We grew corn when I was a kid, first time growing it myself. Impluse bought a few stalks to throw into the garden bed, and now this corn is bringing me a lot of joy. Grow corn, Grow!
My corn is doing corny things
We grew corn when I was a kid, first time growing it myself. Impluse bought a few stalks to throw into the garden bed, and now this corn is bringing me a lot of joy. Grow corn, Grow!
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perishthethought@piefed.social · 7 pts · 66d
Tassels! Mine too. It's great seeing how big the ears can get.
A guide, if this is useful for you:
https://www.almanac.com/plant/corn
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 66d
aye thank you!
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 66d
"Hey, you want to make a bit of money? You should do what I did, get into farming. See this? I got this selling corn. Comes out of the fucking ground! I couldn't believe it!"
perishthethought@piefed.social · 2 pts · 65d
haha
But actually it's more like this
https://piefed.social/c/memes@lemmy.world/p/2179266/set-for-life
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 65d
Radishes grow SO fast! I wish I liked them more. I was throwing them to the wildlife a few weeks back, I had too many!
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 65d
dumples@piefed.social · 4 pts · 65d
Is it knee high by fourth of July?
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 65d
Is this a thing? A saying?
cuz it's to my hip! I am short, but yes :)
dumples@piefed.social · 3 pts · 65d
It's definitely a saying in Minnesota. One of my friends said it to me about my corn today. It's above knee high.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 65d
how fun, TIL
Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d
It used to be a thing but thanks to the removal of Spring here in NY it's usually hip to shoulder high and the second/late crops are going in he ground soon i think.
dumples@piefed.social · 2 pts · 65d
Obviously it depends on how fast your corn grows and your growing season. Shoulder high by Fourth of July still has a nice ring to it
HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 65d
how much do you feed it. I had a hard time growing corn and im in corn country
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 65d
Not much. This is a small bed that I usually grow pumpkins/peas/tomatoes in (and cali poppies) depending on the year.
Each spring spread it with cow compost before anything pops up or is planted. All my veggies, I simply feed fish ferilizer about every two to three weeks depending, usually like to just before a rain. Thats it. Water them a bit each day there's no rain. I also cultivate clover around this garden bed, the soil in my yard is dog shit, and ive been trying to fix it (with some success) the last 4 years or so. I cover all my garden beds with leaves for the winter (zone 6b), and in spring, add the manure on top of the leaves before planting.
I just looked for the tag, I thought I saved it guess not, but, this corn is some kinda multi colored heirloom variety if that could make a difference? I only planted four of em, bought the starts from a local spot that had em on sale, so I didnt fuck with seeds
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 65d
thats actually a lot. ok makes sense.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 63d
I think it's only a lot because Ive had to repair the soil.
When it comes to amount of work, it doesnt feel like a lot
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 65d
wow i'm surprised cornography is allowed on here, get this smut off my feed!