Mines been up for 2 weeks now
Any one Growing Corn Yet
It wouldn't do any good to plant it yet here. The seed would rot.
Maybe toward the middle of Aprill or later. This was the scene, just a little over a week ago.
Two days later, I cleared the drive way. Dug a couple neighbors out too.
I planted my corn this weekend...such a short growing season for it here in Phx, but we're usually blessed with corn by Memorial day. :)
Yeah thats a little early for here. unless they come up with a 30 day varity.
I'll be planting my corn tomorrow weather permitting as we have been having high winds with rain showers. Not the best gardening weather. I will be planting sixteen corn in an EB with eight on each side. Eight tomorrow and eight more two weeks later. No sense planting all at once as we would not be able to eat them all even though I do love sweet corn. Getting hungry just thinking about them! Bet the squirrels are too....
I planted a little corn this week about a month early for here because it's been so nice and warm recently I couldn't resist. Yesterday I went into the garden and found like 3 dozen crows eating the corn seed... So I guess I have time to make a scarecrow before I plant corn 'for real'...
I planted some seeds I had last year and a few came up but most did not. I think it was the combo of older seed, no rain, and cooler temps. Then this past weekend I replanted with new seed, and all of them are up today.
Kim
I dont know if many people know it but corn transplants really good as a kid growing up in mass my dad would start his corn in early april in the green house and transplant it out in may
Thanks for the info Phicks. I believe I will start some inside as insurance against the crows ignoring my scarecrow.
foam coffe cups are good the 16 oz about 4 or 5 to a cup do you know about growing corn in a hill?
Nope, I actually planted it with an earthway seeder. I'm hoping to do around 800 plants this year so the seeder speeds up the process for me. But I'll plant every one by hand if I have to to foil the crows...
i have a seeder to that i use for planting in rows out side my transplants i plant in hills like they did long ago
I've not heard of planting corn in hills. Vining stuff like melons, squash etc. but not corn. I really enjoy planting by hand and do as much as I can that way. Today I put in 100 strawberries and around 600 onion plants by hand. My back is aching but whether I'm doing seed or plants I find that I focus more on getting each individual plant right if I do it by hand. I catch a lot of early weeds that way and get rid of rocks/break up the soil better.
But this is my first year so I'm trying all kinds of things to see what works best for me.
Jeff
For you guys with crow problems: Buy yourselves a bag of whole corn - the kind for cattle, deer or corn pellet stoves - it doesn't matter - feed the crows a pound a day scattered on the ground, some place away from what you plant - they will eat that on top of the ground rather than dig for your sweet corn seed and "look for it" every day - while your sweet corn germinates and grows up to the stage where they don't bother it: This will work depending upon the number of crows you have - obviously if you have hundreds you lose!
Thanks for the idea Perry. I always liked the idea of just trying to feed them but outside the garden. I planted some more corn this week and covered it with plastic a few days to keep the crows off and help in germinate faster. I removed it today because I don't want the seedlings to burn and we're supposed to get rain tonight.
I used to be bothered by crows back in NH. They'd dig up every kernal! Then I started planting them in hills inside a paper cup (turned upside down) with the bottom cut out. Three kernals to the cup planted about a foot apart. Once the corn grew over the edge of the cup, they'd be too big for the crows to bother. Course this wouldn't work too well if you have a large patch!
Here in KY I live in the middle of farm country and the crows have acres of field corn to dig up so they don't seem to bother my small patch.
Red