The ONLY Way You Should Plant Sweet Corn

Ever wonder what the best way to start sweet corn is? Greg takes us through the process of starting a new garden plot for his spring corn. From working the soil, drip irrigation set up and planting. It's time to Get Dirty!
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0:00 start
0:10 Till up your garden - we use the BCS tiller
1:19 Laying off your rows for drip tape
2:13 Furrowing using the plow set on the double wheel hoe
2:31 Laying drip tap with the drip tape layer attachment and double wheel hoe
3:34 Using 8 mil drip tape for growing corn
4:47 Laying out the mainline tubing
5:25 Adding the filter regulator combo
7:15 Planting corn with the Hoss Garden Seeder

[@lisaadams7914]

We planted 8 100ft rows of corn. That's enough for us and my daughter's family. This year my son and his family will be blessed. My son just got his medical release from the Marines and will be home in Texas from California. We also hope to get to bless other families but they have pick their own.

[@carolavant3778]

So jealous! I'm sure my back would hurt a lot less using a BCS tiller. My Yardmate does a great job, but I have to life it to turn it, and it's heavy. LOL, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right? I planted my sweet corn exactly the way you just showed us, and my goodness, it was productive! I'm planning to put in 7 rows this season. The way things are in the world, my goal in planting is to produce enough to last until the next planting season. I may not always make the goal, but I'll have plenty to feed us, and maybe some for my neighbors, too. Garden like your life depends on it, because it does!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

amen Carol

[@davidwho8215]

I have a Grillo G85 with the Honda engine, and it couldn’t be more reliable, which I also got from Earth Tools, shipped to me here in Florida, zone 9B. I always transplant my corn, and is a ton more work, but it basically eliminates weed competition completely as your putting in healthy plants. I do use my HOSS wheel hoe though all the time to keep the areas between the rows weed free.

[@doughammer1221]

88889

[@johnc6228]

Really good Greg. On Green Acres Oliver's finger was bandaged because he planted all his corn acreage with his finger.

[@AnnaCentauri]

He said " its gonna wear ya out if ya aint used to workin" lol

[@mlk4kna]

Great video. Grandpa always said you could get more corn out of a crooked row.

[@oscarlandag1831]

I’m growing serindipity sweet corn this year. Planted of Feb. 28 during that hot spell we had. Had early sunglow last year and it was delicious but the ears were smaller than I’d like.

[@kathykiwacka578]

Thanks for the great info! I was born in 59 and as soon as I could pick up a rock I was in a garden for all of my young life. After many years I'm fixing to get back in the dirt. I have a patch about that size for my sweet corn. I can tell that you and me came out of the same tree. That's just the way I'm fixing to do mine. Thanks again.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

That is awesome!

[@Harta23]

Thanks dear friend 🌹 for great sharing So Very beautiful sharing Greeting from MACAU

[@sumtingwong4997]

Thanks for sharing

[@simpleman4196]

This was a really good video nice to see the drip tape install.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheCajunHomestead]

Great information and well done video, this is how we have laid ours all my life. We use to flood our corn rows during our hot, dry Louisiana summers, our Dad let us slide down the rows of mud, didn’t hurt the corn one bit. Now I use the Hoss Tool Drip Irrigation System, I am little to old to be sliding down the rows in the mud. I did post a video last year.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for sharing

[@Sarairose]

This is 😎 cool! Thank you Mr. Hoss👍

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You are very welcome

[@BeyondConventional]

Got my HOSS tools garden fork today and it was so awesome I went around aerating my lawn with it just for fun. Very solid looks like it will last the rest of my life!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Very nice!

[@gregblanton9386]

Very well done video Greg! I'm getting dirty this week, corn is planted, tomatoes are planted, squash, beets, carrots is up next followed by beans. My potatoes began breaking through the dirt today, the garden is jumping!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Good stuff!

[@mikewalter8547]

That looks great. Think I'll stick to my 4 row planter

[@terrychrist1383]

Awesome video 👍😊

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for the visit

[@cassiejo0012]

Awesome video. Thank you

[@gardeningwithhoss]

My pleasure!

[@tommathews3964]

Looking good Greg! I thought I remembered you having a Grillo. Looks like your BCS is a bit bigger unit too. Those things are beasts, and yes sir, Joel knows his stuff! We're still a few weeks out on corn. Best of luck this season! I'll be watching....

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks Tom

[@harveyrousejr.2069]

I love my drip tape attachment. I purchased a BCS 4' plastic mulch layer with drip tape kit. After two days of allot of sweating and ugly talking I parked the mulch layer until I could find some better quality plastic. I found very quickly how much I really liked the Hoss attachment. It's simple and very efficient at laying drip tape.

[@user-mc6dg6qe8l]

Disgusting enjoy those microplastics. God help any children that should happen to eat something you grow with PLASTIC MULCH.

[@eleanorjpoindexter4299]

Thank you! Subscribed!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Glad to have ya! :) Welcome to the Hoss Family!

[@melissafoster1228]

Thank you!!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You're welcome!

[@texasgardenerrobert8341]

Good video. I have a couple comments. First you can plant more corn in crooked row than a strait one and second, I thought I was watching the Red Green show there for a minute. 🤪😂

[@garyschmelzer]

Awesome video thanks Hoss Get dirty

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You bet

[@danno1800]

Thanks very much!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You're welcome!

[@jesseibarra5539]

You are so blessed sir you have the right way to explain things you got a passion that's just over exceeds everything the way you explain things and how clean you are this is the best way that I've ever had anybody show me how to put a drip tape how to plant the corn who what went where how you name it you got it thank you mister floor cover you in his grade

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks and welcome

[@hey2yogi2]

I had an original Troy built tiller and it would go through anything

[@jessiceeoriginal]

Hey, unfortunately we don't have a garden that we can sow directly into the ground. We have raised beds. So, we are going to do our first time growing corn a bit differently. But my brother-in-law has an area that this way of planting corn would work very well. I will be sharing this with him.

[@Sarairose]

Hoss, thank you for the vid on corn! Your time is precious😇, I have a question, I’m doing a small wheat patch for my chickens, I have red wheat and white, is it possible to start wheat anytime besides fall in my state of Michigan? Can either be grown anytime here? I was also thinking of doing the red wheat in winter for a cover crop, I’ve read things but this wheat deal confuses me 😂, thank you Mr. Hoss.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We have not grown wheat, but found this article that may help. www.canr.msu.edu/news/spring-wheat-variety-and-agronomy-trials#:~:text=Another%20key%20consideration%20when%20thinking,only%20one%20of%20those%20years.

[@Jatindersingh-my8tj]

🌹Greetings ⚘️ great information 🌱 🌱 🌽 🙏 🙂 Sir 📢

[@gardeningwithhoss]

thanks

[@cutweldngrind]

I am about to start gathering materials to start planting corn and water melons for the first time. I am not sure yet on what seeds to buy or from what source. I hope this will be a great experience for the kids and I. I have a 25hp tractor and will start clearing the Buffel grass and tilling dirt soon. Thanks for the video and might just add some videos to my channel as well.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Sounds great!

[@hollywilder6795]

I love sweet corn

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Us too!

[@pureblood3127]

Tiller , planter , fencepost , string , gas , oil , hole punch , drip pipe , underground water pipe , connectors, tarp , end closers, cornseed. = $ 3,000 for 75 ears of corn 75 ears of corn at farmers market = $ 45

[@ourusefulyard]

When you bury drip tape do you bury it with the holes up or down? I have your irrigation system but don’t have a drip tape attachment for my two wheel hoe. Thank you, you guys make great products!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

holes up

[@willagresham2978]

I’ve had a lot of issues with my Hoss planter. Tried it with onion seed, it all ended up in the brush. Then with others it seems to like to plant doubles and even get the seed caught in the drop tube. I’m about ready to design my own 🤣

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Please call our customer service number and talk with Greg. 1-888-672-5536.

[@stevegarlock4269]

We also had nothing but headaches from our Hoss planter. Skips a lot and jams frequently. Called customer support and they said a new model worked better. I asked about trading up and they said mine was of no value as too many issues with smaller wheel design. Kind of poor answer after we spent a decent amount thinking we were buying a quality product. Sad when manufactures use people as a test bed at the customers expense. Planter is like new and most likely heading to trash bin. Hope the next generation works better than this one or they can hang it up.

[@barrystclair1961]

Up here in Tennessee we just stick it in the ground. It grows just fine. 👍

[@vicmurphy1180]

Same here in Alabama. I'm assume he lives somewhere the climate is much dryer.

[@Peachy08]

he's in S. Georgia. ​@@vicmurphy1180

[@drumminsonlive9199]

I am getting ready to plant my corn but with much lesser quality equipment but I did get my seed and some new drip irrigation fittings from Hoss Tools. I noticed that you didn’t fertilize when planting and I would like to know when you will and what you will use for your fertilizer and do you use more than one kind of fertilizer throughout the growing of your corn? Thanks for the video…

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Did not show on video, but had added a complete organic fertilizer and compost a few weeks before. Also had a good cover crop on this plot. We will have a fertilizer schedule posted on web site this week and a corn growing guide. It will be under the Hoss University link. You can also search our channel for corn and we have an extensive play list that covers this also. Below is a link kzbin.info/aero/PLpE5HGhzrST-IULa7vyu6I96IYm6_JYh9

[@drumminsonlive9199]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thank You!

[@mountman01]

@@gardeningwithhoss ?? you stated that you had a good tarp over the plot, How could you grow a cover crop if the area was tarped?

[@hazzard4475]

I'm curios. I got my ambrosia sweet corn seeds from hoss and it didn't have the red coating on the seed that I'm used to seeing. What is the red coating and what is its purpose? Thanks for all the videos I love all the helpful content.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thiram is a protective fungicide used as a foliar treatment on fruits, vegetables and ornamentals to control Botrytis species, rust, scab and storage diseases, and as a seed treatment to control seedling blights and a number of fungi that cause "damping off" in seedlings.

[@hazzard4475]

@@gardeningwithhoss ok. Thanks for the info. Should I treat these untreated seeds any differently than I have in the past?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

no

[@keithclark6477]

What is the tool that you used to plant the corn called? Where did you purchase?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Hoss Garden Seeder hosstools.com/product/hoss-garden-seeder/

[@sheilacopleyfarley985]

I’ve never planted corn before, 1st time gardener. Do you have a list of items you mentioned in video? Thank You 😎

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Yes we do, www.hosstools.com hosstools.com/product/drip-tape-irrigation-kit/ hosstools.com/product/hoss-garden-seeder/

[@sararich2026]

Question if you plant corn in one spot one year can you plant it in the same spot again the next year or do I need to plant in another? Planning on planting again this year but need to know.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

yes, always do the crop rotation is at all possible.

[@merrittfarms6246]

Hello from Michigan! How much soil do you put over the drip tape before you run the planter over it?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Check out this short clip to see how much kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGPFdGWCbK11n80

[@merrittfarms6246]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you!!

[@BadDriversOfNapa]

How far apart do you space the plants within the row? This year I'm doing 12 inches between the plants and 18 inches between rows, but it looks a bit too sparse. Next year I'm thinking of doing 24 inch rows that I can walk between and 6 or 8 inches between the plants for fuller rows. I'm hoping that's not too tight if I want to go down to 6 inches between plants.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We typically do 6"- 8" plant spacing!

[@BadDriversOfNapa]

@@gardeningwithhoss Sounds good, thanks!

[@jonasshear7050]

so the drip tape is only good for 1 summer? or are you able to reuse it the following year?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We average 3 years. We have a plot that has had corn, zipper peas and now squash on same drip tape. Check out this video where he talks about it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ_bfKqAeM9rmc0

[@oliverobama3279]

Do you have any thoughts on no dig or no till?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

It is totally up to the gardener. We do till up ours with a tiller and then use the wheel hoes to manage as we grow.

[@SpinDizzy-fr8bc]

3:45 toad find!

[@shamshersinghfarmernews884]

👍 .

[@charlesrussell6201]

What should the spacing of rows in an 8X8 bed?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

If possible keep at least 18 inches of space between the wide rows to provide access

[@charlesrussell6201]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you

[@robindevellen7038]

How far away from the corn seed was the drip line?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

we plant right on top of the drip tape

[@rachelstrahan2486]

👍

[@geaj4214]

how do you keep the weeds out

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Run through the middles with wheel hoe bi weekly until it gets too tall and then the Corn shades out the weeds.

[@creekbird_homestead]

I need drip irrigation because it takes me 4 hours every couple days to water all this and I don’t have the time. Dont even know where to start

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Check out our playlist on drip irrigation

[@fruitless_yt5976]

I have a tiny backyard and no fertilizer does this still apply

[@gardeningwithhoss]

yes

[@iconicplay2237]

Does the seed go directly on top of the drip tape?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

yes

[@iconicplay2237]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you. I was going to buy this planter on your site, but I see you are out of stock. Do you know when more will be in stock?

[@LacyO86]

So I mightve missed it, but did you put the drip tape and seed in two different furrows? I have a 35x35 plot for corn and it did terrible last year, even with drip tape. I always lay my trip tape on top of my rows but I'm considering burying them like you do this yr.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Planted right on top of drip tape

[@LacyO86]

@@gardeningwithhoss emitters facing up? I went back and watched this video again and I see you covered up the drip tape before actually plating???? So just lightly cover with dirt, then plant on top???

[@gardeningwithhoss]

yes

[@jamessteffens8337]

When do you fertilize..?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

2 week pre plant with complete organic and then every 7-10 days with 20-20-20

[@marshalladams8716]

How deep is that drip tape going?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

2 inches deep

[@k.p.1139]

Thanks, Greg!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Anytime!

[@Sarairose]

Is pond water nutritious for your garden? I like to ask to many questions 😂

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We use water from small 4x4 fish pond to water our raised beds.

[@Sarairose]

@@gardeningwithhoss ok, than I think I will continue to use my pond to water😎👍, thank you again Mr. Hoss.

[@albertweis7669]

Do. You. Have. Any. Crows

[@gardeningwithhoss]

we have them, but they have never bothered our corn

[@davidwho8215]

@@gardeningwithhoss - you are lucky, as the crows always eat at mine. Regular old-school scarecrows, don’t do much. The only thing that kind of works for me is a water scarecrow (the kind that are fast sprinkler motion activated), but even that they figure out.

[@FreeAmerican-mm2my]

Where is that young guy that was in your videos? You are a great team.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

He left the company last April.

[@FreeAmerican-mm2my]

@@gardeningwithhoss I hate that, You guys were great together,

[@pascrew4639]

Your neighbours shed is pretty nuts..

[@everthingoutdoors8181]

That's a cool little contraption but I definitely couldn't pay $700 for that I could easily build my own

[@EinsteinTeachedYou]

Why not just broadcast n drag

[@williamwimer2074]

I'll stick with my Troy Built

[@hoppercar]

Sweet corn is a crock .....why can't they develop a hybrid with better roots that the wind won't blow down......you never see field corn blown down .....

[@user-hf9cw5ut1u]

Field corn will blow down and lodge. But to best avoid stalks falling over make sure you use as much silica and calcium as possible. Will strengthen and stiffen the stalks.

[@freidadaves-qp6zm]

Ok just planted 3 short rows😂will let you know how my God does❤/dont have a healthy man or mule LOL😂and im a weak ole female.Hey a few ears better than none Im not trying to impress or Depress anyone LOL

[@henrybarker5039]

Spent 60 dollars for a hoss seeder, it never did plant right, always plugging up and skipping seed always had to replant by hand the skips. Will never ever by anything from Hoss. they told me I didn't know what I was doing. he he Been planting a garden since 1975. It setting it the weeds.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Sorry to hear that

[@henrybarker5039]

600 dollars not 60, and the big problem was nobody at hoss gave a dam about the problem

[@5stardave]

When you start doing no-till with cover crops to protect the soil biology, then I will take you seriously.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

seriously

[@blacknatsu6623]

You’ve never painted anything.

[@blacknatsu6623]

@@gardeningwithhoss5stardave has never planted anything. He thinks all that no till garbage is real!!!