.
I hope you can help me out! This year we decided to plant our corn in a field instead of in a raised bed so we could have more room for other produce. I planted 3 rows the end of may and it’s growing nicely the stalks are only about 7 inches high right now. I’m now going to plant about 10 more rows so it’s ready closer to fall. I was wondering if I should fertilize the corn I’ve planted. We did not prepare the soil beforehand as we tilled up our field and planted directly in the natural dirt without any organic compost. I have a garden tone fertilizer that we used when we planted in our beds last year and it did wonders for the corn. Should I throw some down in between the current rows growing and soak it in? I’m worried they don’t have enough nutrients right now to grow sufficiently
sending you a link to our corn growing guide. Hope this helps
hosstools.com/corn-growing-guide/
How did you perfect your drip system to be able to use it to add the liquid fert you mention in this vid??
With this little nifty unit right here: hosstools.com/product/ez-flo-fertilizer-injector/
Hi 👋🏻 I’m a huge fan of yours and your tools and I always watch your videos on RUclips. I like to plant corn and I follwed your video on hilling corn and sidedressing. I sidedressed and hilled my corn the other day the way you did on the video with Urea but now, three days later, my corn leaves are all curled up during the day and I really feel that I overdid the fertilizer. I read to really try to flush out the fertilizer by watering a lot. Should that do the trick? I’m worried the plants are gonna die. Thanks for your advice.
Too much nitrogen usually causes burned ends of the leaves, not necessarily curling. Curling is usually caused by a lack of water.
Hoss Tools Thanks for your reply. We had some good rains but still, the plant tends to curl up anyway. I hope to get still get some sweet corn this year even though they are growing really slow. Thanks
If your going to use 20-20-20 via the drip system is there a certain distance the drip system should be from the corn so it won't burn the roots? Or would water soluable fertilizer not burn the roots?
Water soluble fertilizer won't burn the roots. The closer to the roots, the better the absorption.
another question ,do you do a soil texture test,im just curiouse of your soil texture ,what are your percentage stats for better growing,i live on a rock and all soil is made,im running a sandy loam this year,last year went with loam texture and didnt get any corn,tassled at 3 ft tall,first plot this year in sandy loam i got a great stand then 8.5 inches of rain wiped m,e out,but it stood 5ft tall and was starting to silk when i lost it,ditched the other seeds and giving yours a go right now,june 1st planted and this day im standing knee high,so knee high in june and corn will make as my grandpa use to tell me,we will see
Never done a soil texture test. We have fairly sandy soils here, but try to add enough organic matter so it is more dense.
In a pinch, could I just hill and fertilizer my corn with grass clippings since they are nitrogen heavy? First time growing corn on 600sf plot. Thank you
They might give a little bit of nitrogen, but not near enough for corn.
So I picture yall playing around in the garden all day everyday, like for a job. Is this true? That's a good life if it is
Not quite. We are in the office and around the shipping warehouse most of the day. We shoot videos when we can and manage the gardens after we leave the office.
@@gardeningwithhoss living the dream.
I wouldn't call it playing; it's hot, dirty, strenuous work, but rewarding.
I just purchased your automatic fertilizing system. I plant about four double rows of white half runner beans 60 ft. long. what fertilizer do you recommend I use in my drip system for my beans.My other crop that I plant a lot of is okra.Will I need different fertilizer for the two.Thanks
We don't fertilize okra. It seems to perform better when not given a lot of extra nutrients. You can use our 20 20 20 plus MicroBoost on the beans.
Man I build ya tools
If I were wanting to turn part of my land into a corn plot (20 X 20)ish. What all do I need to do to the land between now and next spring to ensure a good harvest of corn next year? Thanks
Perform a soil test to make sure your corn is slightly acidic. Adjust with lime if too low. Cover crop if too high. Then be ready to give it plenty of water and fertilize when you plant it.
As stated, start with a soil test. If it has weeds/grass, I spray with Roundup early in the season, the year ahead of planting. Three weeks later, till soil down to 6-7 inches in several passes with any sand or organics your soil may need. Till in any lime, or fertilizer from your soil test to about 4-5 inches. Don't waste money on a lot of nitrogen because it won't be there next year.
Roundup, or re-till 4" deep, any weeds that pop up, whenever they get about 4" tall. DON'T let them go to seed! Re-till in spring and plant.
That's what I've always done to convert a field or lawn to a garden when I have a year head-start. Depleting the seeds in your soil bank by letting them sprout and killing or tilling several times the year before leaves a lot less weeds to contend with. Tilling them works best as it brings up more buried seeds for you to keep killing.
Just hilled mine last weekend....bout start gettin tassels🤑
Won't be long!
Travis, I plan on growing to different type corn this year. How would you reccomend planting them so they don't cross pollinate. My garden is appprox 35'x100'.
You either need to stagger the plantings by several weeks, or make one of those varieties a TripleSweet variety. Those don't require isolation.
@Michael Fresh As long as you allow several weeks between pollination dates for each variety, they won't cross. The pollination window is only about a half-a-week long, so they won't coincide. Otherwise you are talking football field distances to safely plant types that will cross.
Travis, I have 2 corn plants in each plastic container to plant n my raised bed . Do I separate the plants & plant one corn plant instead of 2 together?
Thx
They need to be planted close for pollination purposes.
Planting 2 seeds in a container, or together in the ground, is a common practice for a garden-sized plot. Since normal germination can be as low as 85%, this helps ensure that at least one of the seeds will sprout. Naturally, you don't want 2 plants occupying the same space. They will compete for water and nutrients and you will get unhealthy plants and small ears.
Snip off the weaker of the 2. If you mess with the roots by trying to separate them you will stunt or kill them. Corn does not tolerate disruption to its roots. I've tried moving small (4") corn plants in my garden with a trowel and a large ball of soil around them. Two-thirds of them don't make it, and half the ones that do are stunted compared to their undisturbed companions. This is why peat pots are superior to plastic pots for starting corn. Instead of disturbing the roots when removing them from a plastic pot, you can bury the peat pot (tearing off the top so it does not wick away moisture) and the roots remain undisturbed.
Snip them as soon as you can see which is the dominant plant! One year I let them grow together too long (6") before culling. They were really stunted compared to single seeds planted in the adjacent block at the same time. They had plenty of water, so I can only assume the young plants sucked up extensive nutrients when they started to take off.
I'm a beginner gardener. I just got some corn seeds from y'all - Thank You. I'm in Georgia - going to be planting the corn in a medium size backyard. If I turn over the grass and till the soil - and mix in a big bag of peat moss - will the corn grow OK in that?
I would use compost instead of peat moss. Get something like Black Kow or mushroom compost from the big box store if you can.
@@gardeningwithhoss ok thank you!
We have attempted to grow sweet corn the last few years in our home garden. The corn stalks grow great in the clay heavy soil we have. My question is… when the corn cobs grow and start to fill out. Some have been not so full. Like the kernels aren’t filling out and we are left with half developed corn cobs. Some of the kernels end up huge others not so much. Is there something we should be doing to ensure the entire Cobb fills out?
Thank you!
Check out this article. It could be one of many issues.
www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/articles.03/TipFill-0917.html
Good stuff Travis. Hey I can help you with you weed suppression on the end of your plots where you never plant anything? I used to hoe and chop but the last four of five years I started broadcasting black eye peas and just cover them. Plants real thick weeds will get choked out,plus it fertilized the ground. Everybody gets peas and when your done mow them down and till in the green. All the seeds will come up and give you a fall crop. It works great for me. I don't worry about stepping on them their are tuff.
Thanks for the suggestion Joel!
How did you prepare the soil prior to planting?
It appears the corn is spaced far apart; is there a reason or is that the camera?
The rows appear to be 3' apart.
The rows are 3' foot apart. We usually plant corn on 30-36" rows. This is a new garden spot, so we tilled it initially and then used the wheel hoe to cultivate prior to planting.
At times when I only had a small garden space for corn (I'm talking about planting small blocks of four rows in an 6x10 space), I've gotten away with 24" rows, corn spaced 8" apart. However, it takes more intensive management of weeds, water, and fertilizer. Weeding and side dressing are a pain at those row spacings, but manageable.
Hi, love your channel and products. I purchased (online order) the Chilean Nitrate and the 20/20/20. Should I use both around the same time or would I use them weeks apart? My first time growing corn and it is beautifully green and the stocks are thick, hoping to keep it going! Would appreciate your assistance.
This is our schedule from our Corn growing guide. Link below
hosstools.com/corn-growing-guide/
Several Weeks Before Planting
Test your soil at your local extension office.
1 Week Before Planting
After adjusting soil pH to 6.0 - 6.8, mix 2 cups per 10 ft. of row of Hoss Complete Organic Fertilizer with your soil.
1 Week After Planting (Repeat on Week 2)
Using the Hoss Fertilizer Injector, Mix 1 cup of Hoss Premium 20-20-20 Fertilizer -AND -1-2 cups of Hoss Micro-Boost Micronutrient Supplement per 20 ft. of row.
Alternate Every 7 Days
Mix 2 cups of Hoss Premium Chilean Nitrate -AND -1-2 cups of Hoss Micro-Boost Micronutrient Supplement per 20 ft. of row.
Discontinue fertilizing schedule once the tassel starts to develop.
@@gardeningwithhoss thank you so much.
I am growing corn in a small 8 x 4 plot. Can you quantify the Nitrogen needs in terms of how much to sprinkle each time. In the video, the amount applied to the side of each plant seems to be a good guide. That way, I don't have to calculate the granular N by weight, I just sprinkle on the a small quantity to the side of each plant, right? Also, is the application on each side down each row? In other words, not in the middle of the row?
Just on one side of the row. I would say one cup per 10 row feet is probably a decent estimation.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you.
I didn't see it so I'll ask. When do you hit the corn with the 3rd part of the Nitrogen?
Usually when it starts to form silks, or once it starts tasseling.
How often should we apply the fertiliser on the sweet corn plants?
every 7-10 days
Does planting them closer cause the size to diminish, even if well fed?
It could prevent optimal growth if planted too closely. How close are you talking?
@@gardeningwithhoss well 😆.. 6 inches in-row, 24 inches between rows. Rain +++(no drip). Sweet corn.
Have you ever used urea on sweet corn and do you recommend it
Have not used it, but have many customers that do use it.
Hoss Tools Thank you for the reply
I can’t justify having a high-arch wheel hoe just for corn. With the regular double wheel hoe, is there any configuration of implements that allows you to throw from one side, and them reverse direction to throw from the other side in order to hill up the corn ( or potatoes, come to think of it)?
With the Double Wheel Hoe (or Single Wheel Hoe for that matter), you can attach one plow blade and hill on either side of the row.
Thanks
nice my corn is almost ready but the beetles and worms are giving me a time twice a week l have to spray
Sometimes you don't have a choice. Gotta save what you can!
I planted some Incredible sweet corn in my garden this year. It is just now filling out and it doesn't have the sweet flavor i was expecting. I have been fertilizing through my drip tape with miracle grow 24-8-16 once a wee for the last severals weeks. My cousin said that fertilizer can reduce the sweetness. Can too much fertilizer make the corn less sweet?
Possible along with other factors. Check out article below.
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on what frequency we should fertilize the crop??
In our Corn growing guide we have a fertilization schedule. Click link below and scroll down to middle section.
hosstools.com/corn-growing-guide/
Can you please tell us about how much phosphorus and potassium we need for sweet corn along with nitrogen?
here is our recommended schedule. All can be found on the link below on our corn growing guide. hosstools.com/corn-growing-guide/
Several Weeks Before Planting
Test your soil at your local extension office.
1 Week Before Planting
After adjusting soil pH to 6.0 - 6.8, mix 2 cups per 10 ft. of row of Hoss Complete Organic Fertilizer with your soil.
1 Week After Planting (Repeat on Week 2)
Using the Hoss Fertilizer Injector, Mix 1 cup of Hoss Premium 20-20-20 Fertilizer -AND -1-2 cups of Hoss Micro-Boost Micronutrient Supplement per 20 ft. of row.
Alternate Every 7 Days
Mix 2 cups of Hoss Premium Chilean Nitrate -AND -1-2 cups of Hoss Micro-Boost Micronutrient Supplement per 20 ft. of row.
Discontinue fertilizing schedule once the tassel starts to develop.
@@gardeningwithhoss thank you 🙏
Ok, how do you keep corn worms out of corn. I've tried lots of things but I've never been happy with the results.
bug buster 2
Can I stager plant my sweet corn so many every week?
I wouldn't do it as often as every week. I'd stagger the plantings by 2-3 weeks to ensure no cross-pollination occurs.
My HOSS corn pack says 94% germination. I got about 50%. Should I go back and replant in between??
yes, I would
now wait,you saying you hill only one time and you corn will not lay down in wind and rain? ive mounded mine up 3 times and have hill rows 2 ft tall how is it possible?on your store do you have black beans,got your okra and corn and was quite impressed with the inoculant it has,i had germed and plants at soil level top in 3 days,good stuff,also back to corn,you mention corn is water and nitrogen hogs,ive been researching and the majority of gardners are saying P andK are more important especially for root growth,any way couldnt find the beans i wanted on your site but i would refer your seeds to all my friends
We don't carry a black bean. In fact, we don't really carry any dried beans. All of our varieties are more designed for fresh eating. Corn does like quite a bit of nitrogen. Phosphorous and potassium help as well. That's why we give them the 20-20-20 in addition to the Chilean Nitrate. Our corn holds up pretty well with 1 hilling, although Hurricane Michael had something else to say about that last year.
Can't you build those tools with the handles off centre so that you need not walk so difficult?
We have an offset bracket kit so you can offset the handles to the left or right if you don't like straddling the row. Here's the link: hosstools.com/product/offset-handle-bracket/
Sir... How deep do you plant the seeds?
1-2 inches
Plsssss how can I get this planter?????? Also how much does it costs in US Dollars????? Thanks from Nigeria.
hosstools.com/ All products and prices listed on the website. Hope that helps you!
Here's the link: hosstools.com/product/high-arch-wheel-hoe/
I am from Nigeria where majority of us are small holder farmers. How can we get a tool like this?
you can order via our international check out option
Is dried blood meal good for corn .
Complete Organic Fertilizer is our preferred choice
hosstools.com/product/complete-organic-fertilizer/
do you sell a fertilizer injector?
Yes, we sell lots of them. Here's the link: hosstools.com/product/ez-flo-fertilizer-injector/
How far are your row spead apart
30-36 inches
How can buy wholesale and sell your products in the Caribbean
We do not offer wholesale.
I want to purchase your products but there's no where around me to buy , let alone check them out
We have an international shipping option on our website. We are ecommerce only,
Could ya use cow or biocomp instead of granular??
yes as long as it is not how
Not sure I got it from landscaping n soil place I mean the bio pretty sure cow isn't totally aged it smells like pee
Ask the place you got it from. Cure manure for at least six months before applying it directly to your garden plants and at least 120 days before crops are ready to harvest
Nitrogen makes a lot of sideshoots doesn't it?
How often do you fertilize corn
Every 7 days
name of your tools?
www.hosstools.com
Can I use 14 14 14 fertilizer. Twice a week
What are you fertilizing?
@@gardeningwithhoss corn, onion, watermelon cumber and bell peppers and Jalapenos
Glad I found your channel but is that read you running that hiller because those legs don't match those arms LOL. THANK YOU for the great videos!!!!!!!!!
Glad you found us. Hope you enjoy the videos!
Lol I was thinking the same 😂
Is this organic 🌽 corn , or GMO seed corn?
Neither. It's a hybrid sweet corn variety called Incredible. Here's the link: hosstools.com/product/incredible-sweet-corn/
Brian, just so you know, because there is a lot of confusion, hybrid does NOT mean GMO, totally different things.
I want to be sell your products in my island 🏝of Antigua 🇦🇬
We do not offer wholesale
Can I just use my pig and chicken manure instead of all this stuff from the store? I’m on a budget.
yes, but not when it is hot
0:51 Instead of about a thousand square feet, it's actually 1050 sq. ft. You were pretry close. Only 50 sq. feet off. Sorry, I just like math.
Correct. We use approximations to make things simpler for people to understand.
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