its out of control
2007-05-17 12:25:29 · 10 answers · asked by randy w 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Please! some of the answers you get are silly. I grew up nth generation farmer, still plant corn. We never bothered with those silly hills, just plant them in rows and they do fine.
For sweet corn, which you probably have, thin the corn about 6 to 8 inches apart in the row--easy way is to just take the hoe and whack out the plants or pull them up. I usually look close and try to pull out the weak looking stalks, leaving the hardier, stronger and larger stalks. If you are growng field corn, which makes larger stalks and plants, you would need to thin about 12 inches.
2007-05-17 15:11:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Corn is pollinate by the wind so it needs to be spaced very close together. It is usually planted in long mounded rows with the seeds about 2 inches apart. No farther or it will not pollinate.
As a matter of fact I was just discussing this very subject earlier with my very good friend and mentor, a PhD in Botany. The term for wind pollinating is amentiferae.Certain plants can only be pollinated by the wind, and even though you can hand pollinate corn, it is sooooo much easier to let the wind do it!!
My fee is a dozen ears when ripe :-)
2007-05-17 19:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by houseplant doctor 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your mistake was not finding out BEFORE you planted it ... corn should be planted in 'rows' that are at least 16" apart, into 'hills' each containing five to seven kernels of corn. Space the hills at least 8" apart. Since your corn is now 'out of control, you may be able to save 'some' of the plants, but not all of them because it is very difficult to 'replant' corn once it has started to grow. Go very carefully through your corn patch and try to leave the 'two strongest' plants at least 8 inches apart, and give yourself enough 'room' to walk down between the rows ... if you want, you may 'save some room' by taking the corn out and leaving a 'zig zag pattern' so you'll have two rows between each 'walking row' ... good luck.
2007-05-17 20:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
12 to 18 inches between rows and atleast 5 roes deep for good pollination
2007-05-17 22:59:48 · answer #4 · answered by sean s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Farmers in Iowa usually do a 12" or 16" planting. And it makes it easier to walk through and detassel if you're doing that.
2007-05-17 19:28:21 · answer #5 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Twelve (12) to Eighteen (18) Inches.
2007-05-17 19:28:27 · answer #6 · answered by jimmymae2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 feet
2007-05-17 19:27:45 · answer #7 · answered by lucasone 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
th back of the seed packet specifies based on region and type.
2007-05-17 19:28:02 · answer #8 · answered by SpiderWoman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If its already up its too late.
2007-05-20 19:30:07 · answer #9 · answered by GRUMPY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
iam not even gonna go there
2007-05-17 19:27:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋