DOUBLE Your Corn Harvest from a Small Garden with this TRICK
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- In this video I reveal a little trick for getting more corn from however much corn you plant in your small garden. For a long time I'd plant a smaller bed of corn and was disappointed with how the ears wouldn't fill out fully because of poor pollination. Using this method you can get ears full of kernels all the way to the tip.
There's nothing better that sweet corn in summer, except maybe getting more of it out of the same space. 
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Thanks. I watched this video last year and used this technique. It works great for a smaller sized garden. I got every corn fully pollinated
That's great to know that people are using it and it's working for them. Thanks for coming back to let us know it worked for you.
@@HardcoreSustainable one trick that works is the hill method where you plant the corn 5 - 7 seeds in a circle elevated slightly, itll self pollinate cus the corn is close together, the hopi people did this
@@christophergranthem5983 I've planted corn that way in the past as well. It would be more likely to get pollinated I think.
@@HardcoreSustainable yeah you dont have to worry about the corn bein too close on the hills just space them like an inch apart, theyll naturally space out, further improving this is the 3 sisters method, plant some peas around the corn hills then plant either watermelon or sqaush or maybe lettuce in the middle of the hills, the squash/watermelon/lettuce will shade the ground, the peas will supply nitrogen and the corn will be a trelis for the peas
@@christophergranthem5983 I planted beans with corn several years ago but they made a great ladder for rats to get up to the corn. I've stopped doing that. Maybe peas would be better. I think beans is the traditional 3 sisters climbing crop since they are an American native.
Finally -- a video that advertises "one neat trick" that actually matters.
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Mom the neighbor is showing his corn the morning newspaper again
Excellent advice. It might be worth mentioning for any peeps new to gardening that the big rice-sized brown bits that fall onto the newspaper from the tassels are not the corn's pollen; they're the factories that produce it. The actual pollen is an almost invisible 'dust' that blows off them in vast quantities.
So don't feel that you need to collect those big seed-like things in order to pollinate the silks. Lightly tapping them over your newspaper will produce (literally) tens of millions of microscopically tiny pollen grains, and puffing these across the young cobs is all that's needed to do the job, even though you may not be able to see any actual pollen as you do it. 🙂
Thank you for your very timely advice I was just posing the question internally about the size of corn pollen and the next thing I read was your information perfect timing thank you very much 👌👍😎
Thank you for this! Hand pollinated this year and was totally wondering when/where the actual pollen was, as I have seen the fine dust before. Wasn't sure if the brown tassels held them within or not and when they would open to show the dust. Again, great info!
Thank you for clarifying that!! I was wondering why the pollen was so huge! LOL!
What the hell? This guy actually just gets to the point?? That's refreshing. Subbed!
Love how a corn video starts with a garlic montage
You are so hilarious 😂😂😂 Lol 😂😂😂...
I was very much interested in what you were talking about at the end of your video. I grew up farming. I saw the beginning of chemical farming, and suffered the cancer related effects also. I'm retired in florida, but still have an interest in our family farm. I now garden organic . To an extreme. I see the need for every man to contribute to food growth, city or country dweller. While I don't need instructions at my age, education brush ups are important. We need what our forefathers had. A life centered about and around agriculture!
Well said! I think if people had more of a connection to their food they wouldn't waste it so much and they would find a meaning to their lives that has been lost to urbanization. It's definitely happening to some degree with the local foods movement, but as with most things these days, it is an uphill battle against detachment from nature.
... a family that grows together stays together! Think about how uninterested in the garbage that's on TV anymore these days, and mind numbing video games so many more kids would be if they had something like this to be a part of. There's endless life lessons to be learned on a farm of any size, and I think there's a lot to be said about our recent generations losing touch with that experience.
I enjoyed this, keep em coming 👍
@@L3TTUC3prey I agree with you about the TV. The important things in life are to be found here on You Tube from people who are like minded share their knowledge with others.
“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bonds.”
-Thomas Jefferson
I fully agree with you about organic growing. I have long been a proponent of green manure. I was raised Amish and a love for the earth was instilled in me, while I have left that part of my life behind I still believe in being green. I keep trying to convert farmers to adopt the green manure method, as it would build up the soil and allow air and water to reach the roots. I am talking about planting buckwheat and when it reaches about 8 to 10 inches high you deep plow it under and plant plant a second crop of buckwheat. And again when it reaches 8 to 10 inches high you deep plow it under, and plant again only this one you allow to over winter. In the spring you plant your corn, and your harvest will double. The reason being that buckwheat is the best nitrogen fixer known to man, it fixes nitrogen into the soil as it decomposes. At the same time it breaks up the soil allowing water and air to penetrate, it also helps control weeds and pests. If you have clay soil the green manure method will change it over time into productive blackish soil. And if you have Sandy soil this method will add vegetable matter to the soil, allowing it to retain water. This is the best way to double your harvest organically. Thank you
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR TECHNIQUES WITH HAND POLLINATING CORN!!!😃 I'M A BEGINNER GARDNER AND I PLANTED ABOUT 9-10 🌽 CORN JUST TO SEE IF I REALLY COULD GROW SOME CORN IN A POT🤓🌽🌽🌽SO NOW I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE HOW THEY TURN OUT!!! EITHER WAY, I'M ENJOYING LEARNING SO MUCH ABOUT GARDENING!!!😄🙋🏽♀️🙏🏽👑✝️📖🔥
I always wondered why I never had success with corn! Thank you very much
I've found it easier to just grab a top and touch it to the silks directly and when it looks used up grab another top. I've had great success doing this for 20+ years with sweet corn.
That's another way to do it, but you don't always have tassels producing corn right next to silks that are receptive. With this method you can take pollen from whatever tassels are producing, and transfer them to whichever silks are receptive to pollen.
Six years later and I am just finding out about hand pollination. Now…it’s time to plant some corn finally this year. I hope I remember to do this when the time comes. Cheers and thanks.
Thanks Adler Farms! Hope your day goes smoothly. 💕from Ky.
Thanks for this info. Very clear and concise. Your land and garden is beautiful.
Thanks very much for this. I have a very small patch for the corn. This tip really helps. Thanks.
Awesome home setup and thanks for the tip!
Thankyou for this video. I look forward to trying this when I next plant corn 😊
Thank you so much. Out of all the you tube gardening channels your is the first I've seen regarding corn. Gonna try this tomorrow morning!!😊
Thank you so very much! I had no idea that’s why my few corns didn’t produce much. I look forward to trying this method.
Thank you for this trick to increase corn yield. I will definitely try it with my sweet corn. I just ordered glass gem popcorn, so I’ll definitely try your tip with that corn too.
I’ve done this in my small garden and it was a fun as well as hopefully useful activity
Thanks for the tip. I looking forward to see how my crop does
Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm growing corn for the first time this year and I had heard of this but had no idea how to do it. Thanks!
I played around with gardening off and on and got ok results. But now I want to really learn much about gardening correctly. I believe this video is one of the things that will make harvest time so much more fulfilling. Thanks and Jesus bless.
Thank you for the information. We are adding sweet corn for the 1st time this coming spring so this will be handy. You are an expert to me 😉
Thank you! Will try this method this year. Last year we had spotty pollination because of a small planting
Right to the point and great visual of how to to do it.
Cool! I had no idea that's how it worked. Thanks for a great video!
Thank you brother for actually posting a real tip to help those of us that desperately want to learn how to improve our gardens. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video and I am about to subscribe to your channel after watching this one tutorial. Thank you.
GREAT INFO!! Thanks for sharing. Will be nice to see what the difference is this year.
Genius!! Thanks for sharing your tips 😉
I liked the milkweed at the start of the video. Some nice buildings on your lot also.
WOW!! YOU REALLY BLESSED ME!! THANKS !!
Thanks so much for this simple instruction, now I know why the ears are never filled out in my corn, this year I hope and pray will be different!!
I'm definitely gonna try that..my corn ended up with some kennels..some none at all..thankyou..have a blessed day✝️🙏
I really appreciate the input, this is vital advice you got here
I'm glad you found it useful. It does make a difference.
My first time growing corn and No wonder my corn was missing kernel and was wondering what I did wrong. Thank you for the tip! I will do this next year.
The best corn pollination I’ve seen ty
Thank you for showing us how to do that, I'm putting in a Three sisters garden and I wanted to make sure I had full ears of corn to harvest. I live in a fairly windy state, but this will ensure that all of it gets pollinated for myself
Cool! Thanks for sharing! We'll be trying this out next month 😎🙌
Great tip, I really appreciate you sharing.
Very cool trick. Thanks for the tip.
Thank you very much. I'll go plant my corn now.
Wow! Thank you for this tip!
Great & simple - I like that. Will try it this year. Thankyou.
Wow!!! Never even thought of that! Thank you!
Great, thanks from the Florida Keys.
This Channel just popped up, I watched out of curiosity to the end.
Enjoy the no nonsense approach & great info.
I also enjoyed reading the comments which had so many helpful tips & advise. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Just subbed, Thank you 👍🇦🇺
Glad you enjoyed it and got some useful info. Welcome!
Perfect! Thanks for the quick tip. 😁
Great tip !! Very nice garden, hope that you have a great harvest !
Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful to you!
Awesome video! Thank you for sharing ❤️
Awesome trick, I am growing corn for the first time this year looking for tips! Thank you
Good luck!
Thank you for the great tips!
Your end speech made me subscribe to you on this one video. Well, and how well you explain what you’re doing.
Me too!
I have watched alot of the corn pollination videos but this is one is my favorite way of doing it thank you for the show
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. I'm starting my first corn plot here this year.
I loved this video! Thank you!
When the silk turns from white to red that shows that its already pollinated. Its is still a good practice to do when the corn is thin and the first row that the prevailing wind hits 1st. A good shake works good too. It looks like your corn is in need of nitrogen. A good time to side dress is when its knee high and again when the silk 1st shows. After that pray for rain or water if you can. Good video.
Estel, Thank you!
July 4th, 2021 -- just getting silks on my sweet corn, this was exactly the video i was looking for!
Cool tip. Thanks much for making this video.
Thank you kind sir I'm sure this will improve my corn crop
That was very helpful. Thanks!!!
Wonderful video! Thanks!
good info, I'll try it this year. A great big thank you for keeping the video short! Seems everyone wants to talk on and on for at least 12 minutes.
wonderfully done straight to the point
Great tip. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the tip... i will give it a try this season :)
I'm continually grateful for people sharing their knowledge. I wanted to do multiple varieties, both sweet and grain corn, on my 1/3 acre suburban lot but felt nervous about the spacing and didn't know if I could rely on maturation times for separation. This is great to have an additional technique.
As long as they aren't dropping pollen at the same time, you should be good. Another thing to be aware of if you are saving seed is your neighbors having corn that's dropping pollen. Corn can pollinate as far as 1/3 mile. But in a suburb it's much less likely to make it that far.
I really like your video because I wondered if you can hand pollinate your corn and now I know I can and I will be doing just that. thank you for the tip, keep up the good work. also have to say like the name
Gracias, amigo, much appreciated. My first crop failed this year, (one cob from twenty plants!) so I'll use this technique on my current crop (40 plants) which are just starting to flower now.
JD
That was really helpful. Thanks.
Wow this is amazing!
First year growing corn and I missed the window to do this. Will give it a try next year. Thanks
Gonna try that this year...thank you for the hint
I appreciate the tip, thank you
Thanks for this information I hope it makes a huge difference
Just came across this, really helpful!!
Good video... It's an amazing home gardening
Thank you I was just starting my corn. I wanted to get a decent harvest this year :). Will try this out!
Thanks for the info! I didn't know this yet.
Will try next season on my sweetcorn :)
Awesome video!
Excellent insight-thank you.
I just planted some corn today! I hope they grow well! 😄
Very handy will be growing some corns soon.
I came to your site because of the headline. I clicked subscribe because of the great opening music. Time and your content will determine if I will stay subscribed. Here's hoping that I do!
Great video, well detailed.
Beautiful!
I had no idea! Thanks.
Thank you so much for this tip. Definitely going to try this year.I have grown corn about 5 yrs or so. Never get a decent size corn,only couple of seeds in each.
This should make the difference. Pollination is likely the problem.
Thank you so much 😁 going to do this to mine.
great thank you so much. I'm going to try this tomorrow
Amazing Video! I liked it very much.
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Thanks very much for the tips, I’m gonna try it. It’s only my second year planting corn so I’ve got a lot to learn, last year very poor cobs this year good strong plant growth so I’ll try this method and see what happens, regards from Matt in New Zealand 🙏
Good to know. Thanks you for sharing mate!
Excellent info, thank you!
Great tip👍
Pretty cool trick. We’re only planting 100 plants so this could easily be done. Thanks for the tip.
Can’t wait to try this season
I love that method of blowing pollen out of a folded newspaper, great demonstration! You can also gently bend a corn plant over and use it's flower to dust the silks on the plants around it. Or just walk a long tapping the plants so that the pollen falls off onto it's surroundings.
I like to hand pollenate cucurbits too, using a q tip or even just a finger.
You could do those things, but this allows you to maximize the pollen you do get to pollinate the most silk possible. If you just tap the plants some pollen falls on the silks and most on the ground. Bending a stalk over might break the stalk and then you won't get any more pollen from it the next day or the day after. And you can only pollinate the ears within reach of the stalk. With my method you collect all the pollen and direct it onto the silks, so you are sure each kernel is developing in every ear you pollinate. And with pollen from one tassel, I can pollinate several ears throughout the bed of corn.
I learned that I can do the same with a rooster’s feather. It yields the polen. Nice video, short and directs, as it should be.
Thanks heaps (from Australia) 🇦🇺