I appreciate the videos! Just learned of your channel from your biochar creation technique, and as a new gardener i really like your approach, i have similar goals of trying to reduce my food bill and have that confidence that i can be self sufficent if i ever had to be. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
As long as you learn from something, you're never really making a mistake! But God has arranged things so we can learn from other peoples mistakes as well as out own!
Glenn Drowns of Sand Hill Preservation said he has grown Yukon Supreme and it was ready between 45 and 49 days. I believe it once took 48 days for him. I believe he lives in Indiana or Iowa. That could cut almost ten days off of each of your plantings if it works the same in your environment. I don't have experience with this variety. But I thought I would mention it in case it would work for you.
Factor in the longer sunlight hours that Alaska gets, yes it's cooler, but garden in Arizona in Nov - June, and in Southern British Columbia, with the longer days in BC my plant to pick days is 15-20 days shorter. Yes soil temps, overheated day in AZ get to the corn, but we get 105 days here in BC too. The day lengths effect the corn in a major way is my experience, I do fertigation on bot location, granted AZ take a bit more N but that because of Clay soils there.
Good deal. I always heard about your giant cabbages, but didn't know it made your corn grow well. Do you use organic or chemical nutrients in your fertigation system?
@@LiveOnWhatYouGrow I make charcoal, then a huge compost pile, and then leach the tea and inject with a Mazzei? But I do add N to the pile, and Epsom Salt, Corn is a grass, so need lots of N, I do soil tissue sampling, plant go know the difference, N is N, but the soil bio is what makes taste, soil health, I'm not into blood meal thats gross.,
@@johac7637 You are right about the soil bio, however, there are differences in nitrogen. Both ammonium and nitrates are nitrogenous compounds, but according to Dr. Elain Ingham, whom I regard as one of the most knowledgeable soil scientists alive, ammonium is the ONE good for cultivated plants, while nitrates promote the growth of weeds and facilitate anaerobic conditions. Here's a really great talk by Dr. Elaine on this subject: ua-cam.com/video/RCeOYvnoKog/v-deo.html
@@LiveOnWhatYouGrow not all forms of N are plant available, this the actions of breakdown, that's why when flood irrigation is also the mode of application of N there are usually 3-4 different types of N, in nitrates, ammonias, some not dll immediately available for plant uptake, and also so the mix is less volatile to be lost to the atmosphere. Laura does a good job, but it's not a one size fits all, she needs to try doing her gig in the Sonpran desert, that another learning curve.
How will you amend your garden bed to plant your corn? I am assuming you are planting back in the same bed where you just picked your corn. Also, what size is your planting bed? Hope you will take us along when you transplant your seedlings. One more thing..., where do you purchase your seed? I am really enjoying your videos.👍
Hi Libby, I'm just going to add some compost. The soil is already rich because of all the biochar and other nutrients I've been adding to it. The bed is only about 5 feet by 6 feet. I don't even remember where I got the original seed years ago. I just found them online. But I save my own seed year after year.
I appreciate the videos! Just learned of your channel from your biochar creation technique, and as a new gardener i really like your approach, i have similar goals of trying to reduce my food bill and have that confidence that i can be self sufficent if i ever had to be. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
As long as you learn from something, you're never really making a mistake! But God has arranged things so we can learn from other peoples mistakes as well as out own!
Glenn Drowns of Sand Hill Preservation said he has grown Yukon Supreme and it was ready between 45 and 49 days. I believe it once took 48 days for him. I believe he lives in Indiana or Iowa.
That could cut almost ten days off of each of your plantings if it works the same in your environment.
I don't have experience with this variety. But I thought I would mention it in case it would work for you.
Thanks, that 10 days could be a game changer. I will try it!
Thx
Factor in the longer sunlight hours that Alaska gets, yes it's cooler, but garden in Arizona in Nov - June, and in Southern British Columbia, with the longer days in BC my plant to pick days is 15-20 days shorter.
Yes soil temps, overheated day in AZ get to the corn, but we get 105 days here in BC too.
The day lengths effect the corn in a major way is my experience, I do fertigation on bot location, granted AZ take a bit more N but that because of Clay soils there.
Good deal. I always heard about your giant cabbages, but didn't know it made your corn grow well. Do you use organic or chemical nutrients in your fertigation system?
@@LiveOnWhatYouGrow I make charcoal, then a huge compost pile, and then leach the tea and inject with a Mazzei? But I do add N to the pile, and Epsom Salt, Corn is a grass, so need lots of N, I do soil tissue sampling, plant go know the difference, N is N, but the soil bio is what makes taste, soil health, I'm not into blood meal thats gross.,
@@johac7637 You are right about the soil bio, however, there are differences in nitrogen. Both ammonium and nitrates are nitrogenous compounds, but according to Dr. Elain Ingham, whom I regard as one of the most knowledgeable soil scientists alive, ammonium is the ONE good for cultivated plants, while nitrates promote the growth of weeds and facilitate anaerobic conditions. Here's a really great talk by Dr. Elaine on this subject: ua-cam.com/video/RCeOYvnoKog/v-deo.html
@@LiveOnWhatYouGrow not all forms of N are plant available, this the actions of breakdown, that's why when flood irrigation is also the mode of application of N there are usually 3-4 different types of N, in nitrates, ammonias, some not dll immediately available for plant uptake, and also so the mix is less volatile to be lost to the atmosphere.
Laura does a good job, but it's not a one size fits all, she needs to try doing her gig in the Sonpran desert, that another learning curve.
How will you amend your garden bed to plant your corn? I am assuming you are planting back in the same bed where you just picked your corn. Also, what size is your planting bed? Hope you will take us along when you transplant your seedlings. One more thing..., where do you purchase your seed? I am really enjoying your videos.👍
Hi Libby, I'm just going to add some compost. The soil is already rich because of all the biochar and other nutrients I've been adding to it. The bed is only about 5 feet by 6 feet. I don't even remember where I got the original seed years ago. I just found them online. But I save my own seed year after year.
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