planting the corn

[TripleMindedGee5150]

Man I hope my mmj flowers as good as these suckers. They are called "Chantilly Peach" there's some more before that but I forgot how to spell it. Just came in and don't feel like getting back up.


Shit wrong thread. No wonder everything seemed so unfamiliar.

 

[UncleBuck]

Man I hope my mmj flowers as good as these suckers. They are called "Chantilly Peach" there's some more before that but I forgot how to spell it. Just came in and don't feel like getting back up.
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i have something like that in my flower garden, leftover from the previous homeowner.

the field has survived two weeks of flooding rains, a blizzard on mother's day, and 2'' worth of pounding, marble sized hail.

have at least 27 stalks in each row (there should be 32, but oh well. close enough).

the earliest transplants are the biggest, seedlings and later transplants are smaller but still there. we're due for a week in the 90s now, which corn loves. gonna give them tons of water and let them soak up the heat. should get knee high by fourth of july if this weather holds.

 

[UncleBuck]

you can even see my yellow chantilly peach in the far left side of the photo, under the deck, in front of the lattice. imagine that.

 

[racerboy71]

i never fucked around with corn as i believe you need a pretty big chunk of land to devote to them, and i just don't have that much for a proper corn grow.. my entire garden is probably only about 10 x 50 or so'ish..

 

[racerboy71]

forgot to say looking good though buck.. man, that back yard is pretty damned steep too..

 

[UncleBuck]

forgot to say looking good though buck.. man, that back yard is pretty damned steep too..

thanks man.

gives us a great view of the denver skyline. and leg exercise.

 

[racerboy71]

thanks man.

gives us a great view of the denver skyline. and leg exercise.

am i correct in thinking you need a pretty big chunk of land to grow corn buck?

 

[UncleBuck]

am i correct in thinking you need a pretty big chunk of land to grow corn buck?

corn does better in a block, corn on the perimiter never does as well as the stuff int he middle.

but you can still get some fine corn in a space your size with room for everything else. 1 sq ft per stalk is standard, but you can cram them if need be.

 

[abe supercro]

Corn thrives in full sun. Lots of trees can block morning and afternoon sunlight.


contemplating night skyline views for a second.
LA, often drove up the nearest hillside. now, i see how rural life delivers clearer night skies, seen a few constellations, an ok tradeoff if you're into frogs crickets commuting and the ever present radio. classical is on right now

minimal gardening, critters are moving in. mesclun n red lettuce in recycled root systems, a few peppers, tomatoes and cilantro keeps reseeding.

stork brought six groundhogs, mama and five. plus pete down at the barn. recent rains has kept them elusive. buggers, they're under the deck. perhaps it's time for more of a focus on wildlife mitigation, than gardening this season.

 

[UncleBuck]

they love the heat. i've been flooding them twice a day on hot days.

edit: it was cooler and slightly overcast today so i pulled weeds. cornfields don't keep themselves that clean without help.

 

[MaryJaneFamily420]

I have a problem, my corn is too thirsty.........it's dying, but I don't have much choice. Im only allowed to water it twice a week or I risk being fined. They need water daily or they start wilting. Any ideas or shd I just let it die off now and cut my losses?

 

[Dave's Not Here]

I have a problem, my corn is too thirsty.........it's dying, but I don't have much choice. Im only allowed to water it twice a week or I risk being fined. They need water daily or they start wilting. Any ideas or shd I just let it die off now and cut my losses?

I would mulch around it if you haven't already, wish I could send you some of this never ending rain!

 

[UncleBuck]

I have a problem, my corn is too thirsty.........it's dying, but I don't have much choice. Im only allowed to water it twice a week or I risk being fined. They need water daily or they start wilting. Any ideas or shd I just let it die off now and cut my losses?

buy some kiddy pools and fill them up on watering days. then buy a pump and pump them dry on non-watering days.

 

[UncleBuck]

they love the heat. i've been flooding them twice a day on hot days.

edit: it was cooler and slightly overcast today so i pulled weeds. cornfields don't keep themselves that clean without help.

amazing what 3 weeks of hot mornings combined with soaking afternoon monsoons will do!

 

[UncleBuck]

only about a week away from pulling that first ear and devouring it raw one foot away from where it was pulled.

 

[UncleBuck]

from behind the potato box, looking up into the yard.

potatoes in the foreground, then some tomatoes straight ahead, weed and pepper plants to the left, pumpkins and cucumbers to the right, corn, and an orchard all the way back right.

 

[UncleBuck]

standing in the orchard looking down.

garlic andpeas near the fence, raised-bedlandia down below. lettuce and chard has all gone to seed, gonna harvest the seeds and replant. onions and taters almost ready to pull. been thinning out carrots and eating the small ones. finally grew my first cauliflower, got some decent broccolli too. second round of radishes is shitty as usual.

and to my wife's great delight, and after 5 years of struggle, i finally grew my first beet for her. got about 3 dozen more that i can pull at any time too.

oh, and some sweet potatoes as well. wife loves those for some reason.

 

[UncleBuck]

@Uncle Ben has a tiny penis and my garden is way better than his.

and i only whipped this thing together in 6 months.

 

[Grandpapy]

I seen this last month and meant to say good job!

 

[UncleBuck]

I seen this last month and meant to say good job!

thanks!

i missed two weeks of weeding and thought it was a lost cause, but spent 8 hours out there pulling weeds today. got about 40% done, lol. looks a lot better now.