3 Easy Steps to Grow Tasty Sweet Corn in Your Backyard!

Learn how to grow delicious sweet corn in your backyard with this simple three-step fertility plan! Follow along as we show you the easy process to ensure your corn grows big and tasty. Don't forget to subscribe for more gardening tips and tricks!
CHAPTERS:
0:18: 🌽 Simple fertility plan for growing sweet corn in backyard with other crops struggling.
2:24: 🌽 Optimizing fertility for backyard sweet corn growth
4:53: 🌽 Optimizing corn growth with nitrogen fertilization based on soil conditions and fertility levels.
7:25: 🌽 Optimizing corn growth with NatureSafe 1300 in coarse form for better results.
10:08: 💪 Efficient manual weeding process after applying synthetic fertilizers to promote corn growth.
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[@user-up4ud3kp7w]

Best advice ever on corn. Not everyone shares the helpful advice like you! Thank you Travis

[@michaeldowns2389]

Listen to this guy folks if your looking for advice, his recommendations are spot on.i use a cub planter and fertilizer set up to plant mine,I apply triple 13 or 8 at about half rate with a low volume agitator in the hopper when planting and the side dress and hill it with AN when it's almost to tall for the cub to go over it.its always dark green and big ears.i usually grow G90

[@ellendavis9940]

Thank you for spelling it out on fertilizing corn. I’ve not found anyone to explain it like you do…you’re fantastic. Now I might get good corn.

[@jhorsch94]

This is off-topic, but at 6:02 in the video, I believe a car was speeding down the road at supersonic speed and broke the sound barrier as well. 😂

[@margaret2222]

Wow that was crazy. Supersonic speed for sure.

[@Nate-1776]

I did double rows and planted pole beans next to every corn stalk on each row in the double row. Supported pole beans with 'trellis to make you jealous' and had the darkest green corn leaves I've ever had and used 0 fertilizer after sowing the seed. It was also the sweetest corn I've ever tasted.

[@jacquelinegoddeau9725]

I grow a few rows of sweet corn and a few rows of dent corn for corn meal every year. I start with a balanced fertilizer at planting but have never added extra nitrogen during the season. It always grows good. I do put 4 inches of wood chips mixed with the leaves and needles from an arborist on my garden every fall. In spring I rake them back into piles between the rows as mulch and plant the seeds in the bare soil with a balanced fertilizer. This method works great. Tons of earthworms in the soil. I may try adding nitrogen per your recommendation if my plants look light green instead of dark green this season. Thanks for the tip. I will watch them carefully.

[@italiana626sc]

I ain't skeert neither! 😅😂

[@bmiller22765]

I will be planting my peaches and cream corn this weekend. Thank you for all of the advice.

[@SelfSufficient912]

Thank you! Doing my first ever sweet corn this year. I only have a 25x25 plot. I plant everything from peppers, watermelons, okra, sweet corn, raddishes and pumpkins in it. I guess I will learn the hard way. I figured I will try all and see what grows well and just plant those varieties next year. Looking to get some raised beds, I am finding out about nightshade, etc..I am totally new here, so much to learn! I am also growing a lot of muscadines and pluot trees.

[@richardduke9788]

Everyone grows differently, and what works best for them . I got a bag of glycophosphate ready field corn seed . No hoeing needed .

[@growgreenhomestead2438]

my corn blew over in the storm that came through 2 days ago, stood it back up today and will fertilize it

[@nathanbannister8502]

Ours blew over for the 3rd time today. We did a Florida weave the first time, it grew another 2 feet...the 2nd time we added extra support lines a couple feet higher, it grew another 2 feet, yesterday I broke down and bought T posts for the 4 corners which is hopefully the last time I have to deal with this. We planted 60 seeds in 4 rows in an 4x8 raised bed. It's seven feet tall and tassels are beginning to form. But man, this is a lot of work for a little bit of corn. Wondering if anyone out there has a better way to grow it in a 4x8 bed that is less work! Help! SOS!

[@matthewmcclendon5308]

Be real nice if the DFW area in Texas would supply the nature safe products. That shipping that costs more than the bag has me buying other comparable products locally. But if they ever get in my area I’ll definitely be a buyer.

[@Maria-ql3fc]

Can't find it in southeast Alabama either.

[@Maria-ql3fc]

Not enough space for sweet corn but there's a nice old gentleman that grows it and sells it at a roadside stand just up the road from me. His prices aren't to bad, it's more expensive than in yrs past but fertilizer is more expensive too.

[@user-gb9br3kk4z]

I fertilize at ankle high with Agrothrive, shin high with 10-10-10, knee high, waist high, and shoulder high with 34-0-0 or 46-0-0 slow release.

[@jimkeith5008]

Which Agrothrive?

[@user-gb9br3kk4z]

General purpose.

[@jimoray3]

I love your content. Been watching now religiously as needing your expertise. We still have snow as 7” fell 2 days ago but melting again. I have my 3 large raised beds and 6 smaller raised bed garden ready as well as my plot for sweet corn 30’x12’ area. I’ve got 350 cloves of garlic in the ground since November covered and 150 double cup seedlings growing for the last month in my grow shed. I won’t transplant until after the 1st week in June. 5b growing is such a short time. I’ll be doing potatoes in 6 bag containers and hope your videos on potatoes will help me. Great job. I’m excited about my sweet corn. Thank you

[@hardstylzz5024]

Just hilled mine this afternoon before the cloud seeding tornado weather will be having in south Georgia.

[@ronniebrace2917]

Helpful video! Thanks!

[@scottiewhite8762]

I hill mine at home, small plots, with a single wheel hoe. Sweep all the way to the side, works great

[@hopemorrison2367]

Hey Travis

[@ozarkhomestead8697]

I did the double row last year and did great. So I am stepping it up and trying triple row this year.

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

On Florida sand I use 16-4-8 and give it a light dose when it comes up, another good dose before V7 with a thin mulching to retain water and a final hit when it first starts to tassel. Hitting it right when it starts to put on the 7th leaf is important. That's when it starts to grow rapidly. If it runs short of water and minerals then, there's no bringing it back.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

I enjoyed this! There’s something special about growing corn! I haven’t grown it for a few years because I have so much trouble with earwigs eating the tassels and then racoons eating the corn! But I would do an initial feeding with a balanced fertilizer and then spoon feed the plants with a liquid nitrogen (urea). I saw a video with some commercial farmers who irrigated their corn with central spigots, they said spoon feeding nitrogen with the irrigation water was the superior way to go.

[@carolynmoody9460]

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[@DV-ol7vt]

I wish I could get some of that high nitrogen organic fertilizer but I would haft to get it shipped in and it will cost over $100.00 a bag. I bought some 21-0-0 40 lbs synthetic for $20.00.

[@lisafahrner8257]

Sorry, forgot to add how often do you spray and do you spray just the inside of the corn?

[@flintwithers8460]

I just planted my corn today. Great tips as always!

[@lisafahrner8257]

Hi Travis, Great video!! Would blood meal be good enough for the corn?

[@billyedwards5716]

I'm growing nirvana this year too.

[@lisafahrner8257]

Sorry, I just thought of another question. Should I water my corn after I side dress it?

[@lisafahrner8257]

Do you have a link for the Spinosad ? Not sure if that’s how you spell it.

[@RUNNINGWylde-wq1bi]

Ye[p enjoyed the video

[@jeas4980]

Trav, I've been failing at corn for decades (7b, VA... surrounded by corn farms so there ain't no reason for it up front).. This year I'm changing my plot location, put down a silage tarp, and it's "shallow"... there just isn't much in the way of dirt to work with before I get to distribution pipes for my septic field. So... if you were going to create a bed of soil for corn; what textures are you looking for? My instincts say to bring in the sand... but I've been failing on this crop for decades... any advise?

[@annamuldoon6644]

I’m curious why Hoss doesn’t offer a Hilling attachment for working from the sides of the row. Valley Oak makes a great one but their system is financially out of reach for most backyard gardeners. I use my Hoss Double wheel hoe every week. This is the one shortcoming of the Hoss tool and attachment system. It’s a lifesaver for older gardeners. I know you are not affiliated with them anymore but you are still a family. Love your videos and I’ve got King of the Garden seeds on their way. Thank you for the info.

[@LazyDogFarm]

You can just put one plow on their wheel hoe and technically do it. But I find it's hard to drive a straight line with only one half of the plow set, so that's why I don't.

[@ChrisEckert-bh5px]

Would you do the same fertilizing frequency if you are fertilizing through the drip irrigation?

[@108rice]

Can Agro Thrive be used to foliar feed Sweet Corn?

[@LazyDogFarm]

It could be, but I don't think sweet corn really needs foliar feeding. Plenty of water and nitrogen usually keeps it plenty happy.

[@HC06-19]

Can you do it through the drip? And if so, how come you don’t?

[@th71-23]

my corn just poked through the dirt a couple days ago? would it hurt them to do the florida weave? i've lost all my corn last 3 years by getting blown over. almost didn't plant any this year.

[@nolawarren3560]

I didn't think about that. Wonder if it would work. Kinda makes sense.

[@th71-23]

@@nolawarren3560 i'm going to give it a try .

[@afriendtoo6971]

I tie mine up from posts and plant pole beans at the base to wind their way around the stalks to weave them together. But I just have a small patch.

[@DV-ol7vt]

Yes, but a Florida weave can be a lot of work if you got a big plot. I will use 8 ft T post. I use 4 t post on 30ft row. I use a post every 8 to 10 ft., I don’t weave in and out of every stalk. I tie off at start and stretch wire on one side until TPost, wrap around post, go down row on opposite side and keep repeating until end of row. I use some old electrical fence wire but anything will work. I only do about 2 or 3 lines up the corn. I’m not gonna do it this year and my corn is about knee high. I got about a 30 x 30 plot

[@kaylacoplin4783]

What did you say you use for the worms?? They were terrible last year and ate all of our corn.

[@jeas4980]

Spinosad

[@esmysyield2023]

Hey Travis I have a question on the irrigation. Will drip tubing work just as well as drip tape in an in ground garden?

[@DV-ol7vt]

I’m not Travis but as long as you can get the needed amount of water to all the plants then I don’t think it matters what you use

[@esmysyield2023]

@@DV-ol7vt cool thanks.

[@hardstylzz5024]

I use 1/4 inch Tubing 6"emitters spacing works fine on corn it's connected to the main 1/2" line.

[@esmysyield2023]

@@hardstylzz5024 awesome. Thats what I have. Thanks so much.

[@joelhenderson5404]

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[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

Any suggestions for deterring squirrels?

[@michaeldowns2389]

The only success with squirrels I have experienced is cats and lead

[@kelliwebb2870]

My squirrels feast on my corn every year! I’m not the killing type so I share! Lol sometimes they let me have an ear or two.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

@@michaeldowns2389 It's crossed my mind.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

@@kelliwebb2870 That put lol on my face. I wouldn't mind sharing if they played by the rules; 1 for you an 1 for me. 1for you and 2 for me 1 for you and 3 for me ,,,,,,,,, that would be fair. 😆

[@jeas4980]

I'm with @michaeldowns on this one... cats... maybe dog and definitely lead adjacent projectiles. You can't shake-n-bake'em if you use actual lead... and they're good with shake-n-bake!

[@buckwatts1351]

If you have drip tape why don't you use liquid nitrogen.

[@mattpeacock5208]

Why's Brooklyn got court? She get busted or something? I know a good lawyer of yall need one.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I know a good lawyer too. She happens to be my wife. 😉