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Corn growing at different rate

17 years ago

Will it still work pollination wise? since some have tassles already and there are many in the same rows with none?

Why would it grow so differently, it was all planted at the same time, all the same variety etc.

Comments (12)

  • 17 years ago

    Mine are any where from 6" to 3'. I'm not sure about the answers to you ? but you're not alone.

  • 17 years ago

    Same here on the heights. I noticed one plant which was about 3 ft tall maybe, had a tassel down in it about ready to pop up. I hope the things start taking off soon. Figured they would be much taller before they started making tassels though. Growing Silver Queen BTW.

  • 17 years ago

    This year with wet spell dryspell wet spell sequence, corn is not as spred out by maturity date as usual.From left to right Silver Princess, Augusta, Dasher, Silver King, Silver Queen.
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  • 17 years ago

    farmerdilla, that corn sure is pretty! Wish I had the room to have row lengths like those! LOL! Wait, don`t know where I would put it all! My belly is only so large! Hehehe! How tall is your Silver queen right now? When did you plant it?

  • 17 years ago

    It is a shade over 3 ft. It does not get more than a bout 6 ft under my conditions as does Silver King. The others are shorter. Most of the height from this point will be in the tassel.

  • 17 years ago

    FARMERDILLA, I agree. That is some pretty corn, but I would expect nothing less from you.

    I have two patches of sweet corn (Peaches & Cream). One should be ready for harvest in a week or two. The othre I staggered behind it and it is already tassling.

    My field corn is really pretty too.
    Due to the rain in the past few days, I can't get in the field to evaluate it.

    Shot

  • 17 years ago

    rjinga, give your plants a little more time & wait & see what they do.

    farmerdilla, when did you plant your corn this year? Do you use fertilizer in your corn field?

    shot,do you have a photo of your corn so we can admire it? I sure love to see a nice corn patch! It`s the little things! :)

  • 17 years ago

    Here is a picture of my dense corn patch. Nothing is growing at the same hieght either.. This is called Maize Morado, in Peru they make a purple drink with it.

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  • 17 years ago

    Weird how they do that isn`t it? You would think that all of them would grow at the same rate. I guess it is kinda like people. Big, small, short or tall. Takes all kinds to make the world go round! :)

  • 17 years ago

    Here are a couple of pictures of the corn that I took this morning. One is sweet corn in back of the house; the other is a combination of sweet corn and field corn, but the field corn it too tall to get an accurate picture.
    Almost bogged down getting to where I could take the pictures... lol
    The sweet corn in back of the house is making, the sweet corn in the field is just tassling. Don't want to work myself to death. Oldest son (computer geek) phoned last night and wanted to know when to come down to help out. "When it's ready - it's ready".
    Bought a corn grinder off of Ebay and plan to make come corn meal and/or grits from the field corn.
    Thanks for requestiong the pictures.

    Shot

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  • 17 years ago

    WOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!! Now THAT`S what I call a patch!!!! MAN! That`s a LOT of corn! LOL!!! Nice photos Shot!! REAL NICE!!
    Thanks!! I`m foaming at the mouth here!! Hehehe!
    :)

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks Hobbiest!

    Shot