HOW TO GROW A PERFECT EAR OF CORN!

It's sweet corn day in the backyard garden at Lazy Dog Farm! We'll be harvesting and processing our first round of Solstice sweet corn and showing you the entire process.
We'll also tell our four best tips for growing a perfect ear of sweet corn, which include irrigation, fertilization, and an organic spray program to ensure that worms don't get the corn before you do!
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[@maryshehane7711]

When my daughters were teens we had a pretty substantial garden. We even had enough room for corn. This was a suburban lot in a suburban neighborhood. One summer night after dinner I looked out my window and I could see the cornstalks shaking. I thought the raccoons were in the corn and go barreling out to the garden. It was my daughters eating raw corn as dessert after dinner.

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's great!

[@johnbrzenksforearm8295]

I have a korny joke for ya. Q: What did baby corn say to mom corn? A: Where’s pop corn? 🤣

[@LazyDogFarm]

Good one!

[@TargaWheels]

When I was your age, I could do things in the middle of the day in the heat, no problem. But at 57 now, I have to do yard/garden stuff early, or late in the day. Age can be sad. I can't "Superman" all day any more. Just had to be smarter as I got older.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I get that. I'm sure I'll get there sooner than later.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

Yeah from about 1PM till after supper I try to find work to do inside or at least in the shade. OR just do something easy like riding around on the mower with a beer in my hand. :D

[@sislertx]

Im pushing 80 and this last month had seen me slow.down to slower than a crawl..i hope i can garden next year..aint looking like it..this year my plants have really taken off...even the swiss chard is literally 4.5 foot tall...ive grown for decades and it never got over a foot!! My tomatoes have literally all clumped together in one huge bush and its just april!!! I had so many peas i actually.gave a.bunch away...ive had to toss to neighbors chickens so much lettuce...its bizarre Ine thing i am trying is putting peppers really really close..the pepper grower channel said to do this so we will see. I finally got onions to bulb..and.eatten tons of leeks already..guess god is blessing me with my best gardens before he makes me QUIT

[@vinsoriano493]

Sorry to here that. I’d try to go for daily walks as much as you can personally handle and get some light weights to try to get some strength back. I hope you’re able to to garden this year

[@alexandereckert5939]

shoulda worked out all those years

[@markware7748]

This video is pure gold for any backyard corn farmer. And seventeen bags of joy in the freezer beats money in the bank.

[@timfetner8029]

Hey Travis. This video brings back some great memories from my younger years. My grandmother used to put up enough corn and butter beans to fill up her chest freezer. Half was corn and the other half was butter beans. Never had a dinner there without having both of these veggies and is why they are my favorites to this day. My guess on harvesting early is twofold - one, it is cooler in the early morning so it is a bit easier on the body when it isn’t so hot out, and two it is important to get sweet corn cooled down after it is picked to prevent the conversion of sugars to starches. Picking it in the middle of a hot day makes that tough to do. As always, love your videos and can’t wait to see what you have for us on Friday!!

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

Almost everything is at its peak of sugar content first thing in the morning, and I think you're right that it especially makes a difference with corn. I notice a real difference with tomatoes, too.

[@bennyhill3642]

1 if the best vids Thank You! 😇🙏👍🥳🌽

[@davidscarborough713]

Outstanding video. Glad too someone else ask about how to hand pollinate. Would like to see it demonstrated sometime.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

I just shake the stalks when it's not windy. You can see all the pollen float down onto the silks.

[@mousiebrown1747]

Wow! 65 days! Qualifies as Early, maybe First Early. Restaurant pretty.

[@moldbuilder2000]

im in las vegas, im lovin your growing informarion

[@indyme2]

Travis, not only was that a perfect ear of corn, it was a perfect video always. Tena

[@kennethlatimer4607]

Feeling your pain buddy. Summer is combat gardening. Keep calm and carry on.

[@ChrisPlaylistable]

When we’re bagging up corn to freeze (whole kernel), we take an old angel food cake pan. Put the hole cob of corn and push it through the hole in the center. Takes the kernels off for ya and leaves them piled up for ya in the pan and the cob goes straight through.

[@thedadchronicles]

Just beautiful! I'm up in North Georgia and my corn has decided to stop growing, I'm going to live vicariously through y'all for now.

[@susanpayne5592]

My mouth is watering watching you eat that fresh corn right out of the garden! I blanch the corn on the cob for 4 minutes, cool in ice water, and place on towel to dry. Then I cut the kernels and scrape the cob for cream corn.

[@KenJohnsonUSA]

Beautiful harvest! Makes me want to make my grilled corn. I soak the sweet corn, husks and all, in sweetened sassafras tea overnight. Then, I slowly grill them in the husks until the husks turn a chocolate color. The cobs are great to make corn wine out of. Just boil your raw cobs in water for about 30 minutes, remove the cobs, add some sugar to the water, let it cool, add your yeast, place it in a fermenter with airlock, and you'll have corn wine in about 21 days.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sounds great!

[@fannybuster]

A bunt cake pan works great, stick the corn ,pointy size down into the cake pan hole ,then cut downward. Works swell

[@pd8559]

Looking good Travis 👍 The time required to turn the sugars in corn to starch is short, field heat speeds this process up so for a large sized farm operation, harvesting corn when it is dark outside helps to get the heat out slowing down the corn going into a starch before it gets refrigerated. If you are eating on it at your own place right away its not that big of a deal when you harvest it especially if you just grab some just before cooking it.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Makes sense.

[@ranm1ac]

Great video. Thank you !

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

The reason to harvest your corn at first light was to prevent the plant from making more starch. Nighttime darkness allows the plant to convert those starches to sugar. Meaning your corn will be at its peak flavor very first thing in the morning. Unless you are an absolute connoisseur you probably won't notice.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

That's true of almost everything we grow. I can really tell the difference with tomatoes. Someone who's used to those sad watery store-bought maters and corn might not notice, but once you get spoiled by the good stuff from your own garden you'll know ;)

[@juliabarron9574]

That was a great harvest. Looks so delicious. I remember shucking corn that Grammy bought at the farmers market in Georgia.

[@michellemilner3380]

Now that was pretty impressive how you got the wind to blow at the exact time you were talking about wind pollination! Ha! Great video, again!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks 👍

[@stephenhall3647]

"Up at the crack of dawn" had to do with maintaining a cool temperature for the ears. Older varieties harden up of they get warm. Back in the day, we didn't have room in the icebox for all the corn we'd harvest, so get up at the coolest part of the day, get it picked and preserved as quickly as possible. Love your videos! Thanks for good content that I can relate to.

[@borracho-joe7255]

Corn is on the plan for late Spring 2023....thanks for the valuable information with this series!

[@LazyDogFarm]

You bet!

[@INeedABeatDJ]

Just ordered the corn cutter.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Hope you like it!

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

Made my stomach growl watching you with that beautiful corn. I do like fresh corn cooked in a cast iron skillet in the oven, especially the brown parts around the edges.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yes, that is one of our favorite ways to cook it as well!

[@nailwall1078]

Best fertilizer is alfalfa and chicken feed.

[@edwardschneider2716]

Great video great looking corn. Sweet corn plants are unique compared to field corn. However the bigger the field the fewer the double ears I see.

[@oneillplumbing4566]

8ts called the husk😊

[@tgood9344]

Looks great & sounds delicious! Thank you for the update. 🌺

[@mousiebrown1747]

Daggone! That corn cutter leaves the cobs ready for the outhouse ! 🙃😉😆

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sure does! Clean as a whistle!

[@matthewking2209]

Thats some good looking corn Travis.

[@suepatterson2702]

Super season for sweet corn.

[@imaprepper1866]

Travis, the corn looks delicious. You have ca great harvest. Fill your freezer. You don’t know what next year will be like. God bless.

[@LazyDogFarm]

You got that right!

[@d.j.robinson9424]

Congratulations on your first freezer harvest, looks scrumdiliicious. 👍👍💚🌽🌽🌽🌽

[@rcfliertube]

Maybe its called Solstice corn because its ready to pick near the summer solstice (equinox)

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

I'm sure you're right about the name. But summer solstice is the longest day of sunlight of the year. Winter solstice is the day with the fewest amount of sunlight. Equinoxes are in spring and fall when there's 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness - equal light/dark = equinox. :)

[@lawrencekeech2779]

My grandad said you picked corn in the morning because the plant had the most moisture in the morning. “If you want juicy maters pick ‘em in the morning, if you want stronger flavor pick them in the evening after heat” cucs and melons in the morning berries in the evening.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I can see that. They didn't have the benefit of drip irrigation back in those days.

[@danielcook3771]

Some one asked me why I always play golf in the afternoon. I don't like dew on my shoes.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Makes plenty of sense to me!

[@sandraoconnor5700]

Gorgeous harvest! Enjoy your bounty!!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Sandra!

[@carolavant3778]

Beautiful corn, Travis!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Carol!

[@jonpinkston2880]

Hey Travis. I love watching these videos. So informative and providing lots of good info for when I finally decide to bite the bullet and start a backyard garden. Thanks for sharing! In other news.... we're all ready and waiting for more Pop Up Life vids to come back!!

[@LazyDogFarm]

I don't know if the pop-up vids will ever come back. We still go camping quite a bit, but we just leave the camera at home now.

[@AliciasInTheKitchen]

That corn looks delicious. I think your chicken program for the corn is working out real good! I put my cream corn up in LEM bags, like the ones you use for sausage or ground deer. It works out really good, and there is no need to vaccuum seal it. You just twist the air out of the bag and then use the tape machine to get it good and air tight. The 1 lb bags hold about 2 cups and the 2 lb bags will hold a quart.

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's a great idea! Never thought about using those bags.

[@johncraig3305]

Your corn looks great. Good job.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thank you!

[@KrazyKajun602]

We did it also as soon as daylight. It's alot cooler early in the morning than later in the day. You are just doing a few rows, if you had to do several acres, the earlier the better.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not sure I want to be a part of any "acres" of corn. lol

[@NewDimension7]

Yuhu wah jagungnya bagus sekali Sangat informatif dan menarik.. Thanks for sharing

[@paulblankenship7865]

I like that corn pickin waggin you got there Travis

[@LazyDogFarm]

Had to borrow that from the kids, but it worked very well! lol

[@viper04af]

I have started cutting the back of the cob off (the stem?) then just hold the sklit side and shake, the cobb falls right out. thank for your videos !!

[@LazyDogFarm]

I need to try that.

[@florabamabear2058]

Can you do a video on your water usage levels and how they change from month to month over the summer season?

[@LazyDogFarm]

We'll be talking about that a bit on Monday's video.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

What a great harvest! I love putting away enough stuff for a whole year of eating. I love my pressure canner but I have a feeling that with corn freezing is the way to go. Klaus

[@LazyDogFarm]

We're not huge fans of pressure-canned veggies. I like frozen much better.

[@Willy_Peter]

Dang, corn info and a gun show in one video.. pow pow

[@Banishedsoulsofficial]

Just finished harvesting the last of my silver queen sweet corn. You have a great looking crop!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Nice! Hope you had plenty to freeze!

[@TheSwaffordHomestead]

Great looking corn! I like the size and the way it fills out. I will have to consider planting some next year...We use the same corn cutter! It's works great! My sweet corn is tasseling here in Tennessee. Your growing season usually around 4 to 6 weeks ahead of ours. Enjoy that sweet stuff!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Hope you have a great harvest!

[@jonlewis6630]

Awesome job Travis... I sure hope my corn does that good... my hopes are up, but I am prepared if it isn't. I am going to plant fall corn, probably Bodacious.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Good backup plan!

[@suesurrency1309]

Liquid gold!

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

The corn cobs look great. That corn picking experience as a kid carried over into adulthood in what NOT to do when it comes to picking corn. 😀 The tool worked great from what I see. I'm growing Yellowstone this year. Early plantings will just be for fresh eating but the last planting will mostly be for canning.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Enjoy that delicious Yellowstone corn!

[@franciskucinski5635]

Massachusetts sells 12 ears of corn for $8 at local farm stands!

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's crazy!

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

GrandPa grew tobacco and for reasons I didn't understand we had to get up early when the plants were still wet and walk the rows pulling off the flower tops, we come out of that tobacco patch gummie with tobacco resin and higher than a Kite.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Haha!

[@kramitdreams]

We use the same tool for corn! Love it! Brings back childhood memories, we grew and sold corn. The reason we had to get up before daylight and pick corn is bc we sold it so we wanted the corn to stay moist and wet so it didn't dry out and the kernels get dry and crinkled up😉 back in the day we sold it for 1.25 a dozen crazy bc last year I saw some selling 6 bucks a dozen. 😳 Those were fun days though being in the fields before daylight with my siblings and cousins in long sleeve shirts and still coming out itching and wet when we were done😆

[@LazyDogFarm]

I think some of the older varieties were a little more temperamental. These newer, supersweet varieties seem not to care what time of day it's harvested.

[@kramitdreams]

@@LazyDogFarm we sold silver queen and peaches n cream

[@creative227]

Yum!!!

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Dangit, Tickle, I knew you’d be makin’ that corn likker again! You should invite your moonshiner buddy Tim on your show sometime!

[@LazyDogFarm]

I just couldn't help myself! I can't keep Tim from burning up the roads, otherwise I'd get him to help!

[@charleselertii6187]

Hi Travis. My mouth is watering now. I can almost smell it. Please let us know what you did with all the cobs after you shucked and stripped them of all their goodness. Straight to compost bin as-is? or chopped them up? or what? Thank You Sir! Chuck in Jensen Beach, Florida

[@LazyDogFarm]

Gave a few to the chickens and the rest went to the compost bin.

[@variousgardeners.8591]

When I harvest i find snapping the stem off the bottom first makes the husk come off easier.

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

The reason to harvest your corn at first light was to prevent the plant from making more starch. Nighttime darkness allows the plant to convert those starches to sugar. Meaning your corn will be at its peak flavor very first thing in the morning. Unless you are an absolute connoisseur you probably won't notice. And that sweet corn mmm mmm mmm boy oh boy I would fry some of that .mmmmmmmmmm

[@mattpeacock5208]

You know, you'll get a better harvest if you collect your corn in a Texas A&M Aggies bucket!

[@sislertx]

Well next year im gonna do the white corn..my favorite..i could not decide which one since most wont do good below 45 latitude.. and so went with this kind...tho i didnt get it from johnnies.

[@Newyorkgardener585]

Great video lazy dog you better change name of farm your farm but hard-working dog you definitely put in some work with that garden hopefully I'll have one like yours one day 😁😁😁😁😁

[@LazyDogFarm]

It's only work if you don't enjoy it!

[@ncanellos]

They have a knockoff one way cheaper than pampered chef on ebay best tool we ever used on corn 🌽

[@gregleach5833]

Here in South Georgia your gonna be soakin wet regardless of whether the leaves are wet or not ! 😀 I’ll be soaked in sweat 15 minutes into it .

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's true. I was blessed with a cloudy day when I did mine.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

Fruits and vegetables change all through the day and night. Almost everything is at its peak of sugars and flavonoids etc very first thing in the morning. That's why the old folks made you get up at the crack of dawn to pick it. I've seen some videos where people measure the corn or tomato or whatever with a Brix meter at various times of the day, and the difference in sugar content can be pretty remarkable. You can often tell for yourself with maters when you pick one at sun-up and then pick another one from the same plant late in the afternoon when it's really hot and dry. The first one will be tastier overall and most likely sweeter. If you have a whole lot to harvest, well let's be honest, you're going to do it whenever you have the time probably. And that's not a deal-breaker, it will still be pretty dang good. But if you want some of the very best your plants can offer, pick the prime, just-right ripe fruits right at sunrise.

[@LazyDogFarm]

That makes sense for plants that aren't on a constant water supply with drip irrigation.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@@LazyDogFarm In at least some cases it has to do with the light/dark cycle as well, and probably also temperature. But I don't know how much of a factor that is with corn in particular. Plants are basically little chemical factories. There's all sorts of fascinating stuff going on there, it's not just about getting water or fertilizer... but of course steady water and nutrition is going to give the best chances for success indeed.

[@Goodstriker403]

I never grew a garden before but I was hired this year as lead hand and our corn looks about the height as yours. I was worried it wouldn’t turn out. Still have a week or two

[@mutantryeff]

If you don't have two good ears per stalk, then it's hard to keep their sunglasses on.

[@variousgardeners.8591]

😂

[@LazyDogFarm]

Exactly!

[@rcfliertube]

Maybe its called Solstice corn because its ready to pick near the summer solstice

[@LazyDogFarm]

Who knows why they name these varieties the things they do. But that's a valid one!

[@jason_young]

Look up the holt’s corn creamer on KZbin. That thing is awesome. Silker on one side and creamer on the other. Built by a guy in Douglas, GA.

[@LazyDogFarm]

The video I saw of it looked like it didn't get the cobs very clean -- like they still needed to be scraped after being ran through the machine.

[@jason_young]

@@LazyDogFarm there are settings for preferences. You can adjust the blade to cut as close as you want to the cob. They come out pretty clean.

[@nailwall1078]

I feed 50 pounds alfalfa meal and 50 pounds mixed grain chicken feed every heavy rain and I getting over 8 cobs per plant sometimes 3 -4 from one node and my worm populations ridiculous.

[@nailwall1078]

You guys owe me for giving you thee secret.

[@davidmaxwell7029]

Hey Travis, Great video as always. I have the pampered chef corn tool as well. Got it after last season's crop. I will go with it this year. I'm about a week or so behind you. As far as freezer bags I agree the name brand one's are pretty pricey. I did some research and found a company called Out Of Air. Their bags and rolls are 4 mil instead of 3 mil and the price is very good.. Hope this helps. Not really sure if I can put their website up here but if you remove the spacing of their name you will have it.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks David. I'll give them a look!

[@melissac3313]

That is beautiful bags of golden 🌽. Did the chickens get the cobs? Mine go crazy for corn cobs. I just planted bloody butcher corn zone 6a. With beans in the rows and cucumbers on the corners of my rasied bed. (Called 3 sisters from the native Americans) I love to use the stocks for fall decorations.🎃

[@LazyDogFarm]

They got some of them and they loved it!

[@Angela_Alaimo]

Have you ever made corn stock with the cobs? If you have room in the freezer to keep a couple bags of cobs it's so worth the little bit of work

[@LazyDogFarm]

Have not ever made corn stock. Never heard of it in fact, but it sounds interesting ...

[@Angela_Alaimo]

@@LazyDogFarm It's an indigenous recipe. And simple--cobs, a little carrot, bit of onion, cover with water, simmer a couple hours. If you want it to taste cornier, simmer some more Edit: season with salt and pepper at the end

[@stevejohnson1884]

Picking corn early in the morning means the corn is cool. Old timers says it stored better in the olden days.

[@LazyDogFarm]

It probably did for those standard varieties grown in the olden days. These supersweets seem to hold fine regardless of harvest time.

[@stevejohnson1884]

@@LazyDogFarm great channel man.been following for some time.yeah that was the reason behind getting us out picking at twilight.got any suggestions for fire ants on okra.its bad this year?

[@LazyDogFarm]

@@stevejohnson1884 Spinosad usually works if you want to stay organic. If organic isn't a priority, bifenthrin will take care of them.

[@chiefcuster]

Howdy, Travis. I had worms in my Kandy Korn spring crop. I'm starting to plant again for the fall. When you spray that spinosad, do you just spray the ears, or the leaves and stalk, as well?

[@LazyDogFarm]

You definitely want to make sure you get the ears. But I'll tend to spray the entire plant above silks and above.

[@melissakingery4393]

Travis I love your videos and you've guided me through some of my gardening issues. I'm trying corn so someone suggested I take the pollen off until they have silks to sprinkle the pollen on? Also there are some that are 5 or 6 feet and some that are only 2 feet . I do have 3 kinds in that grouping, one of them is Japanese Hulless popcorn. I've tried to keep them watered because it's been too hot!

[@LazyDogFarm]

I don't think you need to take the pollen off the silks. Just kind of bend the stalk and shake the tassels in the direction of the silks. There's way more pollen on each tassel than is needed to pollinate the corn.

[@melissakingery4393]

Travis the only thing is some of them don't have silks yet?

[@LazyDogFarm]

@@melissakingery4393 They'll get there. Tassels always come before the silks.

[@melissakingery4393]

Thanks Travis your awesome

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@@melissakingery4393 I agree with Travis, don't worry about it. The corn will keep making pollen. It knows what to do :)

[@carldearman1836]

When should I get my macro boost and put on my corn

[@jamessteffens8337]

Question. Spacing of corn is 8 inches ok ? How far apart should I have the rows . Thanks jim80

[@milkweed7678]

Great video! I'm going to do it that way. Ordered one of those cutters and am ready to go. About how many dozen did you have from this batch to make those 17 bags? Thanks!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not sure how many dozen, but I ended up with a freezer bag for every 10 or so row feet of corn.

[@milkweed7678]

@@LazyDogFarm That sounds about right. 10-12 ears per bag. It's still a lot of work but like that cutter and using the microwave much better than the old way. Thanks for showing us.

[@rickpearce4653]

Travis, you’re harvesting corn . What happens if you pick the large ear and leave the runt and pump the water to it for a few days?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I do that often. Sometimes that runt ear doesn't ever do anything, but sometimes it will fill out enough to have a snack.

[@outdoorNatureBrazil]

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[@Trendingupwards]

Three or Four Years? Wow! That is what I call a learning curve. JK! 13:43

[@DennisBickers]

You talk about a Pampered Chef kernel cutter with a cob scraper in your KZbin "How to grow a perfect ear of corn". What is the model number of this cutter?

[@LazyDogFarm]

It's this one: amzn.to/3ulHVBj

[@jasonbergeron874]

Great looking corn. I planted temptrest this year and mine is ready to harvest but its going to be a few more days before I'll be able to. Do you have an idea of how long on average would sweet corn keep in the field? For reference I live in central Louisana and its been crazy hot this week. 97-100 degrees.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Depends on the type of corn. If it's a supersweet or triplesweet like Temptress is I believe, it should hold on the plants well for 7-10 days or so.

[@bbtruth2161]

Temptress is a good one. I succession plant different varieties. Last few years that's the first one I plug in. Travis is correct. That variety can hang out a while on the stalk, you should be ok.

[@melissa7233]

On those foodsaver bags, you don't have to buy the brand name bags. Generic bags from Walmart or Amazon work just as well. I've been using them for years and years.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks for the info!

[@DavidShannonHamlin-yh4wm]

Would you ever try to save seed from this or just keep buying new seed?

[@andyatmosphere]

Is the sugar content higher in the corn overnight that's why harvesting them early am is the best idea..?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yes, that's the idea. But it seems more applicable for the older varieties that have a higher starch to sugar ratio. It doesn't seem to matter as much with the supersweet varieties we grow.

[@dustinballard8135]

They made y’all get up and get it that early cause they wanted to have all day to put it up 🤣🤣

[@sparky5513]

for me, tender treat was the best sweet corn i ever grew. long kernels, meaning you don't have to eat 10 ears to fill you up, maybe 4. great taste, as good or better than any other variety. taller stalks so you don't have to break your back while picking it.. why it is no longer sold, i don't know!

[@edwarddennis2729]

I’m planning on growing a fall crop. What variety would you recommend? I was thinking Avalon. Thoughts?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I'd try one of the augmented supersweets if it were me. If it's a white corn you want, try Eden.

[@waynespringer501]

Which do you like the taste of better the Yellowstone you grew last year or the Solstice this year?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I can't tell a difference. They're both good. Just depends on whether you want yellow or bicolor corn.

[@waynespringer501]

@@LazyDogFarm I seen somewhere that the Yellowstone produces 3 ears per stalk did you find that to be true?

[@teresadrigotas113]

I tried to grow corn 3 years ago but only once 😅 it was pretty mealy. I don't know if the feeder corn behind our yard cross pollinated or if we didn't pull it fast enough. I wanna try one more time maybe in the front acre hoping it's far enough away. But I'm nervous to waste a bunch of space and get the mealy corn again! 😬

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sounds like that might be what happened.

[@MalkiZee]

The girls would love those leftover cobs.

[@LazyDogFarm]

They got a few of them.

[@th71-23]

what do you do when your corn lays down?? 3rd year in a row mine has done this.

[@LazyDogFarm]

It will usually stand up again if it doesn't have ears on it. But all you can really do is pull soil to the stalks to help support them.

[@texasgardenerrobert8341]

Wooo weee that’s some mighty fine looking corn. I’m afraid my corns not going to be that great. I just sprayed it today. It’s torn up with cucumber beetles. And, also noticed it pretty torn with corn smut as well. We are having a pretty bad drought right now and there are field corn fields all around me. We are also having the worst amount of wind I can remember and 100 degrees. So conditions are ideal for failure. But I’m gonna keep um watered, pull the smut plants and keep my fingers crossed. FYI permethrin, not pyrethrin, takes of business on them pests. And I ain’t kidding. The organic pests control just don’t work for me.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I remember having corn with smut when I was a kid. But since I've been spraying mine with copper on occasion, haven't had any smut issues. Might want to give that a try.

[@maconbacon8215]

Is there enough time to plant corn right now? Zone 8a

[@LazyDogFarm]

As long as you have a way to keep it sufficiently watered, you can grow it all throughout the summer.

[@ritalr15]

You mentioned the spinosad every 3 weeks for the worms. Can you detail what is your process for the corn?

[@LazyDogFarm]

You mean how we harvest the corn and freeze it?

[@ritalr15]

@Lazy Dog Farm no, how long do you keep applying the spinosad to keep the worms off of them.

[@ritalr15]

Lol, I am as clear as mud. You sow your corn seeds Plant them Then at what point do you start applying and for how long? My corn always has those nasty worm visitors, yuck

[@LazyDogFarm]

@@ritalr15 Usually we don't start spraying until silks start forming. But sometimes we'll see worm damage on the plants before silks form. In that case, we'll start treating earlier.