Sweet Corn

[Ed Kennell 38,174]

Any body heve any ?    Should be 3-4 weeks here.     The early corn that was planted under plastic is in tassel.

He plants a pair of rows with a soaker water/fertilizer line in each pair.    Then leaves a space between the pairs  wide enough for a horse dragging a produce box  used when picking.

A couple acres are planted each week so he has corn ripening all summer.

Every 40' he leaves a space wide enough for a two horse team pulling the sprayer.

Mowed the wide sprayer  spaces today.

Edited June 10, 2021 by Ed Kennell

[DennisThornton 4,769]

Wow!  Mine was started inside and is higher than the local farms but is not even a foot high!

[Skwerl58 704]

Thanks for the info and great pictures. I planted a small plot for the family and earlier corn is about three feet high. Last planting is about a foot high. 

[JoeM 7,874]

Our local sweet corn guy planted his fields in alfalfa. Most have been cut already. Must be more money in that crop.

 

That plot planting spacing reminds me of when I was a kid. My dad planted his gardens in 10x10 squares. We would start with 6 or so and keep adding. I can remember him telling my mom in the morning before he left for work saying "tell the boy spade up a 10x10 today." And it had to be a certain way, two inch wide shovel slivers, turned over 100%. No raking or sod busting, he did that. Always had vegetables till the frost.

[roadapples 6,983]

All I ever got to do was pull weeds and pick rocks

[c-series don 8,707]

We have a saying here on eastern Long Island for corn. “knee high by the forth of July “ I’m not sure if that applies elsewhere?

[8ntruck 7,004]

33 minutes ago, c-series don said:

We have a saying here on eastern Long Island for corn. “knee high by the forth of July “ I’m not sure if that applies elsewhere?

That's what I've always heard here in Michigan.

[Handy Don 12,227]

Hey, I had some up from SC this week (courtesy of my local supermarket) and it was fine.

[DennisThornton 4,769]

2 hours ago, roadapples said:

All I ever got to do was pull weeds and pick rocks

Your wish has been noted!  And there are unlimited pleasures for you here!

[DennisThornton 4,769]

2 hours ago, c-series don said:

We have a saying here on eastern Long Island for corn. “knee high by the forth of July “ I’m not sure if that applies elsewhere?

Heard it here as well.

[Darb1964 1,042]

I just noticed mine is just sprouting today, I wanted to get it in a little earlier than I did. I have got away with planting it a few weeks before Memorial day the last few years. That's always a gamble in the Berkshires, be mid August before I get corn.

Knee high by the forth of July, is the saying around these parts also.

Bailing the first cut of hay tomorrow and Saturday weather permitting. Crop looks a lot better this year than last.

[squonk 41,118]

9 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Hey, I had some up from SC this week (courtesy of my local supermarket) and it was fine.

Same here! 

[squonk 41,118]

10 hours ago, roadapples said:

All I ever got to do was pull weeds and pick rocks

[clueless 2,991]

About a week out for us in Northwest Fl. Mid Florida is already harvesting, that's probably what your finding in your local market.