Do This to Grow Big Ears of Sweet Corn!
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- What's the secret to growing big, delicious ears of sweet corn in your backyard garden? Corn is a heavy-feeder and will thrive when given plenty of nitrogen. Corn plants should be dark green throughout maturity, and this will usually ensure you get nice, big ears.
Join us as we side-dress our corn with nitrogen fertilizer and hill the corn. We'll give you three great reasons for hilling corn and also talk about our battle with the armyworms that have been eating our corn plants.
0:00 Intro
0:35 Controlling Army Worms in Our Corn Plot
1:38 Weed Pressure in Our Corn Plot
2:37 How Much Fertilizer Does Corn Need?
7:01 Why Do We Hill Sweet Corn?
9:38 Checking on Our Raised Bed Potatoes
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Are you growing any sweet corn this year? If so, what variety?
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0:00 Intro
0:35 Controlling Army Worms in Our Corn Plot
1:38 Weed Pressure in Our Corn Plot
2:37 How Much Fertilizer Does Corn Need?
7:01 Why Do We Hill Sweet Corn?
9:38 Checking on Our Raised Bed Potatoes
Yes, I am growing bicolor sweet corns that I got from Gurney's it is called Hybrid Bodacious (RM). Is this corn good?
I am not able to get that organic nitrogen you mentioned in the video in our area. Do you have any suggestions for something I can get from either Amazon or a local store (Ace, Menards, Lowe, Atwoods, Tractor Supply, etc)?
My deep green corn is at late V-3. It's the first year trying to grow corn AND I am trying to grow corn in 15 gallon grow bag. I am using Botanical Interests True Gold sweet corn. I soaked 12 seeds overnight in water and then planted in 2 6-pak containers until they reached almost V2; at which point I transplanted the 9 sprouted seedlings into the grow bag.
The grow bag is filled with a layer of wood mulch/chips, a 2" layer of steer manure, grow mulch soil and garden soil. I left 4 inches to top dress as needed. I have watched a few videos on corn in containers and thought what do I have to lose but $3,49 for the packet of seeds and the water; all the other stuff I already had at hand and was not using it.
Crossing my fingers or should I say brace roots for a good harvest!! 🌽
PS I am in zone 10a, so my grow season is long.....
One of my chickens got out today and helped herself to some corn plants. I put her back in the run and within an hour she was out again. I found her escape route and hopefully stopped that. I have some composted chicken manure and that's all the fertilizer my corn has had so far. It's nice and green but I will be giving it some more when it gets taller. Everything but the flour we had for supper came from the garden and freezer. New potatoes, cabbage with sausage and some pork butt.
Listen, my favorite part about this video is that I am watching it the day after my four year old discovered the cartilage in his ear and swore that he’s growing a second set of ears.
The thumbnail declaring, “GROW BIG EARS!” Just made me laugh my entire face off. I swear I’m crying. 😂
Thanks for sharing your techniques, Travis. 👍
Great timing on the video. Learned a lot today. Hopefully this helps my first corn plot be a success.
Bro appreciate it.. thanks for the information n it's a great video great channel keep it up
Thanks so very much for sharing😊
I love your videos your showing how to do many things I have not learned and something that I need a revise to! Great videos I hope you grow really fast!
I can't wait to see you process 3000 ears of corn all at once. That's going to be an event!
I like the idea of double rows , I've never done that before.
Perfect timing. Going to plant 3 65' rows of corn today and then a second planting in a week or two. Should be enough for my wife and I. lol Also my taters are doing great too. Great video as always.
Thank you Lazy Dog Farm for showing this much need to watch video. I never had much luck with 'hilling' the corn because the watering eroded the 'hilling' away leaving the corn plant exposed to high wind knock overs. So now I dig six inch deep ditches and plant the corn seed at the bottom of the ditches. Then as the corn grows, I rack in the dirt into the ditches which prevents erosion of the dirt. In fact over time the dirt solidifies around the base of the plant giving the plant added strength to withstand high winds. And it works very well because none of my corn plants get knocked over by high wind. I grow Silver King or Queen Sweet Corn.
well, we have a freezer full of sweet corn, so we are growing Some Dent corn this year. Last year I planted Jimmy Red, this year I planted Blue Hopi... all old seed that I've owned for years, and just never got around to planting. Was looking in on my corn a few minutes ago, and I see it's started germinating... I'm looking forward to a nice harvest of some wonderful blue corn.
Crows are hard where i live but i love the twin row method, i tend to fill in with beans
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Great video!
*Hi 🖐️ it's really my pleasure meeting such a good and adorable person Like you am Ray from Denver Colorado and you?*
So impressed with everything you have accomplished. The cottage garden is awesome and will be beautiful! With multiple garden arreas the HoseLink would be awesome and make things so much easier to reach each. Thank you for everything you do.
*Hi 🖐️ it's really my pleasure meeting such a good and adorable person Like you am Ray from Denver Colorado and you?*
Two years ago we had a whole legion of army worms in my area. It was very interesting on what they would eat and not. They love my grass root, some types of lettuce (not all), chopped down a pea plant, eat my green onions, but left my tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers almost completely untouched. (Didn't have any corn up at the time).
Notes I've collected for corn: count the leaf 'collars' for 'V' growth stage rather than an arbitrary plant height (so V1 is one leaf collar) ... During V1-V6 the plant needs to be competition-free (weeds or other too-close corn plants) to prevent yield loss. Number of Kernel Rows are set at V8, Ear length is set at V14 -- so poor rain/nutrients at those stages reduce yield. Plant consumers the most Nitrogen starting after V7 as well as seeking the most Potassium/Potash/K, and it needs Sulfur/sulfate/S leading into tasseling. (source: corn growth cycle chart 'weekly nutrients required to grow 400 bushel corn per acre'). Maybe that helps some folks.
Good info!
Thanks, very helpful
Great info jvin, Is there a pictorial guide to this anywhere?
So confusing....i had to read it three times...u explained great..its just my brain..its old..
I finally got a great.crop.of tomatoes..and i got brave and tried corn again three years..i got maybe 3 ears...bugs like.crazy...the. i found this guy..i got about 90 outta 100...wow..not so great.ears..no bugs..well.few..and with your v stuff..i am expecting REALLY ROBUST EARS..I SCREEN PRINTED TOO HOPING I DO T LOOSE THE INFO CAUSE AT MY AGE I WILL FORGET...BUT THANK U.
I remember my first corn patch...i got one ear...i decided to do another under ur guidance...and am expecting 76 or so this time...too early to tell but they are 3 foot tall...
Travis, love the videos. Have you ever looked into beneficial nematodes? They will get rid of a lot of garden pests.
Just planted a pack of 25 corn seeds 2 days ago. 1st crop ever. We'll see how it goes. Thanks again.
How did it go?
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i love sweetcorn, i cant wait to have fresh corn! not long now, i will be planteing lolots ofsweetcorn, i am hoping to can a load of corn
Hmmm, no BT in that Spinosad cocktail? Always enjoy your videos! (in spite of the Dawgs bucket 😉)
Love your videos Travis! Thank you!! God bless you & yours!
I want to thank u for all the help u gave me in setting up my fruit tree watering system. I think I finally got everything I needed ordered. I’m a 70 yr old widow & since I don’t have my husband around anymore I was having problems figuring it all out. I have planted a mini orchard of elderberries, grapes, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, kiwi & of course ur figs. Probably a big undertaking for my age. But hopefully I will still b around to enjoy them. Getting a watering system in for it will b a lot easier for me & hopefully b more successful with this new endeavor. Thx u again👍
Great to hear!
Growing is good for the spirit. You would probably love Marionberries, similar to blackberries but better tasting.
European Corn Borors is what I am battling currently in central Florida, 2nd plot.
I'm going to try Luke at MiGardeners Revive Rx 9-1-1 liquid organic fertilizer this year on my corn, just because Luke is a good dude.
Last year ours was full of worms😢 hopefully better this year !
Also try the three sisters growing method the beans give nitro..what I'm going to be doing this year ..ty for the good input
Thats what Im doing this year. The beans use the corn as a trellis and in turn provide the nitrogen to the ground that the corn needs. Squash provide sade for the roots and keep moisture in and weeds down
Planted 5 acres of Eden this year. It has been a great variety as far as sweetness and eating quality. Many customers have came back saying it was the best corn they've ever had!!!
We had a bag from the freezer just a few nights ago and I was quickly reminded just how good it was!
@@LazyDogFarmthat's right!!!
I purchased sapro Mira from Wood Prairie, and my potatoes just started coming up. I planted them on March 17th. I am totally new to planting potatoes. Can you give me some suggestions on what to expect from my Sapro Mira in the future, please. Oh yes, I planted them in a 20-gallon grow bag using potting soil with bone meal, 10-10-10, cow manure. I live in a city, and I basically have a cemented backyard.I just want to try growing something different than just the basics items.
I believe you meant “ Solstice sweet corn “ lol but yes, great tips
Always such great information, thanks! You really should have many more followers - hopefully word will spread fast because you really do share very helpful stuff all the time and I love your channel for it. Quick question - what brand of garden rake do you use? I've been looking for good, quality steel rakes and hoes and such like my grandfather used to use years and years ago, and yours really puts me in the mind of the tool quality he had back then. What brand garden rake is that? Thanks!
I made the one I use the most. I found the head when we were cleaning out our barn shortly after moving here. I put a long wooden handle on it and it's still kicking!
@@LazyDogFarm Absolutely love that you thought to save and reuse it. Nothing like those quality -made, sturdy tools from the past! Thanks and God bless!
Hilling corn the old fashioned way!
The dawgs bucket hid your normal scoop. Wouldn't have happened with an Alabama bucket 😁
I made a chaga tea in my water compost seems to deter bugs eating follage
I came into some nature safe 5-6-6 "starter" it's granular opposed to the pelleted 8-5-5.the 5-6-6 has a higher load of mag,cal,iron, manganese than the 8-5-5 . The transplants with 5-6-6 had notably better color at the start and have turned out more flower production than the same varieties fertilized with the 8-5-5(tomatoes). All plants getting equal shots of Agro thrive through drip. Not sure if the notable difference is due to the equal ratio, extra micros or faster availability from it being granular. thought it was worth mentioning
Thanks for sharing that info!
Would 13-13-13 work well for corn
Load the meme. It's corn🌽,it's got the juice. 😂 another note just dumped a tote full of chicken compost before planting in my 12 x12 plot.
Looking good Travis. Question about tators.. have you ever heard of topping or "beating down" tator plants? Someone said you should beat them down if they get to tall and bushy. I've never heard of such of a thing. Just wondering if you have. Thanks.
I've never heard that, but that sounds preposterous.
Do you have a video on the exact procedure of what you’ve added as in terms of fertilizer? From pre-plant through the lifecycle of the corn what is your fertilizing schedule and procedure?
Just Nature Safe 8-5-5 at planting and then Nature Safe 13-0-0 when the plants were about 18-24" tall. The AgroThrive injections were usually spaced 3-4 weeks apart.
My dad's side of the family grow big ears, but they are on the side of their heads.
😂😂😂 I had to read this twice to make sure what I just read
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I think we are related. 😂
Arabico Organics sells beneficial nematodes that treat in spring and fall. It worked fairly well for me this year.
Getting serious about learning all I can about gardening the right way. Just found and sub'd to your channel. Also watch the Row by Row show and Greg's u-tube vids. Learned sooo much and thank you for that. Saw one video you and Greg said for rookies like me to start with simple corn till I learn more so I've got a small block, 5 rows (3' space), plants 12" apart, each 12ft long of True Gold sweet (su). Started late but they are almost 15" high. Healthy, dark green, most stalks as thick as my pointer finger. Just put 20-20-20 and micro boost using a watering can (hope that's ok) and hilled it. QUESTION: some holes had 2 seeds germinate so there's 2 nice plants growing in almost the same place, but most double are about 3" apart. It's that bad? What should I do?
I'd thin them to at least 6" apart. Even with drip irrigation, I don't like to put them closer than that.
Woohoo first in😂
Hey Travis umm they are doing corn trials adding a lot of fresh wood chips that have been innoculated with the spores of wine cap mushrooms. Something about the mushroom mycelia gives your corn desease resistance and as an added benefit it will break down you stalk and provide you with dinner plate sized mushrooms that are edible. Just thought you might want to know.
Interesting. I'd like to see that in action.
@joey.rowland4153 - where can I go to see the study you're talking about? Sounds interesting. Thx in advance.
does that bucket have a Leaktite stamp on the bottom of it?
Long live the silver queen
I was just telling a friend how sweet and tender the old white corn was. Nice option to peaches and cream!
Do army worms eat the whole plant or do they leave streaks in the leaves? I thought i had army worms but i am not sure now. Whatever it is,its not eating the whole plant. Its like its leaving streaks on the leaves and behind it the trail looks more like lace instead of a hole. Any ideas on what that is?
What spacing are your emitters and at what gph are they? If they are the same as mine 12” x 3/4 gph that’s over 1000 gal per watering….wow!
We used a 15 mil tape with 6" emitter spacing in this plot. With all 9 rows, we're using about 135 gallons per hour.
Travis, I planted peaches and cream corn with my acres peas. Should I side dress it like you did. Or make a trench in the middle of the rows and apply down the middle of the rows.
And what fertilizer should I apply to it?
I'd try to get the fertilizer as close to the corn stalks as possible.
@@LazyDogFarm thanks
This year I'm going to sow Temptress Sweet Corn. Thinking of trying the short season Yukon Chief Corn too.
I'm in Roanoke VA. Any thoughts or other corn suggestions? Alright x 3!
Temptress is a great variety.
@@LazyDogFarm Thank you kindly!
5:15 scientific fact!
Correct!
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Corn is a member of the grass family, chicken manure works best on corn because of the high nitrogen level of chicken manure.
Well shut my mouth. I might’ve learnt something tday. 👍🏼🌽👍🏼
Just curious. Did you ever do a soil test before and after the chicken tractor? Just wondering how much it raises the nutrients.
I didn't because soil tests can't detect nitrogen levels.
@@LazyDogFarm oh okay. Was curious to see what other nutrients they give the soil besides nitrogen.
do you use liquid or powder spinasad for the corn silks?
Liquid
Do you have any replacement plants or seeds left Travis?
I planted them all. So we've got what we've got!
Wondering if I shouldn't try the double rows for my dent corn
I wouldn't do it without drip irrigation. These double rows seem especially thirsty.
@@LazyDogFarm I've got plenty of drip. Makes sense it's using a ton of water though
What is the best fertilizer for bodacious and peaches&cream varieties? My rows have been side dressed once with 10-10-10. They're almost a foot tall now. What do you suggest? Thanks!
Nitrogen. Just nitrogen
Those army worms will also get into your toe-maters and other veggies if they figure out you have other beds. In addition to Spinosad sprays, for a smaller garden like ours, we go out at night with a UV LED flashlight and the little buggers glow (depends on the variety of army worm as to what part of them glows the brightest - usually that stripe). If you hold a glass with soapy water under them and touch near them, they will try and drop to the ground - and into the soapy water. The tomato horn worm will also glow under UV. I suspect a Dawg's cup with soapy water would be the most effective control of those wiggly critters.
I need to get one. The horn worms work over my tomatoes every year. Sometimes they can be hard to spot even if your looking right at them.
Thinking of growing crimson and clover with my corn just going to till we're my corn is going to be planted (Till a row)
@mmariacancer I grew corn last year with sweet clover but I just put it out when I started my corn. This year I used crimson clover as a cover crop which I will let it grow and just till where I plan to grow corn then at end of season I will let chickens co.e and clean out the corn garden maybe the stalks will stay up?
My corn has flower on top but no ears. Do you know what I did wrong? Kandy corn
How deep do you plant sweet corn? Should it be 1-1 1/2” deep? Should it be planted 8-12” apart. We
are going to plant one acre on 38” rows with JD 1725 planter.
We’re planting our field corn at 2-2 1/2” deep.
I only plant mine about 1/2" deep with seeds about 6-8" apart. But mine is on irrigation. Non-irrigated corn might need to be planted deeper and with a wider spacing.
What is that fertilizer you mentioned?
Nature Safe & Agrothrive
To preserve the most sweetness, boil de-husked ( a real word? ) ears for 4 mins as quickly as you can after harvesting.
Or just eat them raw! lol
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@@bluereader9015 Right..And I meant to say boil before freezing.
@@LazyDogFarm The ones I pick that have bad spots that aren't worth freezing I eat them as I pick them.
Don't grow corn but my grassy crops get blood meal. All natural and surprising enough it seems to lasts.
Try adding some bone meal as well. You will be pleasantly surprised.
Danny King has laid his corn by April 19.
I have cats that like the nature safe 8-5-5, really they 1st attack the bag and I put it in plastic tote. Then they attack my tomatoes plants where I added some on the side. I added more soil to cover it deeper.
I really didn't see that coming but will be more careful now own.
It didn't seem to bother them at all but almost took two tomatoes out.
Guess if you feed your chicken some once and I did the cats once we will just have bigger chick's and cats...lol
Never thought a cat would eat it. But I've had mice get into my bags of natural fertilizer - must be for the urea?
What are you spraying for corn worms?
Usually Bt or spinosad
Travis please help me . I'm not the mathamation you are . My drip tape puts out 1.51 gph ,18 inch pacing . Please help me know how long to run it per week. I live in blueberry country just west of you. Therefore utilizing drip tape for berries but it works. Thanks for your help.😊
Run it until the soil around the plants looks saturated. The time it takes for that to happen will depend on how dry it is and your soil type.
*Hi 🖐️ it's really my pleasure meeting such a good and adorable person Like you am Ray from Denver Colorado and you?*
Where's that culantro?
I'm doing peaches and cream sweet corn in the three sisters Style with long beans and summer squash in one bed in the other bed I'm doing the same corn but I'm doing it with a Kentucky breed of beans and pumpkins. I do kind of a lasagna Style with year-old compost made out of turkey geese Guinea rabbit and chicken manure oh and quail, and straight rabbit manure
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Is there a fertilizer attachment for the wheel hoe to side dress?
Not that I'm aware
G90 all the way
I guess im not watering my stuff enough...and i certainly dont fertlize like u...hardly at all...and it shows...but im stocking up this winter..spending my budget early i guess..but at a time i really cant afford to..aka CHRISTMAS..
My silver queen isn't growing consistently, 7 weeks in and I have some 4 inches tall and some just now popping up. Any idea why?
Sounds like a less than vigorous batch of seed or inconsistent planting depth.
@@LazyDogFarm thank you
Have you ever used Diamachious earth ? Check that out
sorry to ask but what do you mean by 'inject feed' to young plants? Do you mean soluable liquid foliar feeding?
We inject through our drip irrigation system.
Should I hill my pepper plants?
You can, but it's not quite as necessary as it is with corn, tomatoes, or potatoes.
Is blood meal good for corn . I use 15 0 2 right now
It can be, but it's not super fast. Just apply it to the soil before planting.
OK Thanks u
What the best fertilizer to put on my corn when it starts getting ear of corn growing
Do you sell your extra corn? Or freeze it? Or give it away? That's a lot of corn!
We give a little away, but we mostly freeze it all.
My tomatoes have literally become monsters..i think i need to go out and trim them..problem is my 80 years have really shown up and i get maybe an hours worth of work a day and have tons of plants i need to get into the ground. Before they die..
lol. I don't know how you could do a 1000 videos WITHOUT having accidentally deleting some footage. I know I have had a few screw ups during my 170 videos YT career. 😅😅 I'm still a month away from planting my corn.
feel you, the struggle is real.
*Recommendation: The Amazing Doctor Zymes works very well with army worms. Saved my entire crop!
Do u sell fertilizer
I don't.
@Lazy Dog Farm where a good place to order fertilizer from
Lazy dog have you ever used coffee grounds for the nitrogen?
We add coffee grounds to our compost bins and worm farm, but I've never directly added coffee grounds to the garden.
Nice mustache.
Coffee grounds and cinnamon for the ants ..
Start hoeing the gound
Ducks. 😉 Old dirty smelly duck poo water. Yall welcome. Put it on the soil ONLY don’t let it hit the greenage or the actual plant.
Used to pump old pond watter on the corn, just full of nitrogen.
That was too much fertilizer for sweet corns in which I am very concerned about consumers who buy direct from your farm or at the grocery store .
It was unbelievable seeet corns grew up with this kind of fetishized most likely selling in the markets today !
Why can't they develop a hybrid that has a better root system so the wind doesn't blow it over ???
Good question. It seems that most of the hybrid breeding is focused on sweetness and "ship-ability."
Do you need to hill the corn?
no, i grow mine in trenches for easy watering and top dressing. Just depends on your situation and grow style.
*Hi 🖐️ it's really my pleasure meeting such a good and adorable person Like you am Ray from Denver Colorado and you?*
always pick the weeds dont put durt over it the weed will still be there and taking all you plant food
I quit growing sweet corn because of the coons.
Your nitrogen levels is too high and not in balance with sulfur/magnesium,/moledenum that's why you hv the worm problem
Your subject-verb agreement is not in balance either. 😂
@@LazyDogFarm haha. Well using insecticide to get rid of nature's way of telling you there is an imbalance means you're a actually producing low quality food. Worm food, not human food.
You have great info,, but here IS NO SUN. why are you wearing sunglasses? It makes me feel like you don't want your viewers to feel a comfortable, relatable expierience with watching your videos. Like you're hiding.
If there was no sun, you wouldn't be able to see me. lol
THIS ISNT ( NATURAL ) YET OUR GOVERNMENT ALLOWS THIS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF BIG BUCKS!!