Essential Corn Hack: What You're Missing for a Perfect Harvest!
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I can say as a novice gardener was nearly impossible for me to thin seedlings. On my second year now, I can do it easily, but last year I couldn't bring myself to thin or even prune as I should have. I felt like I put so much effort into getting the plants to grow to that point, why kill them!?!? Well, I learned its better in the long run -this video is 100% dead on accurate!
Well, thanks for the confirmation.
And yes… It is tough to thin and to prune. But very very necessary.
Here's one simple tip that will really increase your Sweet Corn Production.
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Alan, your corn is looking great. I've held off planting ours in northern GA (zone 8A) as we have had an extended cooler than normal condition settle in. Highs right at 70 degrees and in the low 40's every night. I don't think the synergistic corn I was going to plant will germinate well in those conditions. Normally we are in the 80's by now and 60's at night. Oh well, it's the weather, what can you do??? I found that one of those 4 wheeled garden carts (the type with a metal tractor type seat) help my back a lot when working in the garden. No stooping and kneeling to work on things at soil level and it rolls and can be steered along the side of beds. Us old folks need all the help we can get!
Us old folks have to be innovative… Right? 😎
Alan, you have inspired me to try again with my corn. I just pulled all of mine a couple of days ago. It was struggling, but the hail storm finished them off...Time to start again.
Don’t give up. Hail storms can be murderous to most vegetables for sure.
I let my garden get a little dry, then I pulled up the spares gently and planted them in the skips. Did not lose a single one, and I avoided having to replant the skips.
Letting it dry out a little bit was probably a very good idea. :-)
Thinning is my worse part of gardening; I want to save every plant. LOL! Your corn looks good.
Thinning AND pruning are hard to do... until you realize it actually benefits the plants... and YOU 👍😎
Good lookin corn Alan.
Its hard for me to get use to these new ways of growing corn. Lol It definitely not how my folks did it. But many home gardeners do not have as much garden space as my folks had to garden in. We sold a lot of sweet corn every summer.
So you have created small raised beds with these tubs because you cut the bottoms out of the tubs. The tubs help to contain the soil better around the plants against erosion, etc., better than what a raised bed might do that was as wide as the space your tubs take up.
With your growing method, how do you prevent the wind from blowing your plants over?
Thank you for sharing what you learn!
We planted 3 seeds together, but did not thin them. Later when the corn stalks were about 2’ high or so, my dad would pull out suckers as needed.
I will do a video on that soon. Basically, I put in some
t-posts with bailing string to hold the corn upright. Sort of like I would with tomato plants, etc.
Looks good, Alan... we've got ours in a 2.5" x 6" raised bed... mine are closer together, and we've not had any issues so far... I pull and snip both - I haven't had any regrowth yet...
Blessings and thanks, doe the hack!!
Glad to help. Thanks for watching grams.
@TexasPrepper2 oh my word... the beds are 2.5 feet by 6 feet... not inched 🥴
What do you do with the thinned out "scraps"? If they have an intact root, can you replant somewhere else? Or do you just give them to the chickens?
I plant in the spots that did not germinate.
I have replanted them in years past, but the success rate was not fantastic. Maybe 50% of them “took”.
I plant my corn in 162 trays from Hoss then transplant, works great.
I thought about doing that this year too but I did not. Maybe next year… Not sure.
I’ve always pulled it up like that. Cutting it off will likely cause more suckers.
That’s kind of what I was thinking, but someone commented on here a while ago, and said they always cut them off of scissors, and they never grow back. We shall see.
It's hard for me to thin and toss. When thinning, if they come out with the roots, I transplant them into a blank space. I wonder if it would work with corn?
I have done it with about… Maybe 50% success rate. It’s certainly worth a shot.
I always cut mine off with scissors and never had a "sucker" pop up.
Good to know… Thanks!
I did not know corn could regrow that way "When hail damages young corn plants, they usually regrow if the growing point remains healthy. In corn, the growing point remains protected below the soil surface until the V5 stage (five collared leaves)." Univ. of Minn Extension That was interesting. It didn't say how far below the surface, or how many times they recover. I'd guess that at worst, one more snip should do them in, if it's needed at all.
I don't thin. I plant in raised beds so I sow by hand. I choose the plumpest looking seeds and check on them (OK, I'm out there every day anyway). If I have any blank spots I just fill them in after the rest are up. I've never had a problem with the late bloomers not catching up. Last year we had really aggressive chipmunks so the corn this year is likely to be transplants so the 'seed' part is less appealing. Little buggers.
We don’t have chipmunks, but I’m surprised the crows didn’t get some of this :-)
Why not use the corn shoots that you pull up? Looks like you could have had twice as much corn..
Have you see the new corn that's 20 feet tall? Sierra Mixe is the name.. from South America.. Oaxaca
I have done that in the past… Even made a video on it.
But, a lot of them did not “take”. They died, and it just wasn’t worth the effort.
I know this doesn't pertain specifically to this video, but have you ever heard of Electroculture? And If so, have you ever experimented with it to test it? To my understanding, it's basically sending a charge into the ground near the plants which in turn helps the plants in some way or another. Also I understand it's NOT a new method of gardening.
I have seen a few videos on that, and it’s interesting to me… But no, I have never tried it.
@@BIGALTX I think I'm going to experiment with a couple of my tomato plants this year and do a side by side comparison to see if there is any differences that i can notice.
Maybe you could use a motorized creeper. Go low and slow, that is whatt Texas is known for, 😂😂😂😂.
Sounds like a good plan... thanks! 👍😎
Alan, what do you fertilize corn with?
I used a water-soluble
20 - 20-20 pre-plant. Then I came back through with some 13 - 13- 13.
I will show that video next week.
@@BIGALTX OH ok. Thank you. Hubby is planting some. I pray 🙏 we have a blessed harvest this time.
Actually, I misspoke
I DID fertilize at planting with 20-20-20 (watch at about 5:25): czcams.com/video/d63NKJCu2Gg/video.html
But when I fertilized last week, I used Calcium Nitrate 15.5 -0-0 (from Hoss Tools)
I usually just use 13-13-13 but the Calcium Nitrate was recommended and will probably do a better job.
Hope that clarifies
@@melindaroth5796 Me too :)
@@BIGALTX OH ok. Thank you Alan
You asked for comment so I will open my mouth. Like you every year I plant in bukets but no I dont do like you yes I do plant more tham one and yes I thin it but I dont dare put all seed in same hole. I put 2-3 but a good 3'' apart so I can just yank it out when thinning.I dont want to risk bothering the keepers roots. I just dont care how pretty and evenly placed my corn crop looks I only care about prodution. I took risk and planted around march 15th Im already knee high or 18-20'' tall. Now Im just sweeting hail storm risk.
Sounds like you know what you’re doing.
If you fear the wind blowing them over, you can always build a “trellis” by using some t posts and string. Almost like you would do the Florida weave on tomatoes.
I have used that in the past, and it has held them up real well.
@@BIGALTX I have wind under control I was talking about hail storms. Last year Hail beat it to shreads. and weatherman is calling for chance of hail this evening.