5 Tips How to Grow a Ton of Sweetcorn in One Raised Garden Bed or Container
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2018
- If you would like to know how to grow a big harvest of sweet corn watch this video for my five top tips on sweetcorn growing!
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Hi everyone! Hope you enjoy the video! Happy Easter to you all and thanks for your support :) P.S If you have any extra sweetcorn growing tips say G'day and place them in the comments section below, cheers :)
I grow in a self watering container, 6 in spacing and I get 3 ears per stalk usually, although the 3rd is usually half the length. In a standard grow box I can get 36 ears. Plenty for me. Doing again this summer. Just waiting on the broccoli to finish.
you have inspired me to really get into it! thank you for all the great knowledge. I have watched every video so far and appreciate them all. thanks a heap!
Thanks for the info. I am ready to plant corn. Here in Missouri it is still too cold according to your information. Thanks for that. I've heard that corn should be planted by May 5th here in the U.S. or before. Last year the chipmunks ate all my corn cobs. They could have had some help from the squirrels and dear. I'm going to try planting some corn between my garlic bulbs. Just an experiment. The garlic is growing good. As usual.
Condee Rogers I'm in misery as well haha. Steelville, MO
can you please do a video on how to grow tomatoes and tip on that
I can't stress it enough...It is absolutely WONDERFUL to watch and hear an informational video with no stupid "background" music whatsoever drowning you out. No struggling to hear, no distraction. If people's attention spans aren't long enough to watch a 13 minute presentation without it, they need the practice anyway. Great information by the way. Thumbs up, brother!
Agreed
k asdfg my late grandmother was hearing impaired, and this was a big issue for her - any background music and she wouldn't be able to hear what people were saying. Living with her made me very sensitive to that!
Also, he gets right into it. Waiting several minutes for the content is an easy way to piss me off. I love that SSM doesn’t torture us with that.
I hate music in how to vids it is so annoying. There are beautiful background noses in Marks vids anyway who needs music?The info is great just love these vids
the crickets and birds
Mark is the guy you wished were your next door neighbor. Always glad to see you. Always upbeat. Always has a joke to share. And always willing to share what he has learned about something he loves. I can't help but feel that he would also be the guy who would listen intently to what you would share with him on what you have learned, and if someone were to ask how he figured out something you told him about, you know he wouldn't hesitate to give you credit for the shared information. It seems there is a good deal more to be learned from Mark than just gardening.
Mark remind me of my friends dad when I was a kid. He was called kev and he was always kind, generous and full of energy like mark.
Not to mention he has the same build and height. The only thing that I’m not sure about is if he has problem with his knee joints haha. Kev was a big footie fan and for that reason struggled with that. But that’s life, god bless you kev, all the best to you and thank you for all your amazing content.
Even though I live in the UK and the climate is vastly different from Australia (or wherever you’re from) I find your content very helpful with videos like this
Excellent video, as always.
A short corn growing anecdote: A few years ago a friend of mine grew corn in his back yard. When the top has browned off he peeled back the husks on a couple of them just like you did in the video, and decided it was ready, and that he would harvest them the next morning... He didn't remove the peeled ones from the plant, and when he got out the next morning he found ALL the cobs have been peeled and eaten by the birds, (mostly by crows).
My lesson from his experience is that: Birds are smarter than you might think, don't give them unnecessary information.
Tip: if you find any one corn plant growing two healthy ears, only save seeds from that one. Eventually you will have more and more plants growing two ears. Twice as much corn.
Thanks for the tip Steven! 🙂👍
I just harvested my popcorn 3 days ago. Great tip, I'll follow it for my next crop.
I've never had any corn produce less than 2 ears. Usually 3.
'ear 'ear!
That’s not necessarily true, it all depends on sunlight
Idea.....my uncle used to put a built cattle fence cage around the entire corn patch which helped keep the corn firm breaking or falling over. It worked great, too! Just make it removable then harvest. You can water & fertilize through the cage, too! He just used cattle fencing and connected the corners with zip ties. And if it got really bad windy....he'd put up wood sheathing or a tarp on the side of the cage that the wind was coming from, creating a wind breaker.
i have an ear for corny puns, i think they are amaizing.
There is a KERNEL of truth in that.
☺you dat punny guy!☺
Lollllllll a-MAIZE-ing 😂
It hurts...
@Dat Guy Amaizeing, amazeing.
Best page on youtube for gardening. PERIOD. That's why the amount of followers is going up. People catching on. Keep it up Mark and family. Great job 👍👍👍
My first time growing corn I was so shocked that there wasn't very many kernels! A little research told me I needed to plant more and in a block. The next year I had full corn! And it was so delicious.
That's what I messed up last year. Too few corn plants, I think.
As an Iowan native and having worked in cornfields myself, i would say nearly everything your doing is correct! It was really well explained and you told us us about your trial and error-which is way better than telling us the one and done way everyone else does videos. The only things i have against what you said is,here in iowa, we rotate corn and soybeans so that there is always enough nutrients in the soil to grow them. I would suggest moving the corn every year or so in your garden so that you don’t deplete the nutrients that the corn wants. This is just my suggestion but from what you do i don’t think it’s necessary because you put as much back into your soil as the corn took out. Another thing would be if your having trouble with pollination you can pollinate it yourself using a paper bag to collect the pollen then putting it over the top of the ear of corn. I don’t know if this was helpful but i hope it gives you some more ideas on how to improve you corn!
Greetings fellow Iowan!
I live in Iowa all I ever see in summer is Corn and soy beans.
@@IowaKim:
I live 75 feet from Missouri.
I grew up in NE Ohio, and we did things a little different. Space rows 18 inches apart, and mound the soil at the base of each row for support when the corn is knee high. Conventional wisdom was a minimum of 4 rows 16 feet long was needed for a good crop. Every 6 feet plant a pumpkin or vine squash for shade and to keep out raccoons. They do not like the tiny spines on the vines.
Do not husk the corn to test for ripeness. You can feel the fat kernels through the husk. Soak the whole ears in water for a couple hours and BBQ them in the husk for maximum sweetness and freshness. Serve with salt, pepper, butter, and cob holders shaped like tiny ears of corn.
Yes! This is how we did things in Central Pennsylvania, too! Spot on!😂😂😂
I am moving into a house in about a month and am looking at doing a garden next year and am super nervous. My mom use to garden all the time, but I never did much. This video and your comments are helping.
@@fearreavers Don’t get nervous - the only one you have to please is yourself. You can even start in containers before taking the big leap. I grew tomatoes, beans, peppers, lettuce and radishes, and cucumbers in containers, before I expanded my gardening to in-ground crops.
I'm thinking I'm going to pray on this method and see if I should try it. Soulds like a good idea
Trust in Jesus Christ
FYI: All heritage corn varieties are types of flint, dent, flour, sweet, popcorn, or pod corn. Heritage just means it's an open-pollinated variety was developed before 1940, so it can't be GMO or a hybrid, because that didn't exist, yet. The seeds can be saved and replanted, and it can breed true. There are also open-pollinated varieties that were developed after 1940.
What I have learned in living in one of the biggest corn-producing areas... is that corn likes it hot and wet... When you get that nasty humidity where you hate life...
That is corn heaven, the more miserable it gets... the more corn you get and the sweeter the corn you get...
You want to know something really cool? Corn Sweat.
Believe it or not, the humidity is mostly caused by the corn itself. In the summer months an acre of corn can sweat up to four thousand gallons in a single day. This moisture released by the crops can increase humidity local in the area. Iowa, Illinois and the other big corn states aren't naturally humid, it's all the god damn corn lol.
The years we had soybeans I distinctly notice the air outside is more enjoyable during the summer.
@@DisabledCreation yeah like GA humidity?? Now I know I can blame it on the Georgia corn
1) Put a dab of oil on the opening of the silk (prevents worms)
2) Plant corn on the full moon in 🇺🇸 (this timing allows for nature to water your corn when it needs it, thus conserving water)
3) Always be willing to share some corn with those who are in need 👍
I don’t understand the connection between the moon and rain?
@@ozztam My grandfather, before he passed, always said "plants that bare fruit under the ground should be planted on a full moon. Those who bare fruit above the soil, on the new moon. It will rain when the plants need it, if you do." This isn't scientific but he always had the best garden and was a sharecropper, so I always trusted his judgement.
Great plan! Thanks - much appreciated…
You sir, are just too cool! I have learned so much from you! I am just thanks to you, NOT repeating my gardening mistakes of the past. Who said "old dogs can't learn new tricks"? Next birthday...80! I have asked my lovely wife to just plant me with our cucumbers when I go (hopefully), to that beautiful garden in the sky!
Remember knee high in July. Daily shake the corn stalks for better pollination.
Please note that if you plan on growing sweet corn adjacent to popcorn, the two maize varieties will likely cross-pollinate and produce kernels with intermediate characteristics between the two varieties. It is best to separate sweet corn from popcorn by a natural barrier, such as a building or hedgerow, and hand pollinate as an added precaution. If you have enough space, separate popcorn from sweetcorn by at least 800 feet (244 metres) to minimize cross-pollination.
“You might find this video a bit .... Corn-y” *mashes like button*
That's exactly what I did 🤣
How did you know?!?!?!
Haha! Yep, I instantly did the same!
xD Me too!
next time: how to make cheese "You might find this video a bit... Cheese-y"
As a kid living in Mexico, I remember our housekeeper prepping the fresh corn every morning while I ate breakfast. Sometimes she found a catapiller in the corn and she would eat it, still wiggling. That was a weird experience, also in Mexico, corn fungus is turned into a dish called Huitlacoche.
ewwww!!!! lol
Here in Los Angeles there is a restaurant that makes huitlacoche with some type of mushroom. It's very good with queso fresco and pan frito. It's probably not how it's made in Mexico, but I like it.
I planted 2 dozen ears last year & They ALL got corn smut (fungus). Purple & unattractive smut. I don't know what caused it or how anyone could eatit. Blech!
@@kathymcmc I mean it's a fungus just like any mushroom. As long as it's not a toxic variety it should be edible. People who are in a position of having to really worry about getting enough calories to live often come up with ways of preparing things that look really unappetizing in ways that make them good.
Huitlacoche is a true delicacy! I would be so lucky to have corn smut!
Hi Mark … just watched your ‘corn planting/harvesting’ video from 5 years ago ‼️
Now 2023… we’re about to harvest our first good corn crop!
In the past we’ve learned not to plant in plain clay soil that’s too fertilised… so now we’ve planted them in proper raised beds in the proper hot and protected spot and it’s such a pleasure to look out of our kitchen window and see ALL THAT BEAUTY, anticipating the sweet corn burst 💥 in our mouth 💥 so good, you can eat it RAW… omg‼️
Thanks for every bit of advice Mark and for your quirky humorous jokes…that’s the best part! Lol 😂
Wishing you and EVERYONE here a peaceful and safe Easter Sunday 💜🕊️💜
💥#ThankYouJesus💥
I have a few tips as well. For direct sowing outside, put plastic cups into the ground first where the top of the cup is level to the soil. Then put the kernel down into the soil from there. Once it grows at least 6 inches above the soil level, remove the cup and fill it with compost. This helps the roots grow deeper and strengthens the stalk as well as improves spacing.
Also, plant legumes between the rows of corn once they've reached about 18“-24" tall. Legumes fix nitrogen into the soil, slowly fertilizing the corn and Al's gives the legumes a stalk to grow up as its a vine.
You may also want to look into what's known as the 3 sisters planting.
1:17 tip #1grow in warm season
2:34 tip #2 lots of fertilizer and mulch, no high winds, best tip is at time 4:00.
4:36 tip #3 when to seed, he shows putting black soil on top of the seeds.
7:40 tip #4 grow a lot of corn
10:50 tip #5 harvesting tips
Thx
Thanks. Too often these videos are filled with....crap!
He uses that same fertilize/compstr for potatos, has it worked out for anyone else?
Have you tried the 3 sisters method? I’ve been watching videos about it, where you grow corn, beans and squash together. The beans absorb nitrogen from the air and puts it into the soil, and the corn feeds off the nitrogen in the soil, the corn acts as a trellis that the beans grow up on. And then the squash grows as a cover around and between the corn and beans and blocks weeds and keeps the soil moist. And supposedly raccoons hate the feeling of squash leaves and won’t walk over them to eat the corn.
I tried it last year and learned the importance of sowing your seeds so the corn comes up first, then the beans, then the squash. I planted everything at the same time at the fastest germinating depth and the squash shaded the corn and beans. Kinda a DUH moment but it’s all about learning. 😉
I can’t express enough how much I look forward to watching these videos. Not only is it incredibly informational for a beginning gardener like myself, but his positivity radiates through the screen! Every time I hear “g’day” in the first few seconds I can’t help but smile real big
I must look like you. I wore one of your shirts ao the state fair and had people come up to me.
I said " Im not him mate " and then said "GudDay"
They looked bewildered 😁
Good vid, thanks Mark. Here's a tip, companion grow your corn with a pole bean or pea. The corn will support the beans and the beans will supply nitrogen to the corn. Also, if you can, don't pick your corn until you are ready to cook it. When my sweet corn is ready, I get the water boiling first, then go pick the corn.....plant to pot in less the 5 minutes. If you have never had it this way, you will be amazed. The improvement in taste is comparable to a fish you just caught and cooked right there on the bank......gg :)
But don't plant the beans until the corn is up about a foot or the stalks will be overwhelmed by the bean vines. Experience speaking here.
@@WHDeb that right there.....you sharing that with us.....is exactly why I read through these comments!
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Thank you so much!
🛐✝️💯🥰🤞🤲🐴🐕🌟🎉🐣🧺🏆🧁🤠🌟🍟🐰🐧🌵
I used to get annoyed at pests knocking off M Y food, but my wife suggested to plant 10% more and call it G S T...god services tax...keep up the good work matey:}
Really.. create scarcity then watch everyone fight over it.
Shiet them fuckers better stay over there on them 10% plants hahaha
To preserve corn: wrap the cob in gladwrap and freeze. They'll last a year. Thaw out in the microwave 3 minutes and have roast corn in winter.
Is it mushy best I’ve had was frozen shucked n I mike for two minutes before shuckin. To die for with no additions.
Not mushy.
Some say to boil the corn for 2 to 4 minutes first, cool, wrap in gladwrap and put into a freezer bag.
@@negrildoc I believe that is called blanching. Mormons in Utah will blanch their food before deep freezing it because it gets rid of the enzymes that ruin the nutrition/color/flavor, etc.
There is nearly nothing better in this world than picking an ear of corn and eating it right then uncooked! I used to do that at my grandparents farm and in my own backyard where my dad grew corn. It is at its sweetest and best tasting ever when you pick it off the plant and eat it right then, yummy!
You sir are an amazing teacher, wish every other educator had a 1/4 of your passion
I have grown corn only twice so far. The first time around was white corn and I just randomly planted it around and did not know what to do with it because I did not expect it to grow out. They were small plants with small cobs but it was like eating sugar. Last year, I tried better and kept them all together. We got a few medium cobs but mostly small. Probably because we did not space them out because I was growing squash and beans that took over the whole garden. However, those cobs were a mix of two different corns and man, did they taste amazing! My mom could never forget the taste. Hopefully, this year, using your tips, I am able to grow some bigger cobs!
When I was a kid my neighbor was retired from professional farming and just farmed his 15 Acres. We would plant 1 acre of sweet corn about 8 difernt varieties and they all came ripe at different times once we started picking corn we cut a pickup truck load of stalks down everyday and fed them to the cows by the time we got the first variety done the next variety would becoming ripe and so on
Half the planet is being used to grow animals or food for animals. Just grow vegetables and fruits for yourselves. Meat causes cancer and heart disease and diabetes.
Half the planet is being used to grow animals or food for animals. Just grow vegetables and fruits for yourselves. Meat causes cancer and heart disease and diabetes.
Half the planet is being used to grow animals or food for animals. Just grow vegetables and fruits for yourselves. Meat causes cancer and heart disease and diabetes.
Sorry chuck....I Know that this is an old comment but dang that's smart....wonder how he did that!
Here in Western Washington (state) we have a saying. " Knee high by the 4th of July." Corn can be somewhat difficult to grow here. However this year due to excessive heat, my corn has taken off.
Here is another tip.... if you live where you are going to have wind or a threat of storms. You can pull the soil high over the stalk (6 to 10 inches) like you do tomatoes. This helps the roots tent out under the soil, which helps the corn stalks gain stability and strength. Old homesteaders did this and it works!
cool tip, thanks for sharing it. 😃
Yes, my dad taught us as children that you planted corn in a deep furrow with a shallow amount of soil over the seed, so the seed would get the warmth of the sun sooner. About 2 weeks after sprouting, we would go back and pull some of the tall furrow over the corn stalk. He called this "hilling" You could do this a second time if needed. Another thing that was interesting about corn that did get blown over in high winds, is that within a few hours of calm, the corn would then straighten itself back up. Dad said that was the sun "drawing" the corn back up. I have seen that happen. Miss my dad. He died at 92, 18 months ago.
I am a new sub and I don't know how I stumbled upon your channel but I am so happy that I did. 1st- I love your accent (Australian is my favorite), 2 - you have a wonderful sense of humor (corny even...lol) 3 - the content and way you present the information is spot on and to the point.
@granny bee sounds like a wise man. R.I.P
@@grannybee6805 cool stories .
My dad always put veggie oil or mineral oil on the silk of his corn with an eyedropper. He used about six drops on each ear about halfway to maturity. This kept the worms out.
Do you know if he did that before or after fertilization of the corn?
I can't get enough of Marks jokes at the beginning, in between and at the end of his videos. Sometimes silly, mostly hilarious and they alway leave a smile on my face. Anyway, does anyone ever made a compilation with all of his jokes? 🤣
Ah I should have watched this earlier. It's my first time growing a vegetable garden and I thought I'd experiment growing 4 sweet corn plants. I heard somewhere sweet corn should be pollinated by hand, but by the time I read that, the male flowers were not producing pollen any more. Then the cobs seemed a bit small to me so I thought they would have hardly any kernels. I was so wrong about that. Yesterday I harvested the first one and it was basically packed with fat kernels! I just roasted it in the grill this afternoon with some butter and salt on it. But they weren't sweet at all. In fact they were very starchy. I then went back into the garden and picked one fresh and tried tasting a few kernels. One was also very starchy, but then I picked one that seems still at least a little sweet. But after cooking that one, it also turned out quite starchy. The problem was, first I didn't think they would have any kernels at all because I didn't pollinate them, then I didn't know when they would be ripe to even try and I was afraid to damage them by folding back the leaves to check the kernels. And then I didn't know leaving them on the plant too long makes them starchy as well. Oh well, I bet next season will be more successful.
My husband and I have been walking around saying "G'day!" to each other for like 2 days... I blame you for this Mark :'D In other news, our very first crop of golden bantam just emerged. Very excited! Thanks for your amazing videos. We love them.
G'day Jess.
You've got a killer sense of humour mate! Congrats on 111K subscribers!
3 years later subs grows to 1.3M!!
i was shaking my head in comedic approval within 3 secs
I love how you give a little bit of history of the crop/ vegetables
i love his jokes at the beginning!
i love ur shape
Ya. Even though they're just a LITTLE corny
We use the 3 sisters method, with corn, beans, and squash grown in a cluster. The beans gives nutrients to the corn and the squash leaves cover the ground helping to keep you ground cooler and hold water. We spend most of our summer (May to August) well about 80*F
Very clever way to food garden! Cheers :)
This might be the best gardening channel on UA-cam.
THANK YOU soooo much for no annoying music. I can just concentrate on your great info !
This was the first year I have grown corn. Two months prior to planting, I prepared a new area of my garden for the corn by digging a hole and burying small branches, yard waste, food scraps, coffee grounds and filters, eggshell, old straw, etc. about two feet below. It's similar to hugelkucher concept, but below ground like you do in your raised beds. The worms came to party hardy and the corn really thrived. We have high winds here, so the corn was planted near a fence. The rows were over 1 foot apart, but they were seeded 9" apart within each row. No problem with sun exposure or rain, but too close risking the leaves blocking pollination. I'm planting the full 12" apart next year.
Corn and potatoes are my favorite vegetables, I was going to start a garden this year but I missed growing the seeds early. Oh well, there's next year.
k asdfg
4 years ago
I can't stress it enough...It is absolutely WONDERFUL to watch and hear an informational video with no stupid "background" music whatsoever drowning you out fully agree!!
The world needs a lot more people like you
Hello from Texas! Just want to drop in and let you know how much I enjoyed your videos. They are very informative.
Thank you very much! :)
This is a wonderfully informative video and consistent with what I've learned over the years growing corn.
I don't grow a lot of corn and when I do, I grow in 4 foot square beds that are about 12 inches deep.
Here's what I've learned:
Heavy winds (common where I live) will blow over the stalks. My solution is to build a makeshift grid or lattice about two feet above the stalks. Since I grow 2 stalks in each square foot, my lattice is about 2 square feet. You can fashion these lattices from wood or wire.
Where I used to live, raccoons were a common problem. I could always tell when my corn was ready to pick because that's when the raccoons would visit to ravage my small crop. The only solution that worked was an electric fence - admittedly an expensive and small-scale solution.
Years ago I didn't know you could start corn with seedlings. Great method and helps a lot with staggering your crop.
Hope this helps and thanks for your many helpful posts. Cheers.
I’m in the Southeastern United States and my grandfather was a full blooded Native American. He taught me to grow certain “companion” crops with our corn, like pole beans or peas. Corn take a lot of nitrogen from the soil and Legumes put nitrogen back into the it! Plus the beans/peas will grow up the corn stalks so there’s no need for trellis’s or the like! I’ve never had any problems replanting corn into the same place year after year with this method. Not that the corn won’t benefit from occasional added nitrogen, but I can’t remember the last time I did.
I really like you very straightforward videos, and your humor and accent! Thank you for educating us wannabees.
You're so cool dude. Much love from Texas...good ol' extreme climates.
I “like” self sufficient me videos before I even watch!😊
Tip my pap taught me- If you plant you rows of corn far apart, get a new paintbrush and rub the tassels and then the silk with the brush. Pollinating it yourself works well. Just takes a bit of time, but you can inspect your plants for pests, disease, and whatnot while doing this.
Pap planted his rows 4’ apart in his older years so he had to have room to get down the rows with his cain, and he used black plastic for weed control as he couldn’t pull/hoe weeds anymore.
@@ElkinsEricthank you
Hi. Great video. One thing I can add is that you can use the dried husks to make a great fire to bbq on!
Top idea thank you :)
"Me" missed the most important part of sweet corn: Give the corn a side-dressing of all-purpose fertilizer when the silk first appears. This helps the size and fullness of the ears.
Peter, Is it too late to do this when the top ear is about a week away from harvesting and the bottom ear two weeks from harvesting?
@@joanies6778 It can't hurt. If you're expecting rain soon, granular ferltizer will work. If you're not expecting rainfall, liquid will get into the roots faster.
You are the most informative and helpful person on UA-cam.
You, Sir, are a legend in my book! Thanks! Watched sooo many videos from you these last weeks.
Contents of this video
Tip #1 - When to grow 1:11
Tip #2 - Preparing the soil 2:33
Tip #3 - Sowing 4:32
Tip #4 - Growing 7:36
Tip #5 - Harvesting 10:12
Also, you kinda look like Russell Crowe. Like the gladiator gardener
Funny fact: Russell Crowe is Australian too...
Wasn't Russell Crowe's character also a farmer? 😉
Russell Crowe is actually a Kiwi who calls Australia home. He totally does look like him though.
Yes, he does look like Russel Crow, but better and nicer. Crow always gives off that hair-trigger crabby vibe.
@@petuniafuzz9083 I hear the vibe is accurate
my notes
always enjoy your tips...
1. when to grow...68-86 degrees F
warmest time of the year
2. Prepare soil and fertilize. Shallow root system. Protect from hard winds.
Fertilize early (not when planting)...
3. Sowing direct into garden bed, more than needed, due to pests.
4. Block vs rows, containers.... spacing is a foot apart....
Succession planting so it does not mature at once.
Plant where the most sun.
4. grow more than you need to preserve it as well
Watch for worms. Cut off bad part and pick/use.
Under fertilize
5. check the silk....if milky juice, it is ready
too long it gets starchy
after harvest use stalks for mulch.
So busy downloading your videos, I forget to like them!
G’day from Canada❣️
Nice one, Mark! Here in the UK I grow sweetcorn from seed in roottrainers. These are long, thin plastic pots which allow long roots to develop. Once the corn is about a foot high I harden them off in a cold frame before planting out in blocks. Never fails! 👍
Great Video appreciate you and your time! I have my greenhouse going plan on grow food year round. I built it from ground up myself I am 67 year young my wife 65 we raise our grandson who has Autism he is 16. Always enjoy learning new thing Thank You! From Texas Coast!
Iowa resident here. If you stand in a big corn field, in the middle of a hot, steamy day, you can hear it grow. It has a cracking sound. The smell is amazing too, like fresh grass. Great video! Going to try some sweet corn in my raised bed.
In the US we plant in blocks rather than rows and plant in waves to lengthen our season. We tend to plant every 2 weeks that way we don't have too much at one time then none fresh. We also plant the largest batch last for a winter freezer.
That is if you are growing it in the home garden
Renee Brown
We do? Ha I Live in southern Indiana USA. My corn didn't even produce anything. And yes I planted in a block.
I am in USA. I plan in rows. I do the whole crop in one big batch. Works great.
Renee Brown
I had heard of the three sisters (corn, beans and squash). The beans provide the soil with nutrients that the corn needs and the squash helps to keep moisture in the soil which the corn needs. 🚜🌽
Jim Strope Oh so that’s why farms alternate crops each year
This might be because I’m in a different climate, but I grew up and worked on a corn/bean farm in Iowa and much of this is incorrect for our area.
Corn has an incredibly deep root system, plus they have stabilizing roots. If your roots aren’t going down deep, you’re likely overwatering.
Transplanting corn can be done, but it won’t yield anywhere as much as direct seeding. Their roots immediately grow deeper than the plant is tall, so properly starting them inside without stunting them or damaging roots is difficult.
Make sure you don’t plant too dense. You’ll want a plant every square foot or so unless it’s production field corn, depending on your rows and spacing. Planting densely will make it fall over like you describe and show on the video.
Hi Mark. Have you ever grown 🥕 in PVC pipes or tubes? Raised garden beds with very hard soils like lime stone. But place your tubes in and set them in limestone or whatever's hard. Then put your soil in. Then place your seeds in each tubes. When carrots start to they grow straight and strong. Use 50mm tubes or pvc and wellar carrots.
I soak my corn seed between 2 layers of wet/damp kitchen paper on a plastic plate, with cling wrap over the top, when you see it start to sprout, plant it.
You just reminded me of something. Last year I had saved a couple ears of Silver Queen thinking I will plant them this year. When you said, choose heirloom varieties, the light bulb went on in my head and i knew just what I had done wrong. I saved F1 hybrid seeds. I had not even thought of it, although I know better.
Patty Sherwood
I'm not sure of the difference between hybrid and heirloom. I think I had heard that hybrids will grow one year but not the next.
He had said what I had already heard about corn. You'll know when it's time to harvest by crushing one of the corn kernels. If the pulp is a cloudy/milky color then it is ready to harvest. If it is clear then it is not yet ready.
Love your videos slowly working me way through them all. I always start my sweetcorn off on wet kitchen roll to make sure i am planting viable seed, as soon as they send out a white shoot they them go in pots first then planted out when all risk of frosts have passed, farmers round here plant loads of maize for cattle feed too they plant direct in the fields in May.Keep the vids coming love to see the garden so different to here in the UK. (Somerset in the UK).
Pepper, pepper, pepper, black ground pepper I threw on top after the day dried the corn.
About 2015 I went to harvest and the squirrel was eating and I let them finish it all.
This year was a 50 ish pick.
Thank you for tips.😊😮😊😮😊😮
I can easily picture him on Gardening Australia 😁
Nice one mark! Those bloody caterpillars were the bane of my crop last time
Cheers Tom! Hope all's well mate great to hear from you! 👍🙂
That’s why I’m treating my yard first then frowning all my produce in containers!
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BT. Use it.
Nice video. We don’t grow the modern sweet corn as it seems to give us flu-like symptoms. Same problem with corn syrup. We suspect a sugar enzyme issue. We do grow old varieties that were eaten at milk stage, then the rest allowed to grow on to dry corn for feed or meal. Painted hills works well for us. We are also growing a red polenta variety. We plant so they tassel at different times to be able to save seed, which allows us to plant side by side at the same time. Anything we can’t use goes as treats for our chickens during winter.
I love how you talked about transplanting corn! I'd been having germination problems when direct sowing (i think birds/were picking them out). Every source I looked at locally said to only direct sow but now I finally can get decent corn.
Mark, I never tire of watching your vids. This one was superb, thanx for posting x.
Did you know my favorite Steve Irwin? You're as enthusiastic and energetic about gardening and farming as he was for animal conservation. The best for you bloke. ❤from Canada 🇨🇦
Here in Arizona USA, I get two crops of corn each year. The first I plant in March (this week actually) for harvest in late May/early June before the really dry scorching summer. I will then plant again during monsoon season for a fall harvest.
CR Conway
Monsoon season is in August and September?
@@jimstrope701 Mid- to late-July through September. I usually plant the second crop of corn at the end of July (if the storms have been regular).
And a other great video, i have a tip that i use on my corn and tobacco plants. You transplant them in a ditch(-10cm) as i do, when they grow bigger, we close the ditch(0cm).
What would be good to do, after they are 50cm-75cm tall, make a hill around the base of the plant(+10cm), what will happen is the plant will keep growing there existing roots and create new roots. Bonus they can get more water. This saved me a lot of crop during a storm. I hope this was a helpful tip, cheers
Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to do your videos . My wife and I have really enjoyed watching and learning.
Great info. Keep up the good work. No BS just practical tips. I wish you all the success
I start my corn seedlings indoors under lights in a 72-cell flat. I plant them 4 inches apart in rows 48 inches apart. I have high winds, so I pound heavy stakes (2"x2") at the end of the rows and at 8 foot intervals in the rows. Then I tie up the plants using a Florida weave.
you do ok transplanting?
Best video I’ve see so far on UA-cam on This topic. Thank you!!!!
Thank man! I feed lots of deer and squirrel corn. And now there’s a ton of corn growing in my back yard!
This is the most impressive video. I've started my corn too crop early apparently. This entire video should be a documentary. Thank you. 🙂👍🌱🌽
Guy in the video: "G'diey"
Us Americans watching: "Haha he said the thing"
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@@dontask3699 G'Day
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His name Mark
You can mulch the stalks and leaves for chicken nest material, the silk can be dried for tea or smoking,the dried cobs can be material for wood burning stoves.
We use to plant many acres of corn on the farm in Michigan, LOL Now days I plant sweet corn in double rows 9 inches apart and 30-36 inches between rows. When the silks appear I go out with a newspaper funnel at 9:30-10am and collect pollen to shake on the silks to ensure pollination of the ears on the side the wind blows from. You want to wear a long sleeve shirt when doing this because corn pollen itches. Corn can be planted 6 inches apart, but that doesn't produce good ears. Corn loves to be at 12 inch spacing for good root absorption of water and nutrients. With the double row method a 10ft row with staggered double rows , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , is actually 6 inch single row spacing with the 12 inch spacing corn roots like. I've made my own tool/hoe with 2 angle iron spikes welded 9 inches apart. I dig the rows with it for planting. Then on both sides of a single row to bury the seeds. One path is between the 2 rows, so there is a trench on each outside and one in the middle. 3 good places for fertilizer. I like to plant extra seeds in the 30-36 inch space to fill in the double rows for the ones that don't sprout or get damaged. My neighbors have marveled at my sweet corn because it so much better then they have seen. Only problem is corn bores and army worm. They are really bad here in Florida. You have to spray or dust every week and hand pick from the whorls daily because the rain washes so much off. Horticulture oil helps with chemicals, but organic methods makes it harder. It is so much cheaper and easier to just buy sweet corn in the store. If one uses chemical sprays, do it in the late afternoon early evening so it doesn't harm as many bees. Water in the morning and spray at evening is what I find to be best. Watering at evening can cause fungus problems. Watering every day is bad and causes shallow roots. Space out watering 2-7 days. Yes water seedlings daily as needed. But don't over water.
great video, thanks for all the tips. Im just starting my very first corn growing, the plants are maybe 5--6" tall, just babes. I completely agree with the other poster, thanks for not adding annoying music that generally drowns out the purpose of the video!!
Beautiful garden! Thanks for the great tips! I also use the husks as mulch!
Its nice if you can catch the call of a bird in the background whilst envying his garden :)
Best Corn video I've seen. Thanks mate!...... From New Orleans Louisiana
Hey Mark! Again man your a genius!
Love from Israel!!
Thanks David! Cheers mate :)
You Dad jokes are THE best! The great information is a super bonus! Thank you for this.
I'm glad how you mentioned the tropics...because I live in the tropics.
Trying corn here Melbourne for the first time. Crossing fingers. Thank you for the tips.