OT - question about the garden

Yesterday at this time my sweet corn crop was head high. Then we had a
storm - badly needed the rain, but the wind was fierce and caused a lot of
the stalks to lay down almost flat against the ground (luckily, only one
stalk actually busted off).

This corn had not begun to grow tassles but is (or was) close to that stage.
I planted late, we were still having frost in early May (rare for this
region). The spring was exceptionally dry (also quite rare here) but I kept
the crop watered and it was doing very well. I had just finished cultivating
and adding compost between the rows.

Will the stalks come back up on their own? Or should I give them some sort
of help? Would they still produce ears if they stay mostly horizontal? This
has never happened to my corn before so I haven't got a clue....

"Pat" wrote in message
...
Yesterday at this time my sweet corn crop was head high. Then we had a
storm - badly needed the rain, but the wind was fierce and caused a lot of
the stalks to lay down almost flat against the ground (luckily, only one
stalk actually busted off).

This corn had not begun to grow tassles but is (or was) close to that
stage.
I planted late, we were still having frost in early May (rare for this
region). The spring was exceptionally dry (also quite rare here) but I
kept
the crop watered and it was doing very well. I had just finished
cultivating
and adding compost between the rows.

Will the stalks come back up on their own? Or should I give them some sort
of help? Would they still produce ears if they stay mostly horizontal?
This
has never happened to my corn before so I haven't got a clue....



If I remember what I learned from my grandfather, you need to go out and
stand it back up. If you aren't sure, stand half of it back up and see how
it goes. I think I remember pouring water around the stalks and firming the
soil around the stalks with my bare feet.

Jo

I can remember going out with my Grandma...unrolling and staking chicken
wire up against the corn...(after lifting it back up)...when the corn stalks
returned to their strong, upright selves...we removed the wire.......Good
corn...too:-) Liz


"Jo Firey" wrote in message
...

"Pat" wrote in message
...
Yesterday at this time my sweet corn crop was head high. Then we had a
storm - badly needed the rain, but the wind was fierce and caused a lot
of
the stalks to lay down almost flat against the ground (luckily, only one
stalk actually busted off).

This corn had not begun to grow tassles but is (or was) close to that
stage.
I planted late, we were still having frost in early May (rare for this
region). The spring was exceptionally dry (also quite rare here) but I
kept
the crop watered and it was doing very well. I had just finished
cultivating
and adding compost between the rows.

Will the stalks come back up on their own? Or should I give them some
sort
of help? Would they still produce ears if they stay mostly horizontal?
This
has never happened to my corn before so I haven't got a clue....



If I remember what I learned from my grandfather, you need to go out and
stand it back up. If you aren't sure, stand half of it back up and see
how
it goes. I think I remember pouring water around the stalks and firming
the
soil around the stalks with my bare feet.

Jo

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:14:28 -0500, "Pat"
wrote:

Yesterday at this time my sweet corn crop was head high. Then we had a
storm - badly needed the rain, but the wind was fierce and caused a lot of
the stalks to lay down almost flat against the ground (luckily, only one
stalk actually busted off).

This corn had not begun to grow tassles but is (or was) close to that stage.
I planted late, we were still having frost in early May (rare for this
region). The spring was exceptionally dry (also quite rare here) but I kept
the crop watered and it was doing very well. I had just finished cultivating
and adding compost between the rows.

Will the stalks come back up on their own? Or should I give them some sort
of help? Would they still produce ears if they stay mostly horizontal? This
has never happened to my corn before so I haven't got a clue....

The roots you see coming out of the base of the stem are not feeder
roots; they are anchor roots. We used to stand them back up and press
soil up around the anchor roots really well and then water.

--
CATherine