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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.... |
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"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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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