Any tips on growing sweet corn?

[Kingfisher]

I have never tried any and wonder if someone might have a tip or two. Thanks in advance.

[lynnmcmahan]

Keep the weed out
Use 1# (pint jar) of 13-13-13 fertilizer for every 100' row at plant time
Plant 1" deep about 10''s apart
Side dress w/33/0/0 fertilizer when it's knee high
Spray for worms when it's waist high and watch for more every two weeks
Protect from deer all the time
Protect from coons when it starts to ripen
Keep a close eye on it and don't pick it to early but don't let it start to harden up. Look at the days to harvest for the type that you plant, usually around 90 days.
Good luck

[regolith]

Keep the cows out. Plant it further than the longest a cow neck can reach across the fence, so that they're not tempted to lean their full weight on a rickety fence to reach it.

When the silk starts to brown I start checking one or two cobs for ripe grains, don't wait for the whole cob to fill out unless you have perfect growing conditions, because they never will fill out right to the end. They need good soil fertility and water.

[novatech]

Protect from coons when it starts to ripen

How?
And while we are at it squirrels?
We plant in a rather flat row. When it starts to form the support roots we cultivate pulling the dirt up on the sides of the corn to add support. We may do this more than once through the growing season.

[1982vett]

Protect from coons when it starts to ripen

How?
And while we are at it squirrels?
We plant in a rather flat row. When it starts to form the support roots we cultivate pulling the dirt up on the sides of the corn to add support. We may do this more than once through the growing season.

Squirrels may be a bigger problem, but an electric fence will keep the the coons out....course you got to keep the weeds and grass off the fence....

[calfbuyer]

My sweet corn always sprouts out little stalks on one or both sides of the main stalk......why?

[canadian angus]

Up here we have a short season, so we plant four or five in a mound, sun heats it up early. Fertilize as needed. Beat the market gardens this way!

CA

[shaz]

I got back from Mexico Saturday afternoon and found my garden demolished!
There must have been a hundred deer prints.

Putting up 3 strand high-tensile now...

[1982vett]

My sweet corn always sprouts out little stalks on one or both sides of the main stalk......why?

genetics....

[Kingfisher]

Mine are popping out of the ground. No cut worm problems yet.........they killed my potatoes......so I'm going to
build a fence around em to keep the deer out and hope they grow after we dumped 1.5 inches of rain on em the other day. When do you fertalize em some more?

[lynnmcmahan]

Mine are popping out of the ground. No cut worm problems yet.........they killed my potatoes......so I'm going to
build a fence around em to keep the deer out and hope they grow after we dumped 1.5 inches of rain on em the other day. When do you fertalize em some more?

Side dress with 33-0-0 when it's knee high. That's one lb. Which is one pint of fertilizer per 100' row. The grass and weeds like the fertilizer so sharpen the hoe.

[HOSS]

I got back from Mexico Saturday afternoon and found my garden demolished!
There must have been a hundred deer prints.

Putting up 3 strand high-tensile now...

shaz, I can help you reduce this problem and I won't charge you anything. Just out of the goodness of my heart for a fellow middle Tennessean

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I'd be willing to lend Ole Hoss a hand as it sounds like you've got a real problem down there.

[Douglas]

Water, lots of water

[shaz]

I'd be willing to lend Ole Hoss a hand as it sounds like you've got a real problem down there.

Then HURRY UP!
I'm %&^& over-run down here!

The guys who film that "Hunt Cook & fish" show film on my place all the time. I've told them "Shoot something". They NEVER shoot anything! Seems like all they do is sight-seeing