These 4 Things REVOLUTIONIZED The Way I Grow CORN!
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- In this video, I share 4 changes I made that revolutionized the way I grow corn! I used to struggle growing corn in my backyard garden. My corn plants would die early, the ears would be missing kernels, and the overall flavor was poor. After much research and trials, I figured out what I was doing wrong, and I want to share these corn growing tips that made me successful! I now grow perfect, full ears of corn!
By using the corn growing techniques in this video, I'm able to grow healthy, dark green corn plants that produce full ears of corn with no missing kernels and very little pest damage. Growing sweet corn as naturally and organically as possible means some ears may take mild pest damage at the tips of the ears, but by following the principles outlined in this video, you can minimize the damage. If the corn does take light pest damage, the corn will be perfectly safe to eat. Simply cut off the damaged tips.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 My Struggles To Growing Corn
1:18 Tip #1: Planting Corn To Prevent Wind Damage
4:57 Tip #2: Fertilizing Corn Correctly
9:02 Tip #3: Hand Pollinating Corn
11:43 Tip #4: Corn Insect Control
14:50 Final Thoughts
16:08 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 My Struggles To Growing Corn
1:18 Tip #1: Planting Corn To Prevent Wind Damage
4:57 Tip #2: Fertilizing Corn Correctly
9:02 Tip #3: Hand Pollinating Corn
11:43 Tip #4: Corn Insect Control
14:50 Final Thoughts
16:08 Adventures With Dale
Please give me the name of the pesticide you recommended for corn.
Instead of using nitrogen fertilizer, I usually use my own urine mixed with 1:15 water. Have you tried that?
If you have heavy clay soil sweet corn, peaches and cream corn do very well with just organic fert every week. Like fish fert. The clay also keeps it from falling over. Growing corn in raised beds is just asking to spend way more money than growing corn is worth. If you have heavy clay soil, just plant in dueling rows for pollination, weekly fish fert, and enjoy big yields for all my deep south people ❤ *grow leeks around your corn and enjoy no pesticides or etc. Grow leeks 3-4 months before you plant the corn. Corn should be surrounded by leeks. Leeks should be flowering by the time corn is 2-3 feet tall. EZ PZ grow! Youll only have pollinators around your corn with the leek walls around them! Bees LOVE leek flowers and so do spiders and etc that eat pests + most pests youd spray for will not come around your leeks, protecting your corn for a true organic large yield! ❤❤ I wish RUclips let me show pics of my grow.
Have you done an analysis of the costs of these fertilizers and your entire setup you are using and the actual cost bring corn out of your garden? How long does your wood beds last before replacement? My problem with these individual fertilizers is that it seems to jump the costs of growing them to beyond buying them from the grocery. Now if the grocery store is out thats a no-brainer.
@@TeaTephiTrumpet777 the number of view and ads play will cover all those costs
I'm blessed to have a large family farm in my county that grows the absolute best tasting sweet corn! Their reputation precedes the season. People just can't wait for their corn to come out to the community! They've even started an annual Sweet Corn Festival!
I used to work on a corn farm growing up. I worked there for 7 summers. Growing corn takes me back. People used to drive from all over to buy the corn, and in the Fall, he'd have a corn maze and parties. Really great memories.
We have a local family in my town in Iowa that is locally famous for their corn as well. Their corn is so sweet and juicy and my corn is never as good as theirs. 😢
I am in zone 6B, roughly 65 miles South, Southwest of St Louis Missouri. I am growing a hybrid sweet corn. Peaches and cream. I do it three sisters Style. I have my bed and at the bottom is a couple of inches of compost made of bunny manure and well-aged chicken, Guinea, turkey, goose and quail manure. Then I fill it the rest of the way with topsoil. Then, I make 5 big hills in the bed and I plant four or five corn seeds in each Hill after soaking for over 24 hours. When the corn plants pop up, I let them get 4 to 6 in tall and then I plant beans North South West and East on the side of the hills. I then plant two squash plants kitty corner at about 2 and 7. The corn supports the beans the beans are nitrogen fixers, and the giant squash leaves shade the ground and help keep the soil cooler and moist. My corn grows like weeds. :-)
I have been in charge of these mega corn farms in western Nebraska and he is right 100%. Now I do grow sweet corn out back and use a bag to collect pollen. I pollinate the ears and then a place a couple drops of mineral oil on the silks to prevent bugs and always have an incredible yield. All of my sweet corn is fed jacks 20-20-20 if full life every 7 days. Keep it green as he said and you won’t have a problem. Happy Corn growing!
This is Easily becoming one of my favorite gardening channels. Excellent and relevant information but served in a condensed and easy to understand format while still able to go into an amazing depth of detail. We’ll done sir. I’ll be supporting your channel forever !
I till a furow 8in deep plant the corn. wait for it come up. Then wait for corn to come up to about 1ft. Then I apply a dose of 10 10 10 fertilizer. I do this as the corn rises to 4ft ft and fertilize each time. The reason I planting the seeds at this depth and covering the corn stems of the corn is the wind will not blow the corn rows down. I learn this 30 years ago.
The main thing to remember about growing corn is that it is a grain, not a veggie! Sometimes corn will stand back up after being blown down. Try putting alfalfa pellets down before planting, about two weeks after it comings up and then when the tassels develop. If you don't have a good breeze when the corn is pollinating, just walk out and shake all of the tassels. I started de-tasseling field corn at the age of 14 in Nebraska. If there is one thing I learned about corn is that going into a field first thing in the morning (about 5 a.m.) you are going to be soaking wet but the time you reach the other end! P.S. the squirrels will also love your sweet corn!
Just when I think your videos cant get any better....you create a masterpiece. Amazing information for growing corn, things I never would have even thought of. None of which is difficult or time consuming. Great great video.
Thank you. It's taken me several tries to have success growing corn. When you figure it out, it's really enlightening.
@@TheMillennialGardener I have a 20-10-10 slow release fertiliser that I use for my lawn. Can I also use that for my sweetcorn, and if so, what dosage levels?
Wow, I found you recently, this is the best corn video I've seen... Very in depth. Thank you.
Thank you! I'm glad to hear it was helpful!
Great video! Shake the plants in the early morning and late evening at pollination time. It only falls in the mornings and evenings. A yellow cloud will fall. Only happens for just a few days. You will hit the perfect pollination timing. Just takes a few seconds each time.
I push empty toilet paper rolls about an inch into the ground, plant my corn seed in them, cover with an inch of soil, and then cover the entire paper roll when the corn grows tall enough. I also grow my corn in round grow bags (100# capacity). I plant them in 3 circles within the bag - they grow closely together - great pollination. I do use only organic 'food' for my corn (yes, I grow super-sweet corn). I bury a goodly amount of kitchen scraps in the soil about 2 weeks before planting the seeds. I also incorporate shredded paper with the scraps. I have lots of earthworms in there! LOL I do feed with fish emulsion and an organic all-purpose fertilizer. I'm on the Texas Gulf Coast, Zone 9.
I only grow a few stalks a year, just for fun, and have never done anything but water. They are up against my house, amongst ornamentals like salvia and swamp sunflower, and the few ears I get are the best I've ever tasted in my life. Didn't think it was tough to grow, but I will implement some of these strategies. Planting today, so this video popped up just in time.
If they're growing great, don't change a thing! ❤🌿🧑🏻🌾🌿❤😁👍🏻
I have good luck with corn by planting closer together than the package says. I might plant seeds in 40 holes in a 4x6 bed, two kernels per hole. I get really full ears by crowding it. My favorite variety is Bodacious, it’s a very sweet and delicious yellow corn.
Ive grown smallish patches of corn for 10 yrs now. Feeding these pants is number one. Also, the blow down killed me for 2 seasons. I grow Bambo and use these and posts plus wire fencing. You run the sticks down the rows . Never lost another crop this way. Good vid...
Corn is pretty easy. I stick with Golden Bantam Hybrid corn because it always does well. Don't plant in single row, instead plant in blocks of three rows staggered closely, with each plant only 8 to 10 inches apart which helps with pollination. "BT" seems to last longer at keeping the worms off the ears. I use it only twice per season when the ears start getting big and again 7 to 10 days before harvest and that's all that is needed. I only spray the top of each ear with it and there are never any worms in the ears. As for fertilizer... I side dress with compost a few times and hit them with Miracle Grow general purpose water soluble every few weeks... pretty much the same treatment I give tomatoes. When veggie plants need greening up, a half teaspoon of epsom salts sprinkled at the base of the plant works fast.
Thank for the good info 👌✨
I plant my corn using the 3 sisters method and I only use heirloom seeds. The plants take care of each other and I don't need to do anything. I do start them all in pods and transplant when ready.
When are they ready to transplant?
@@marlenebennett6148 I usually wait until they are about 6 inches tall or seem sturdy enough on their own.
But if you want to grow sweet corn, you'll have to grow hybrid varieties. That's fine if you want to make corn meal or feed corn, but if you want sweet corn, you'll have to fertilize.
@@TheMillennialGardener There are all kinds of OLD heirloom open pollinated non hybrid varieties of sweet corn out there. They aren't field corn. There are some varieties you can grind up for flour. There are also some newer resent developments. A couple I know of are, "Who Gets Kissed", a white and yellow. High Mowing offers it. Damaun, a yellow corn is another newer one. Territorial Seed Co offers it. They all need lots of fertilizer one way or another.
Thank you for your brave service to this country!
Excellent
Actually I grow organic corn every year here in Idaho. I just add organic goat and sheep manure from a local farmer. I am careful to not plant the seed to close together because this will help the stalks stand up in the wind. I also make sure I plant in a large square. I don’t plant in raised bed just garden soil. I have no problem with pollination. The only pest we have here is raccoons. I think it’s probably easier to grow corn here in the West where we have low humidity 😊
Very well explained. Thank you!
Thank you for this info! I am growing corn again this year and this will help!
Having just watched your previous corn-growing video, I loved the continuity in how you set up the "Adventures with Dale" section!
I have used your corn 🌽 advice in the past and it did help. I did not attempt it this year. I am grateful you share what you have learned, even if that learning comes from mistakes.
Really helpful! Couldn’t figure out why we’ve had no luck with corn…now I know
Great, helpful info! Thank you MG😊👍
You’re welcome!
OURSTANDING ideas and advice!! Can't thank you enough for this video
You're welcome!
I have a small corn patch in my garden and will apply this technique. Reminds me of your tomato technique, which I'm also using. Thanks!
Love the content..trying corn in New Hanover County. You are a blessing to us SE. NC Gardners
Great catch Dale! Awesome tips to grow 🌽 corn 🌽. THANK YOU!
The second time is the charm 😂
thanks , good info. im north of Charolet about a hour
I grew field corn several years ago and didn't know to hill up my rows. The corn grew over my head and then the wind knocked it over. Oh, it still produced. Thanks for your video.
Great tips...Last year had a terrible corn crop.This year I fed them plenty of nitrogen fertilizer and having better results..Will try the stuff for pests as I had problems last year with them. great tip for hand pollinating the silks, too.
Thank you for giving advice on how to protect the bees.
Excellent information!!!
Thank you!
If you are growing your corn for your own consumption, just harvest it at the "milk" stage and eat it immediately. Even if not "sweet corn" it will be sweet. Sweet corn simply delays the transformation into starch, which is important if the corn is sitting on a shelf forever, but less important if you can use the corn at time of harvest.
You did a great job with this video.
Thanks! I appreciate it.
Thanks for the fantastic video!
You're welcome!
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
Really good info! I also hand pollinate, but not quite the same way, I don't cut the top tassels because the silks continue to grow for a while, and I want to make sure I have pollen for them. I just slightly bend the tassel over in the direction of the silk and tap it. I've had pretty good success doing it that way.
Hello from Canada! Thank you for all your great ideas. I will keep following you.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the corn growing tips. I am growing corn for the first time this year.
Excellent! Be sure to stick with them. If you don't, corn can get very frustrating very quickly. It requires much more attention than most of our plants.
I have to say I love that your clothes you sell have dogs on them and clothes for dogs. I have 8 and 2 are my garden dogs. Lol one even helps me by digging holes for me when I point where I need it lol. ❤
Thank you! That's really cute. I like the stuff Spreadshirt makes. It's very nice quality.
I need a dog like that.
HI ANTHONY, GREAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI DALE. GOOD BOY.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great follow up to your previous corn video. This is my first year planting. I'm following your great tips and will see how it goes.
Thanks! I just planted my corn 3 weeks ago, so I wanted to get out in front of the season since last year's video was "too late" to start new seed.
Nice one, MG!👍 I find my popcorn has no pests...however, when I grow sweet corn, I have a little pest pressure.
I have grown corn in my raised bed several years; however, for the last 2 years I've grow it in my containers. The containers provide a wind break; however, my corn has always righted itself after a strong wind. We don't get a lot of wind in Central Texas...well, this year we have. The plabts have done well.
Hey to cute Mr Dale! Good catch!😃💕
I live in seattle Washington. The weather is cool and dry I don’t have to use any of the insects things. Thank you for all your information
This is so informative! Thank you for taking the time to share your tricks! Greatly appreciate it!!!
You’re welcome!
I have to tell you... back about November you did a video regarding fish emulsion and Kelp. This early Spring, I used it and my spinach, lettuce, onions and radishes were amazing!!! Carrots are still in the ground. The last three years I've had a time of with growing things even though I used compost, bone meal, blood meal, etc. Now I have started tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and will be planting zucchini and green beans next. The tomatoes and peppers are so pretty!!! Thank you!
You sound like me. Good for you. Real work. But we’ll worth it.
@@bigsidable Yes! Very worth it!!! Plus I love growing things!😊
I swear by fish fertilizer. That stuff is amazing. It's gotten a little pricey over the last couple years, but it's still worth it. You can't argue with the results.
Thanks!
You're very welcome! Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤
Yes I agree. I fertilized my corn normally like my other veggies and my corn stalk and leaves aren't as green. Lesson learned
Great catch, Dale!🐕
Second time is the charm 😆
I'm going to try corn again this year. I was semi successful last year lol. It was my first year. My biggest problem was deer. I also got an infestation of aphids on the tassels. It's def a struggle to garden period. I got spinosad the other day so hopefully that will work against the bugs
I wanted to Thank you for all your drip depo videos !
I've measured out my garden and I will be purchasing from them this week!
Thank you again!
Brad.
You're welcome! Drip Depot is awesome. I just ordered new drippers that came last week, because I'm always expanding, too. Drip irrigation has made my life so much easier. It's really a game changer.
@TheMillennialGardener I was nervous about doing the whole setup, but not now.
Thank you againm
You can grow the newer corn varieties cheaply using organic fertilizer. Lazy Dog Farms just did a video on that recently where it cost them $35 in organic fertilizer to grow a 1000 square foot plot of corn.
Glad I saw this. Haven't had any success with corn, now maybe I will.
Neither did I until I figured out the problems. Now, I'm finally having success. It's a lot easier growing 1,000 ears of corn than 25!
Perfect timing. My sweet corn seedlings are ready to be planted. Squirrels stole my seeds last year and I’m redoing it this year.
That's one way around the problem. Corn transplants make for a "perfect" field.
My Silver Queen corn this summer was so tasty. I harvested some late and it was awfully bland. Thanks for tips.
This was my first year growing a vegetable garden. Wish I had seen your video before I planted my corn because, although I wasn't troubled by bugs, and I should have fertilized more, my corn plants didn't fully pollinate so lots of gaps in the kernals. Nevertheless, the ears that I got were delicious. Can hardly wait to incorporate your methods next year.
Awesome tips. The hand pollinating is great. . The variety will determine pest susceptibility, avoid varieties whose leaves peel back.
Hand pollination works 100% if you stick to it. I haven't found a pest resistant variety here in NC 😂
@@TheMillennialGardener yep, pests are context dependent, I can appreciate that
Guess I'm lucky because local sweet corn is available at roadside vendor's and grocery stores annually. We but it and freeze most of it. Its so cheap there is no reason to grow sweet corn in a home garden is KS. I watch most of your videos and thanks to you I'm growing determinate and dwarf tomatoe plants for the first time this year. I'm also pruning indeterminate plants for the first time. 2 stem. Thank you for putting out great videos and keep em coming!
I’m here in zone 9b Arizona and firstly love the channel.
My corn tassels are starting to form they are still solid green right now and they are in grow bags. I didn’t know that they needed to be fertilized that frequently. I added 1/4 cup of MiGardners trifecta plus and later some blood meal but didn’t know it needed help every 7 days. I now have to take a trip to home depot after work to get that water soluble nitrogen heavy fertilizer. I have blood meal and fish fertilizer but blood meal can burn roots if used wrong.
Thanks
As the corn grows, their fertilizer demand will increase exponentially. Especially in a grow bag, because the roots are limited to what is in the bag. Be sure to keep them green. If the green starts to fade, the plants suffer quickly.
@@TheMillennialGardener The tips or the corn have started to brown a bit but I think its just from the heat he have here 90-100 degrees lately. I purchased a 4lb bag of that nitrogen heavy miracle grow already for pickup order m and plan to use that on my watering this evening. I really didn’t know this so you saved me from messing up first time growing.
I tried corn once and had nothing but insect problems but this just taught me alot.
Corn is a whole different animal. It's a grain, so it's totally different than the vegetables we're used to growing. It can throw even experienced gardeners for a loop. It took me 3 years to figure it out.
I started my corn seed kernels just a couple weeks ago, inside in a tray. I put them out in the ground this morning, but not too deeply, just a little deeper than they were in the tray. I do plant to kind of hill them. BY adding more compost as they grow a little. They were very young but I wanted them to think they grew in the ground lol. Wish me luck, I’m in zone 5b and we’ve been getting way too much rain this past 2 weeks. Thanks for a great video and for explaining which fertilizer to use. How much urea did you add too your mixture?thank you!
Well this year I have lovely stalks and plentiful tassels…but no ears. I learned this week that if the corn gets too cold early in its life it may not produce ears. Here in Lower Alabama we had a very late overnight hard freeze when my corn was about a foot tall. I covered it but it seems the damage was done. Given that, starting your corn in trays you can protect seems the best idea. 😢 I’m giving it until the end of May to see if they come out…the pollen is already falling all over the area.
I've grown corn for years. The first mistake I made was planting only a couple of rows. After that, I always planted in blocks. A 4x4 block is minimum, but a 10x10 block is better. The wind does knock down some corn stalks and so does water. Drip irrigation helps for consistent watering and not watering the tops. A string line between the rows also helps to stabilize the corn or if there are only a few stalks that fall, bamboo stakes work too. I plant a perimeter of corn a week later. This won't yield a lot of corn but may increase the pollen for the second ears. Usually outer corn benefits from hand pollination because it does not pollinate as well as ears in the middle of the patch. There are corn varieties that are better suited for different zones. I am in the tropics so I grow a tropical corn resistant to maize mosaic virus. It is also a tight husk variety so it naturally resists corn ear worm. I have very little problems with ear worms. I do get beetle damage, but it usually is not enough to warrant treatment. Hand picking beetles also works. The type of beetles I have are deterred by light so floodlights on the patch from 6-10 p.m. does deter beetle feeding. Spinosad kills everything, but resistance can develop so it cannot be used repeatedly. vegetable oil + pyrethrin applied on the silk with a medicine dropper will also reduce corn ear worm damage.
Thank you for the advice. I try every year and only one year i had great corn. A nd the next day when 8 wrnt out to harvest My whole garden was eaten. Somebody shook the corn on the cob and ate it. Ate all my beans pulled out. My radishes took bites through them down. Ate all my lettuce, carrots, everything but my tomatoes
Samsquatch?
I had terrible germination (even after planting seeds twice!) last year when direct sowing, so this year I'm doing corn seedlings in plug trays. Here's hoping! Doing Oaxacan green field corn for meal, masa, and ornamental.
I usually buy my corn seeds off the shelves at the hardware stores, and I have spotty germination sometimes. I think those seed stands are subject to terrible storage conditions. I have much better luck buying seeds online. One packet of corn I sowed had 100% germination, but the other only had 30%. I had to sow the second bed twice, and now it looks good. In backyard gardens, I really like transplants. If you're growing big blocks of corn, you'd want to buy fresh seed from the best suppliers to save a headache.
Once you cut off the tassels to pollinate the silks, will they grow back? Great tip and video here...thank you! 🙏🏽
I left my beautiful seedlings outside last night 🤦🏽♀️ It's pouring rain 😅. I thought about bringing them in but I'm leaving them be until morning. Pro- came here for answers 😂 Tip 1. KEEP YOUR CORN SEEDLINGS INSIDE UNTIL A FOOT TALL SAMANTHA 😂🤦🏽♀️🙏🏽 Whelp It's still early enough in the season to direct sow. Thanks for your help. Much needed. Hey Dale ❤
Excellent tips! I also built a corn "cube" or a corn cage around my corn because last year it got decimated by some animal. Raccoon? Squirrels? Who knows but now they are in a protected space thanks for your advice!
It only takes one to take down a field overnight it seems. Fences are our best friends.
might try that trench planting, I do have a problem with them falling over and had a lot of earworms last year. I don't think I can get those two brands of insecticide here in Canada gonna give neem oil a try, some other corn growers swear by it. never have a problem with fertilizer, I use 6-12- 12 industrial grade from the local farm supply center, put on twice a year, before planting, and haft way through the growing season, always have big beautiful ears.. my grandfather taught me to plant them 9 inches apart in rows of 5, never have a problem with undeveloped ears
Thanks! This inspired me to take another go at corn. It has always grown for me, but comes out rubbery. Ima try it again this year.
You are picking way to late if it is rubbery. Also, corn in its early stages is the cripest. good luck
@@rexh58able Appreciate it. This year I am going to harvest based on the number of days on the pack.
That sounds like harvesting too late. I had that problem, too, because I let it over-mature.
Yep, too late. Been there, done that.
@@PatC. Interesting how many people have that issue. I just put some corn in a big pot with sweet potato. I like to experiment. Let's see what happens.
Corn is a member of the grass family and that’s why it needs a high nitrogen fertilizer in the 3-1-2 range. Farmers use a cultivator to build up the row around the corn. The cultivator also tills the soil and cuts down weeds. I grew up around corn.
What is the wires that are over your head in your garden? Love your videos. Thanks
Living in Illinois we know how to make hybrid corn. No GMO illusions here. It is one of the first jobs you can get. 13 year olds are eligible for detasseling. As an adult working in ag you also know that GMO corn is highly controlled. They actually put glitter or colors in the seed so it is not mistaken for a normal hybrid seeds.
I wish some of the GMO myths would go away. There is so much confusion between hybrids and GMO's. I always try to tell folks that it's impossible for "normal" people to get GMO stuff. That is tightly controlled intellectual property. If you're buying seed, it isn't GMO. If you want to avoid GMO foods, avoid processed foods.
My corn blew over twice and stood back up. plant it closer and in blocks to enable pollination.
You can't in a small backyard garden. That is the point I'm trying to make in this video. Blocks need to be minimum 50-100 feet wide, which isn't feasible in residential backyards.
last year i grew some of my best sweet corn. Lots of water and staying on top of the ear worms with spinosad.
Water, water, water! Corn is one of the only plants that doesn't mind the torrential rains in the South. As long as you can keep the pests off them, the rain doesn't hurt.
Also that's a good tip on just spraying the silks and the corn where the pollen isn't, in order to avoid messing with or possibly killing the bees.
A targeted approach will not only protect the bees, but it also saves a lot of pesticide. There is no need to spray the whole field. Just target the silks.
To be honest, we grew corn every year for over 30 years over at my dad's.
I think your issues are more related to simply not growing ENOUGH corn at once.
We ALWAYS planted 2, 25' rows , every couple of weeks. 8 - 10 rows, maybe more as my sister and I got older.
Dad and I simply picked the ripest ones every day we wanted corn on the cob, and then, once a week or however often, we would pick all the remaining corn and shuck it.
Mom would cook it all, clean it off the cob, and blanch? then freeze either that night or the next.
Corn for the whole year, as much as we wanted, for just a little bit of work.
The most work was weeding the stuff if we forgot to put down newspaper or plastic.
With this amount of corn, the wind doesn't blow it over, it get's pollinated, we never sprayed the corn as there was too much for any bugs to eat.
We also just dumped rotten, or more usually, fresh sheep manure in the spring, and rototilled it in.
I think, for corn, the raised bed thing is a waste.
Just plant it in the ground, after tilling in some manure, and you should be good to go, year after year.
we planted the corn in the same place for 30+ years with no issues.
Again, we NEVER fertilized corn after planting. I think TOO much organic material pulls the nitrogen during the decomposition process.
Blanching is done after cleaning cobs. A boiling bath of water is used to submerge the corn for about 3 minutes. My canning kettle works great for this. Just load the jar rack with corn easy to submerge and lift out. An easier method is to dunk the whole cob with husk in cold water then pack in brown paper bags then freeze. To cook just throw them in boiling water, husk is super easy. Tastes like you just picked it !!!
I use organic soybeans (N) to enhance my fruit trees/vegetables/flowers.
As of today, all of them show instantaneous growth in the same day and increased energy for branching.
I also use Mung Beans in filtered water after mulched in a coffee grinder, then mixed in a blender.
Both Soybeans and Mung bean are placed in separate containers in filtered rainwater ( Never tap water ) to soak overnight.
It's truly incredible
Nice video. Spinosad is a not bacteria, just a by product.
Hey can you discuss shade cloth percentages and do you use them? Does this help with tomatoes
I always have full ears of corn & have never hand pollinated. I also have a lot of wind everyday so I’m sure that’s why hand pollination if not needed so far. Since I said that, I probably jinxed myself.
What are your thoughts about DIY fish hydrolysate and fish emulsion? I'm just now learning about it. I live in the middle of the state but I have a friend that works for a fishery in Wilmington. I'm thinking about asking her if I could source "trash" fish they don't need for making my own since I can't afford to buy it.
Good video. I'm looking for information on corn problems. I've tried growing corn for the last 3 yrs. The plants and tassels grow fine, but they don't grow silks. And they get covered with ants. I haven't found any info on it.
Any ideas?
I have a 20-10-10 slow release fertiliser that I use for my lawn. Can I also use that for my sweetcorn, and if so, what dosage levels?
Yes it does take a little more effort but it's well worth the effort! Last year my 30 corn plants were decimated by grrrrrr squirrels. So this year I'm going to encapsulate the entire bed using polypropylene deer fencing. All four sides and the top will be covered. I am also placing 4 baited squirrel traps around the bed using peanuts and peanut butter. It's out and out war this year. As far as fertilizer, I've always had success using 10-10-10 every 3 weeks and a liquid fish fertilizer on the second week along with bloodmeal . It works well for me and yes it can be expensive. Fortunately I have never been bothered by corn worms. Thanks for the Vid a backyard gardener from Bayonne N.J. 15 min from Manhattan N,Y, Thanks so much for the vid. Keep em commin.
I'm a fellow nj grower too down in the farm lands of Landisville.
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How much of the urea do you use in one fertilizing? Thank you!
I am going to try the fresh chicken fertilizer water in a 5 gallon bucket
Any fruit set on your lila avocado?
They're not going to blow over early in the season, it's when they gain height and with weight of the stalk when they will blow over. All corn needs heavy Nitrogen, and hilled, it's always been that way regardless of what type you grow, applications of 10-10-10 fertilizers is all that's needed, 40 lbs costs less than $10, and it will last the average home gardener 2-3 years. Grow in patches of multiple rows, squares or rectangles to ensure proper pollination, 2 rows like you did will never properly pollinate...corn growing 1/1 and instructions are on every package. You should have also mentioned not to plant various corn seeds next to each other unless they are compatible types.
You have any Tips on Bay Leafe Tree's , mine is tiny and barely grows.
That's not something I've planted yet.
Thank you for the great video. How much 46-0-0 fertilizer would you give each plant each time on a 10 day feed cycle?
I wouldn't give it only 46-0-0. You could take something like a 20-20-20, use it at half strength and give it an additional sprinkle of 46-0-0, though. For example, you can mix half a tablespoon of 46-0-0 and half a tablespoon of 20-20-20 into a 1 gallon watering can instead of just using 1 Tbsp/gal of a single fertilizer. It's fine to mix and match.
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You haven't explained your transplant method. How deep do you plant them and what do you do with lower leaves that get buried?
Luv your Garten ❤🌿🧑🏻🌾🌿❤but oh the chemicals... 😅.. There are plenty of organic ammendments you can add without adding chemicals which will also save you money. From your compost, leaves, to just adding any leaves or stuff you'd compost to water and let it brew like a tea then add some to your watering.
For insects, diatomaceous earth, dawn drops in water and other non toxic things will work without chemicals.
All fertilizers are chemicals. It doesn't matter if they're organic. They're still chemicals. Water is a chemical. Air is a mixture of various chemicals. That language is just meant to unnecessarily create fear. If you want to grow sugar enhanced and supersweet varieties of corn, the best way to do it is through the supplementation of synthesized fertilizers. If you want to only use organics, you are going to have *very* expensive corn. There is a reason why organic sweet corn is virtually impossible to find anywhere. There isn't a market for it.
I definitely wish I had known this information this past spring when I tried to grow corn my first time out. It was a disaster!
Thank you for the info. I will definitely use this information in the coming spring season!
What about using BT? I get some sort of caterpillar pest and was thinking of using that this year
BT will work if your only issues are worms/caterpillars. Here, I have problems with worms, beetles and some kind of boring insect. Spinosad kills them all, so I used Spinosad.