IN REF. GROWING CORN, HERE IN SW FLA, LAST YEAR I PLANTED 4 X 4 X 2 FOOT PLANTERS WITH CORN THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. HAD 4 PLANTERS CLOSE TO THE FENCE. IN SIX WEEKS MY 4 Y.O. GRANDSON AND I PULLED IT UP ONE PLANTER PER FEEDING, AND THREW IT ACROSS THE FENCE TO THE COWS, ONLY ABOUT A DOZEN HERE AT THE HOUSE. HE CALLED IT CORN GRASS. THE COWS LOVED IT. THEY NEEDED THE GREENERY LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR WE ARE FEEDING THEM ORANGES THAT GROW WILD. I DO HAVE CORN PLANTED IN THE FRONT PENS OF THE COWPEN, SO WHEN I TAKE PRISONERS THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING FRESH AND GREEN TO EAT.
IT GETS TOO HOT HERE FOR CORN TO GET VERY TALL[ WITHOUT EXCESSIVE WATERING AND FERTILIZER]. GUESS FURTHER NORTH YOU ALL GO FOR THE GOLD IN GROWING CORN.
MOM