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Re: Corn
« Reply #25 on: Jun 06, 2007, 08:46:11 AM »
find some well rotted compost and ad about 4 inches over it, then till it in.
Laura got me a different tiller last year, a rear tine, and I almost tilled too deep, it can happen.
Thats a beauty ya got there, like the tractor, and the tilling attachment! 8)

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Re: Corn
« Reply #26 on: Jun 09, 2007, 03:37:28 PM »
Well, it appears that all my corn needed was some rain.  :idea1: Tilled the patch today and even some of the rows that were planted over a month ago have some little stalks starting to peek through.  The last planting is coming up good now.   :clap:

I guess next year I will need to run the water out sooner if we don't get rain shortly after planting.  I still think that I had it tilled too deep.  Will have to adjust that next year.

Yeah I love my little tractor.  It's a Yanmar 2210 that was built in 1979.  We got it shortly after moving here because we have about 7.96 acres to take care of and mowing is the biggest part.  I got the tiller about 2 years ago when I decided I wanted a bigger garden and some additional areas for planting.  It will sure tear up some ground.

  OH what the heck.  :razberry:

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Re: Corn
« Reply #27 on: Jun 09, 2007, 05:10:15 PM »
Some updated pics of the corn patch.

Corn planted on 1 April
Corn planted on 2 May
Corn planted on 22 May

Maybe it's gonna make it.  I'm hoping this 90 degree weather isn't going to grow the corn smut again this year.  We moved the patch because it can continue to live in the soil.  Guess time will tell.
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Re: Corn
« Reply #28 on: Jun 28, 2007, 09:16:15 PM »
Lack of rain, and the high temperatures has affected the first 6 rows of corn that we planted this year.  Tomorrow is 90 days and tonight we pulled enough ears to fill 2 buckets.  The ears are really small and in some cases not completely filled out.  We saved 12 ears for corn-on-the-cob and I cut the rest off the cob.  Dianna shucked and silked while I was doing the cutting.  We ended up with 2 quart bags for the freezer.  :clap:

Don't think there will be much more with this planting as the rest of the ears are about the size of pencils.  We are watering the second and third planting every other day so hopefully we get a much better yield.
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« Reply #29 on: Jun 28, 2007, 09:33:24 PM »
 :Wow: your already getting corn!! Mine keeps falling over I don't know if people are doing it or animals but .... I have a lot of corn on its side!!
Hope you have luck with the second go round !!

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Re: Corn
« Reply #30 on: Jul 02, 2007, 11:45:33 AM »
We were hoping we would get through this season without having to deal with the corn smut but looks like it will be back if the heat continues.  We got home yesterday and had received almost 3 inches of rain on Saturday.  From what the corn looks like, that was accompanied by some wind too.





Not as bad as it could have been I guess, but the smut loves to attack when the corn is damaged.  Last year we had a tropical storm come through and laid it all down.  It did stand back up so hopefully this will too.
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« Reply #31 on: Jul 02, 2007, 12:00:54 PM »
Corn smut is not a pretty thing at all. We haven't found too many ears infected with it, but since we had a lot of rain and some wind to whip the patch around this past weekend, I am sure we will be finding more...



It is considered a delicacy by some people, but I think I will pass...
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« Reply #32 on: Jul 02, 2007, 02:00:30 PM »
EEEEWWWWWW Gross!! Those are some nasty's you got there!!
Sorry about your corn I hope it does not affect the whole crop!!

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Re: Corn
« Reply #33 on: Jul 17, 2007, 09:44:46 PM »
We walked out to the corn patch today and our second and third crop is doing pretty good.  :Glee: We did pull a few stalks that had the smut starting but overall they looked good.  I think next year I will plant a variety that is tolerant or immune to the smut if there is any.  I really like the silver queen variety and I think that is the worse one.

The second planting will be ready about the last day of July.  We pulled one ear today off one of the plants that we pulled up because of the smut and the corn don't look bad.  Of course it wasn't completely filled out and the kernels were hard but it was developing nicely.
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« Reply #34 on: Jul 20, 2007, 09:26:24 PM »
OK, just what is smut?? Is it a bug or a growth? We use to grow corn up in Oregon (eons ago) and I never heard of such a thing.

Sure do miss fresh picked corn.
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« Reply #35 on: Jul 21, 2007, 01:35:55 AM »
It's a fungus.  Kind of like a mushroom growing on the corn. It's caused by the corn itself being damaged by wind and or heavy rain and then high heat (90+) for an extended period of time.  The silver sweet varieties are much more prone to develop this than other varieties.

In some parts of the world it's considered a delicacy, just like mushrooms.  For my part, it's gross and I sure could do without it.
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« Reply #36 on: Jul 21, 2007, 06:41:55 AM »
although some are resistant.. the "smut" will get any corn.
and the temps do cause problems, damage as you stated tho Jim, can be from nature, or the gardener.
Smut can be brought on by drought, high nitrogen levels, and plant damage from insects, cultivation, hail, Or..
Planting when the ground is to cool in the spring. Especially with the hybrids. Soil temperature (in the upper 3" of yer soil) should be at least 50-55° or higher. Super sweet varieties require a minimum soil temperature of 60-65°.Optimum soil temperature for all sweet corn is 75-95°. Low soil temperatures at planting can cause poor germination, malformed plants, which will lead to a smut situation on the ill formed plants.
Also, anything more than shallow cultivation, can and will damage the roots, and again, damage opens a door for infection.
another gardener related problem is too much nitrogen applied during the season start-up...this will get you lotsa green, but will also increase the incidence of smut.

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Re: Corn
« Reply #37 on: Jul 22, 2007, 09:45:25 PM »
Great info Phil.  That smut fungus is a bad dude.  I had it lots worse last year.  I think I can tolerate a few plants with it but last year almost every plant had a gall.  I checked the corn today and we will be pulling some ears tomorrow night.  The 2nd planting is coming in now.  I pulled one and the corn looks good.  The 3rd planting looks the best.  I guess that's because it has had plenty of rain.  Here's a shot of one end of the patch.  This is about 15 days away from being ready.



This corn is about 6' tall.
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Re: Corn
« Reply #38 on: Jul 24, 2007, 08:34:55 AM »
We picked about 4 buckets full of corn last night.  Gave some to our neighbors on each side and we shucked and put the rest in the freezer.  I think we had 3 quart bags we left on the cob and 3 bags that we cut off.  We should get a bit more at the end of the week as there were still some ears that aren't completely filled out. 

This was the 9 rows that were planted a couple of weeks before we started watering.   Not a real good planting success rate as 4 of these 9 only had 5 plants that came up.  The other 5 rows were pretty good though. 

Picking yesterday, we didn't burn up.  It was quite comfortable.
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« Reply #39 on: Jul 24, 2007, 08:58:41 AM »
I sure hope I get a few ears of corn this year :ThumbUp:
 :yikes: Now I see youve been Keeping Dianna tied up in the kitchen  :tapfoot1:  :laughmao:
Sounds like you have both been busy trying to mow and harvest  :ThumbUp: I am sure we would all be happier with out having to mow!!  :rofl1:

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« Reply #40 on: Jul 24, 2007, 12:20:47 PM »
Actually, Rita, I don't mind mowing so much. I do mind getting into the garden and having the skeeters think "Supper" when they see me. The little buzzards are awful around here!

As for being tied up in the kitchen, corn isn't really that bad to put up. I just blanch it and put it into freezer bags. The tomatoes are what gets me. What makes it even worse to me, is when the bottom pops off one of the jars after I have already gotten them in the stock pot to water bath. :mad2: All that work for nothing and then to have to clean another mess up really "gets my goat"! Freezing the produce isn't nearly as messy... :grinnnn:

In a little while we will have lots more corn coming of age at the same time. That will be a little tiring, but worth it, when eating the fresh corn during the winter! :ThumbUp:

It would be nice, though, if we could mow in the winter and garden during the spring and summer! :laugh1:
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« Reply #41 on: Jul 24, 2007, 08:54:12 PM »
Boy isn't that the truth!!  :ThumbUp: I sure hope I get a few ears to toss in the freezer!!  :ThumbUp:
I had the same thing happen to me one time too Dianna.. did your over fill it? Not sure how or why it happens but I know when I did it I over filled it  :laughmao:

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Re: Corn
« Reply #42 on: Jul 24, 2007, 09:07:56 PM »
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did your over fill it?

That is a possibility, Rita. I have never canned on my own before this year. Aunt Bonnie is usually around to keep me straight, but she has been busy with house-guests and grandkids, so our canning/freezing together is on the back burner...

At least she is only a phone call away, when I run into problems or have questions... :ThumbUp:
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