A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2005 Whats the secret to growing corn?

Thank you, Katb, for starting this topic. Maybe we will both have better luck with our corn this year!

Thanks, all, for the advice that y'all have so freely given. I am looking forward to better "cobs" this time around!

Dianna

hi longy,

thanks for the answer,i m glad corn in thingamajig is allright.

no,for now with the cold coming to an end(hopfully we ll be up in the 70 soon)my veggi are still all in pots but i cant wait to transplant them.

hey,did ya change your thing from "Australia east coast" to "down under east coast" or am i dreaming.

oh ya forgot to ask,: how long does the corn have to be before planting in soil.

one more thing from the news this morning:
if ya listen to the news you know what happened at my airport yesterday night,well don t worry i m ok, going back to work in a few minutes.

Dianna,i loove you moto at the end,where you got it or was it your thing,love it,don t ever forget your song people.

so good luck with the corn all.

crazy Franny.

did ya change your thing from "Australia east coast" to "down under east coast" or am i dreaming.
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You're not dreaming Franny

oh ya forgot to ask,: how long does the corn have to be before planting in soil.
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When the roots are poking out the base of the square thingamejig. Otherwise, about 4 inches high give or take a bit. Give them (or anything else for that matter) a drink with a weak mix of liquid seaweed fert before and after transplanting and it'll help reduce transplant shock.

Hi,

thank you very much longy and have a good one.

Franny, I don't know who is the author of that little quote, but when I first read it, I thought about the meaning of true friendship and that quote was spot on.

Dianna

What's up guys and gals. Sorry I've been out of the fourm for a week or so, been chasing largemouth bass fry around. We grow Silver Queen sweet corn here in Alabama. Rows about 30" apart and work in some 13-13-13 before planting and again after knee high but in center of rows away from the base. If you have a corn planter you can save time by not having to thin it out. You can get a planter that comes with different inserts that plant more than just corn. Not very expensive. Good luck.

Hey all. If you're getting good tassels and tall, healthy plants but poor corn size or few kernels, pollination is your problem. Corn is wind pollinated, primarily, so the idea of planting in blocks is good. I've come across several references to planting corn in spirals so that the stalks can all sort of nod toward all the others in the wind...haven't tried this, but I've heard that the Native Americans did something like this. One more thing...if you plant the supersweets, the extremely hybridized sweetcorns, and you have regular sweetcorn close by and producing pollen at the same time, it will make the supersweets produce something like field corn.

aren't any of you afraid of cropcircles???

i'm sorry i couldn't resist

hi peppereater,

yes you re absolutely right.native amerindians used to plant in three,used to call it ..the three sisters.if i recall it was corn,beans andcukes or squash.

had a good site talking bout it but just looked in fav. for you and i must ve erased it by mistake but if you do a search for it you should be able to find something about it.

good luck.