Beginner Gardening: Question about Sweet Corn, 1 by Farmerdill

Farmerdill wrote:
I have a friend, who grew up on a farm just outside Dothan. To hear him tell it, it was a growers paradise. I currently live in the sandhills. Great to work but does not hold water or nutrients well so corn is not the happiest crop I grow. I add whatever organic material I can lay my hands on. I collect grass clippings and leaves in the area. Use it in the summer to sheet mulch, turn it down in the fall and plant a rye covercrop, which is turned down in the spring. I even sweep the leaves and pinestraw off a couple of country roads. There is usually sufficient rainfall, although the drought this year has really curtailed plant size. I don't have irrigation for the corn. If you have irrigation, one inch of water once a week is more than sufficient. Shallow watering causes more harm than good as the deep water seeking roots don't develop.