Beginner Gardening: Help with Corn Planting in SC, 0 by Farmerdill

Farmerdill wrote:
This is the way I do it: I plow and disk the field. Plant. When the corn is about two inches high, I cultivate. I use a small tractor, but a tiller will work well for your plot. Even a push plow (Kentucky high wheel cultivator works well, but it may be too much work for your plot size. I cultivate again at about 8-12 inches, and then a final time with a nitrogen heavy sidedressing when the corn is 18 inches to two feet high. After harvest I plow the whole patch down( before any weeds that escaped cultivation seed) and plant something else ( usually cowpeas). If there is any secret it is to keep the weeds from seeding. Edited to say: Corn is a heavy feeder so I usually rotate. I plant green beans, lima beans, watermelons , squash etc in last years corn plot. Plant the corn where I had these last year. Corn is an early crop here, so I can follow it with a midsummer crop like cowpeas, and later for a fall winter crop of brassicas ( cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, rutabagas, turnips etc.)

This message was edited Oct 23, 2010 9:36 AM