Living Next to a Corn Field
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Field Corn from childhood, not sweet but delicious.
Comments (6)If you can remember the name of the company he bought seed from, you might be able to dig up an old catalog on the web or from the seed company if they are still in business. It would at least give you a place to start. If you succession plant with careful attention to when each sends up tassels, you can probably try 2 or even 3 varieties per year. If you live in the same town or nearby, another place to look is by talking to old farmers and gardeners in the area. It may have been a local favorite for a while. It may still be, and you may find someone who saves seed. Maybe. I spent almost 10 years searching for the exact tomato I got from a farmer's market. I finally found it last year -- success stories DO happen!...See MoreWanted: Cumin, Sugar Beets, Cotton, Lemongrass, Field Corn
Comments (2)It's much easier to start lemongrass from cuttings. If you have an Asian grocery nearby just buy a couple stalks and stick them in a pot of soil or directly in the garden. I've never had one that hasn't rooted as long as it has even a small amont of the base still attached....See Moreremove (small scale) field corn tillers?
Comments (6)I did an experiment this year. I suckered half my corn and left the rest as they were. Most of the plants are 6-7' tall and everything has silked/tasseled/pollinated. A couple more weeks and there done. Looking at the plants I cannot tell any difference between the growth of the suckered and non-suckered ones. Ill know for sure once I taste the corn :) So unless the suckered ones taste better Ill never sucker again. It wasnt that muck work, I have the same size plot as you ~75 plants that made it. A couple of the suckers have tasseled, but much slower than the main stalks. I think 1 has silked but It doesnt look like there is a cob forming under them... wierd. Also on the un-suckered side there are a few stalks with 3 cobs, 2 large and a small one. Hard to tell if the suckers had anything to do with that....See MoreGrowing corn next year? Need advice!
Comments (8)Thanks Sandy, that's what I was thinking, corn is a grass - I've been insisting that I won't grow corn b/c it requires too much N and takes too much out of the land. But without being able to fence it and have animals (no barn), I don't really know how I'm going to restore fertility to the land. My great-uncle told me that that field was the best land on the whole farm. I don't know, the part my uncle owns now and maintains as lawn looks great... But short of sowing clover or some sort of legume (and keeping the deer out), I don't know what to do. And clover isn't going to pay for the Brush Hog. Thought about doing pumpkins (I have some Jack Be Little seed I bought last year to plant some for the kids), but since I can't really do PYO (no parking other than my cousin's driveway) I didn't think those would be that profitable. Same with winter squash - we like it, but people won't go out of their way for it, and even if I did market next year it ends in Sept so hard to get it ready by then (needs to cure). Horse hay will sell around here - but I don't know what to plant for that. And a lot of people want the round bales, not going to get into the equipment for that! As far as I'm concerned, we can just let the field grow up, but DH and Dad have been trying to keep it clear for over a decade, I hate to let brush grow now. But about all the good it does is give my cousin a nice view......See Morepnbrown
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