We have had extreme amounts of rainfall lately so I know the Silver Queen is not starved for water. All last week and the week prior, we were getting downpours like what is seen in a tropical rain forest - at least 0.50 to 3 inches a day. I also irrigate with my rain barrel system and PVC pipe with holes by each corn stalk to ensure the water is delivered right to the zone it needs to be. So I think this eliminates a watering issue. I knew that the Sugar Dots corn had the nitrogen problem. That is what is odd - I built that 4 x 20 box this year, filled it with compost from the facility, then tilled it all in good. Yes, the box is only six inches deep and I know I tilled in quite a bit of the clay that was below that - but next year I'll be filling in more compost. However, the Silver Queen corn is growing in compost that is now a year old - but that box was 100% filled with the compost mix and there wasn't any mixing of clay underneath. I have never known sweet corn to get as tall as the Silver Queen this year - or Peaches & Cream last year. Just seems like it is putting all of its energy making huge stalks and none into ear development. Then the pollen comes down and it isn't done "growing" yet. I'm assuming that compost tea would be filled with nitrogen correct? That is the only form of fertilization that I do - and maybe I should actually water some of it into the ground. I even put a layer of mulched leaves over the top of the beds to keep the weeds out - thinking this also would provide some fertilizer as well. Back at another house I owned before this, I grew Sugar Dots corn directly in the ground; just tilled up a grassy area and planted. The Sugar Dots corn did very well there and got to about five feet tall at the most and put on a bumper crop. But now that I have manicured raised beds with compost, they either seem to be deficient or.. I don't know. Just frustrating to see that more than 25% of my garden space this year was used on corn and just like last year, we may not get very much from them at all. Now - the area that the Peaches & Cream corn was last year (same soil as where the Silver Queen is this year) - that is where I have the tomatoes. And as you saw in the pictures, the tomatoes are growing like crazy and are fully loaded with fruit. Never have I had such lush tomato growth before.

I love the Serendipity i grew this year. I only got 1 ear per plant throughout the whole lot. Most of the ears were quite large and very sweet. We did have a bit of excess rain ( 8 inches+!) during their last week of maturing which did water down a few ears. But having said all that, all of my neighbors and family have been begging for more. I was hoping for a better yield but I will probably grow it again next year because I am enjoying it. I looked at the other corn seed Fruitnut suggested over at harris seed. I'll have to call them to see if they have any untreated seed as I'm not looking for any of the stuff that's been chemically treated.

"Belgianpup, you are one cranky, sarcastic pup, aren't you?" So, you've got a problem with that??? The location thing is a pet peeve with me. Here we have someone asking a question, and someone else here may know the ideal answer, but we don't know because the OP may be in Maine, Florida, California, or Montana. Wouldn't it be easy for someone to say, "You're in Hudson Co, NY? PERFECT! Just take your pickup to Bill's Organic Hut on 15th St. and he'll load you up with corn gluten meal, $50 for a whole pickup load! But be sure to take a tarp." Instead, the person who has that ideal answer doesn't know the OP lives in his county, so he just shrugs and goes on to the next thread. Well, in a perfect world, I would have won the lottery by now. Sue, the Sarcastic

if just potted.. might just try to pull that one out of the pot... if its got a root problem.. it might just slip out ...and see whats going on with the roots ... and either get rid of it.. because its rotting... or repot pot it in a different pot .... isolate it ... leave the other there.. and add some media if need be .... since they dont mind wet.. maybe a tray under them ... and you might not need to water so often ... ken