THE STORM vs My CORN | What Do You Do?

This is why I gave up trying to grow corn. I've yet to have a crop that doesn't get knocked down by a summer storm and it can feel like so much wasted effort when I don't even eat that much corn and can buy it cheap from local farmers every summer. Enough whining, let's go try to stand up some corn 😜
If you have proven success tips for standing up corn leave it in the comments below, please!!
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[@leeannosaurus]

"I'll step on things and get yelled" *laughs* "Only a little bit" Haha love it!

[@priayief]

I grow corn in 4 x 4' raised beds. I tack 4 posts to the sides of each bed and then wire cattle panel horizontally attached to each post.

[@JaredHeimer]

Great idea!

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

I saw the same thing at Kelley's Country Life, Andrew did the same thing, and they have lots of storms, it worked great for them.

[@arepurposedlifewithlaura1496]

I've has this happen numerous times. I read somewhere to plant Mammoth sunflowers with your corn. I've been doing that for 2 years now. When high winds or a bad storm rolls through, they provide support for one another. I plant a Sunflower in every other space in the same opening as the corn. So far, it has worked. It is heartbreaking to lose what we've worked so hard to grow

[@kevindickerson6267]

I have had the same problems almost yearly so I have learned that I have to put twine down each row of corn before the winds come. I drive a steel post at both ends of my rows and run twine down the East side of the corn as most of my wind comes from the West. I usually start this process when the corn is knee high and then put a second string when its chest high. The two pieces of twine are enough to support the corn. Its alittle bit of work but it always saves my corn if the winds come.

[@jac177]

Yes, I basically do the same thing running string to a post at opposite ends, loose enough so they can still sway but not be knocked down by the High winds. We have extremely High winds regularly.

[@stevefarms7494]

If you have plastic baling twine and T-post .. The next time you plant corn put T - Post in each corner and put the twine around it so the corn can't get blowing over ..

[@Dsrtgardener]

I have my corn planted and a 4 x 3 plot in my garden. My plan is, when it grows up a little, to just drive a stake at all 4 corners, then run twine around it so when it does storm, it won’t fall.

[@1870s]

I bet that will work well.

[@bflogal18]

A storm blew down all my sunflowers a few weeks ago. Some of those plants were close to 7 ft tall! I tied them up to the fence and they have recovered beautifully. My guess is that your corn will do so as well! 🌻🌽

[@1870s]

Oh no! I hope it get strength back

[@sandrainontario6710]

I am grateful that I saw this video. Last night a thunderstorm hit us here and my two little beds of corn second and third planting were laying on the ground this morning. If I had not seen this video I just would have sat down and cried. But I got together twine and stakes and an old trellis and got them propped up. Might not get too much out of them but if I had not seen what you guys did I probably would have got nothing.

[@1870s]

I hope it works for you ♥

[@brendacarroll498]

We live in a high wind area, we plant corn 4 rows wide and run a rope on either side and one in the middle, every few feet we run a twine crosswise. You can carefully stand it up and put dirt on the roots. Good luck!

[@foster3316]

Hay string will work but Dad used to side dress with fertilize and put the hillers on the Cub when corn was just high enough to go under the tractor. Extra dirt firmed up the root systems and saved the standing corn in storms.

[@alysonmajtan3599]

I'm glad you got your sons crawl space all pumped out and that your family in Holly was safe! We're about 15-20 minutes from Holly. It's been crazy. Half of our front yard was a lake. Out of power for almost 2 days then back out for several hours today. Internet down, cell phones not working. Some unfortunate people are still without power. We were lucky and the way our garden sits the house blocked the worst of the wind but the rain flattened a few things. It's been a rough season! Hope your corn recovers!

[@Shanngella]

I am always amazed how we get the exact weather as you over here in Montreal. I was also in bed and woke up to my garden being a little sorry-looking. The wind pushed my squash plants around even! Hope your corn is ok.

[@melissasullivan1658]

The wind keeps knocking over my trellis cukes this summer. Mother Nature is so feisty sometimes - she certainly makes us stay on our toes!

[@nancyrasmussen2016]

We also had a bad wind storm a couple weeks ago. I propped the corn up, tried to push more dirt around them as much as I could and hoped for the best. It has worked for me and my corn is OK. Not one died. Yeah. Hope yours will be OK too. Nancy from nebraska

[@centraltexashomestead-mike4956]

We have real bad storms in central Texas and we have a couple of 6x8 sections we plant corn. We build a bamboo square cage, four verticals and two horizontals. One horizontal 2 ft and the other 4 ft . This help to hold the corn up in heavy wind.

[@hack2it]

Glad you all alright. Hope it will work for you all.

[@darian9670]

"Be careful they are very fragile" me also talking to my babe, but about every single plant I have. 😂

[@shamancarmichael5305]

The weather has been so weird this year. The corn seems pretty strong and healthy, hopefully it will recover so you can get to harvest with most of it! 🤞

[@1870s]

I hope so!

[@joy-unhinged]

Tie it earlier next year, same as you did around the perimeter. I made supports soon as they were 2 feet tall.

[@aimee2234]

I grew up in Trenton and we had an acre garden. We could never get a good corn crop. God bless you both!

[@daniellesantos1088]

I know it’s heartbreaking when that happens 💕

[@wild_free_homestead]

We plant ours next to the fence. Then we have an extra chunk of fencing that once the corn is over my head we put the chunk of fencing up alone the corn (so the corn is all fenced in). We put it tight to the corn. We live in farm country so we get really high winds ALL the time. We always plant in rows, not squares. Easier to fence it off.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Corn doesn’t pollinate in rows, unless there are more than a few rows.

[@wild_free_homestead]

@@cynthiafisher9907 I didn't say anything about planting just one row. I don't know anyone that would do that anyway.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@wild_free_homestead I didn’t say anything about just planting one row either.

[@wild_free_homestead]

@@cynthiafisher9907 You said... "unless there are more than a few" So I thought you meant one. Sorry. But yes it does pollinate if you have less than a few rows. I have 2 rows every year. One foot apart and it pollinates just fine.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@wild_free_homestead Wow, that’s really hard to believe, but good for you!

[@wolffe38]

I put post at the corners of my corn and run twine to each post and I add twine higher as the corn gets taller

[@dgc940]

About a month ago mine blew over too I did what your husband was talking about I just wrapped 360 degrees and I guess it worked I harvested all my corn three days ago. Another bunch did the same but 3 stayed on ground but still made its ears just fine on the ground. So next year Im going to put a fence around it when I plant it.

[@lindapertusati7990]

I grow the type of corn to make corn meal for Polenta and we had a similar storm come thru the other day and it knocked to the ground my entire corn bed. I was so heartbroken but I put stakes in the ground around the bed and tied twine all around it basically making a cage to help put it back up. So far it is working.

[@countrymommaxoxo2020]

I feel your pain we did a corn field every year and it would storm and blow down we tried stringing it up to and help it along somewhat the last time but we’re finally over it and bought it from farmers market for the winter freezer this time

[@dannycunniff3072]

Looks like you are doing the best you can. The notion that "Let Nature Take its Course" with a plant that is not made by nature is misinformed, you need to interfere a LOT. Nice Garden

[@fairytale_after_dark6696]

Hi Rachel and Todd. I had a thought about your corn that gets blown over in the winds. Just my thoughts .... what about T posts in a large grid sported by ropes, like a horizontal trellis. You could install at planting and let them grow up through the ropes as they mature. I thought it may save you the loss of your crop. Take care and all the best from the UK 🇬🇧❤

[@carolmalko615]

I hope you're able to save most of your corn. I feel for you... after all your hard work.

[@melissasullivan1658]

My balcony is super windy just normally and when I’ve crown corn (just for funsies, not a ton 😉) I found the Florida weave was really effective, as long as the posts were deep enough.

[@melissasullivan1658]

Hmm, but after the fact? I’d probably split it into quarters and tie them to each other. That way those four that fell could be supported by their corny brethren. Good luck!

[@SuperKingslaw]

Brace them early when first planting by using 4 T-posts on the corners and string at the height you have now. The corn will grow INTO the string bracing for added support.

[@HomesteadHopeful]

If this doesn’t work for you, I saw someone use hog panels laying horizontally on a wooden frame, elevated off the ground so the corn would grow through the grids and support it. Another option is to run Tposts and wire or twine along each row, think along the lines of Florida weave. Hope they straighten out for you!

[@loriwinslow5953]

Sorry to hear about your corn. That's a huge bummer! I plant a large crop of corn every year. This year my challenge is some critter is nibbling at the base of a few of the stalks! Ugh! Gonna have to sleep in the garden, I think! Lol.

[@teakkabean]

My corn doesnt fall. But my broad beans do. I interplant metal conduit at the corners and about every 18 inches along the front side & run string around the whole square and down the length of the patch from front posts to the fence behind. It seems to work well enough.

[@quietpeasant]

Last year we thought we had lost all of our corn to a windstorm that knocked all of it completely to the ground. I was so discouraged that I just left it and walked away for a week or so. The amazing thing was that a lot of it did actually stand back up about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way on its own and we ended up harvesting quite a bit of corn 🌽 after all, so don't give up hope! I think it's wise that you went ahead and tied it up; because we didn't tie ours up we lost a fair amount to mice and maybe skunks, which is a problem we've never had before. Definitely tying things up this year! I hope your corn recovers!

[@melissasullivan1658]

Really? That’s incredible!

[@jannievaught4344]

My first crop of silver queen had blow down. But I had prepared ahead with the stakes down the rows then I did the Florida Weave up &down the rows. Had a little issue with unpollinate kernels. Min zone 8a. Second crop is in now. The stakes are right there just incase! Shake the tassels so the silk gets a sprinkle. Its a weird season for sure.

[@BootsandBountyHomestead]

We put up tposts at the ends of our corn and then weave string back and forth through our row of corn, around the end and then back. We do it at about 12-18" and again at about 36", so we do it twice, that way it's not teetering on just one string, lol. Hope it will all be ok.

[@alisabundrick4707]

Hey Guys - my husband is so great at growing corn - A trick he uses to make the stalks sturdier (this would have to be for next years corn) is to wait until they are about 1 -2 feet high then he goes along the rows and pulls dirt way up the sides of the rows and reburies the stalks by a good 6 inches. It really helps keep the blow overs to a minimum. It can take some time by hand in a smaller patch but he uses the cultivator or turn plow behind the tractor for the fields.... I just hate to see you lose hope in planting your corn Rachel - I had that problem with my tomatoes for several years - even staked up they would blow over - so disheartening.

[@jackienoel2864]

You guys did a good job! So sad it fell but maybe it will reach for the sun! My daughter says she talks to her plants, she thinks they do better!

[@1870s]

Fingers crossed!

[@ima40schic]

Maybe grow it alongside a cattle panel fence and loosely tie it to the fence as it grows?

[@kramitdreams]

We had tornadic storm 2015/16 with high winds so bad it knocked our electric box off our house, a tree down, snapped our clothesline in half and blew all our corn down, we were surprised though when we went to harvest the corn 2 months later on the ground we still had good corn. We thought it was a total loss but if the roots are still deep in the ground it will continue to grow 😉💗

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I use string for storm support all the time. I'll drive a tee post at each end and then interweave string between the stalks on the leading edge facing the prevailing winds...been doing it for years.

[@deannal.136]

If u use a round tomato cage guider..like the ones at Lowe’s it helps keep them up and it s

[@Faithfulacre]

I feel your frustration - so much work and love put in and now this. Have faith and the Lord will see you through one way or another. Unfortunately I don’t have a solution for this year, but an idea for the future. I am growing my corn in 16 inch high raised beds and so was worried about the his very same problem. About 3 weeks after planting, I put 8 foot high 2x2s in each corner of the 4x8 bed and tied the twine around the posts wrapping each corner a couple times. So far this has saved the corn a couple times.

[@jenboyles5381]

Yup same thing happened here a few weeks ago. Hail and winds took out a tree across from our house and my front garden bed my tomatoes were laying down over as well as my peppers. I am happy to report it's a jungle now. LOL Weather is a gardeners enemy sometimes.

[@sherryswanson2606]

I hope it comes back!

[@Chet_Thornbushel]

I know someone who has great success by using cattle panels, BUT they use them in a unique way. They put a few T posts around the exterior of the corn patch (and a couple in the middle for extra support)and attach a cattle panel to it HORIZONTALLY, so it’s flat parallel to the ground. I’m not sure how far up the posts, maybe 3 feet or so? The corn grows up through the grid of the panel and each stalk is locked into place. It’s inexpensive and a one time, preventative task at the beginning of the season when they’re just a foot tall or so. Might be worth trying in future years!

[@MommaJessiesCraftyHomestead]

It's hard to believe that our state had four tornadoes yesterday! I'm glad you guys are okay and Todd's parents are too. Never thought I would see this weather up here.

[@1870s]

It's been a crazy year, for weather.

[@LivingMiracleHomestead]

I’m sorry about the corn. It’s heartbreaking to think of losing what you have worked so hard on. I’m praying it stands up.

[@1870s]

♥

[@stephentackett2905]

I plant my corn in a square and I put T-posts in each corner around the corn and rope it before it falls and I never have a problem. I plant Hickory Cane, What kind of corn is hickory cane? A pre-1875 Heirloom white dent corn originally grown by Native Americans in N. Florida and S. Georgia. Hickory Cane was prized across the mountainous South and into the Appalachians for roasting ears, creamed corn, grits, hominy, and particularly for white cornmeal, as well as fodder for animals.and it often gets to 15' or more.

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

I was thinking about growing corn next year and I was seriously thinking about tying it to the fence because we have strong winds sometimes. So what you're doing is what I would think to do. I have never grown corn but I was already planning on doing that to grow my corn.

[@schereekershaw6083]

We just got a storm here in NC. I’m going out to check my corn now. I love when it rain but not when it’s destructive 😩🌱🐝. I hope it all comes back good luck to y’all.🌱🌱🌱🐝

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

I grow purple pole beans with my corn (astronomy domine sweet corn) to help hold it up and replace the nitrogen. I plant mine deep 2"-3" and a week early. I will send you some seeds. I have been selecting the corn for double ears and ears low to the ground. And it has been grown for years in Lenawee county so should be used to climate.

[@1870s]

Very nice! Planting deeper sets the roots deeper?

[@Bob.Middleton]

No tips on recovering after a knockdown, but I try to prevent it. I grow in two 4' x 4' beds, planting 6" apart in eack direction (64 stalks). I drive T posts in each corner and run 2 ropes around the posts, one at about 2' high initially and when the corn is tall enough at about 4'. Works great.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

We had a storm front like that move through at 8pm last night. Huge hail & strong straight winds. It was gone within 35 minutes.

[@1870s]

Ours came and went fast too!

[@jackiehorsley9263]

That's to bad hopefully the twine well help keep your corn up right I grow corn this year for the first time It didn't do to bad I dreaded the whole time that a wind was going to come along and blow my corn over but it never did I well definitely be doing something to hold it up right next season

[@chillstudio545]

So sweet sharing ♥️♥️

[@1870s]

Thank you! 🤗

[@chillstudio545]

@@1870s U welcome 🌷🌷

[@jswhosoever4533]

We just had a bad storm over here in Gladwin this morning around 4am...I haven't been back to the garden yet. I'm dreading it but I'm going now😬

[@1870s]

I think most of the bad stuff went north of us maybe.

[@jswhosoever4533]

@@1870s yup, had a few tomato plants down but they were taking the cages over before the storm.

[@juliewilliamsnewzealand818]

Where we are is very windy and Pukekos (native birds) so i am constantly trying different techniques....this year I am going to put garden stakes in at the corners and then wrap some chicken wire around the corn area . I am hoping that this year I wont have any issues with the pukekoes jumping into my corn to eat the cobs before I get to them AND when the wind blows the corn cant fall over :) xxx

[@RiaWallace]

Tying them up like you did works great. You could have actually replanted the stalks that actually came up and they would have rooted in.

[@1870s]

Awe man. Well, there was only 2.

[@RiaWallace]

@@1870s I saw that. That is absolutely wonderful! When that happened to mine years ago, I was frantically scrambling. It truly was a lesson I never forgot.

[@luwrolstad1274]

I've had this happen and found least trouble with recovery when the stalks aren't planted so close. I've thinned them out (at least 6" apart) after germination and sacrificed seedlings to prevent this issue. Just the weight from the volume of leaves pushing outward can cause them to fall in minimal storms. Hope this is helpful. I've tried tying them up or trellising them after the fact and they haven't recovered for me.

[@mommacheapskate1497]

My corn laid down, only one broke. I am in Northern Indiana near Lake Michigan. I popped tomato cages over little groups, and said some prayers....

[@1870s]

♥

[@davebodily6807]

I had the same thing happen to my garden a few years ago. I picked up some like you did with twine, some I just left. After a time it raised up some, not a lot, but enough that it was off the ground. We still harvested almost all of it. I have a neighbor that grows some corn that only grows 4-5 feet tall. That might be a good solution, a variety that doesn't grow so tall.

[@kathygomez99]

When that storm came thru here Saturday evening I was afraid to look at my garden the next morning ! I thought that all my corn would be laying on the ground! Sorry about your corn! 🙏🙏

[@susieann1217]

Look for Yukon Chief corn, sweet corn, heirloom, bred to be short season and withstands high wind only grow to about 3-4', smaller ears. I'm growing it this season in Idaho, it's about thigh high right now and is already putting on ears. But I think it's just thrown those out under stress, we are super dry this year and very high heat. My carrots that I planted this year stressed out and started flowering. We will take your rain!!!!!

[@Mrs-Emcee]

Maybe you could use a few stalks to stick in the soil and attach the corn stems to it? Thats what I do in heavy winds. We use bamboo here, but i guess you could use anything strong enough…?

[@kathleenfalkner4478]

Some of mine fell over too with all the rain. They fixed themselves over time

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Oh that’s a bummer! If had storms knock over corn, and I was sure it was a goner. Then a couple days later I walked out there and it was standing up. Hopefully yours does.

[@justpatty7328]

Darn, I am sorry for the corn. I would have helped them up too. They should recover. I'm glad you all are safe.

[@amilynnstapay796]

My question is location. What if you grew your corn along a fence elsewhere and tied it up as it grew? I understand the high yield situation and your desire to grow corn successfully. I say tie it as it grows. Not as one huge clump, rather, to the fence as it grew.

[@1870s]

Clusters of corn helps with pollination. Single rows of corn can have issues with that.

[@amilynnstapay796]

@@1870s that makes complete and perfect sense and I should have know that! Excuse my ignorance and grey cells/read brain fart. Now, what about clusters against the fence?

[@jomurphey]

When I grow corn in raised beds I'll R=post the corners of the beds and run used baling twine at 3' and 6' against the summer storms. You could do the same with in-ground planted corn and we get hit with hurricanes and tropical storms on the east coast of GA. Not many fall because I'm continually putting the smaller outliers back inside the strings. Only time I lost a crop was with hurricane Michael (direct hit) as a cat 4 storm.

[@1870s]

Sounds like you have a really good plan! Thanks for the tips

[@cathykirkmcrae7727]

Please send the rain our way! (Victoria, British Columbia) This is the longest drought season we have had on record!

[@willow8094]

That stinks ! Mine did this last year . I even tried adding more compost to help the roots but didn't work so hot kept getting more storm's

[@phyllisbakercoffman8988]

Sure hope this works out for you 💕

[@1870s]

Me too!

[@CJ-qj3pk]

Rachael, knowing that corn will almost always fall over, get ahead of the game. When the ears are about 3 ft. tall, put the string around them. I have some in a larger terra cotta pot and put in tall bamboo stakes and used garden tape to wrap them up similar to what you guys did. Here in No. Calif. no rain and so no bad winds where we are. In my raised bed I haven't staked/tied those up. Good luck, it is so disappointing.

[@Greens5511]

Well you are doing what we have done when that happens to us....I personally like to stand it up asap, but I was surprised one time how much it came back....but I think that is more a rule for younger stalks.....yours are pretty mature and just like us I think they are not as flexible the older they get....I think you did good! Sorry that happened, but so far hasn't for me this year....but it is a drought here....so all I do is water.....day and night.....makes me sick to think of the water I am using. Hang in there!

[@hollynelson543]

I always have to tie together my small space of corn every year. It will make it.

[@virginiawoolf2343]

Our puppy has repeatedly trampled my corn this year. I hate a great corn crop last year, but this year is not looking good at all. I sympathize.

[@jillbritton2676]

I had the same issue. I used t posts and wrapped them just like you did. Mine are in a raised bed. Now if I can keep the deer from eating them all

[@matty332010]

Team work, and nobody got yelled at, ha ha

[@1870s]

Yes indeed - it worked out well

[@denisebrady6858]

Oh Guys so sorry about your corn- it will be ok what about putting some more soil around their bases as well ??

[@1870s]

I had hilled them once but think I should have done it again

[@larrylewis3573]

Dear Todd and Rachel, Oh yes, how heart-breaking, and, so close to harvest! From my limited perspective, tying up the corn, as you did, very quickly, works out best. I suggest you do the same with the four stalks in the second location and not leave them on their own. Finally, it would be good to hear from other gardeners who have minimized wind damage beforehand. Also, is it possible to plant your corn in a location sheltered from the prevailing winds? It seems that your second location came very close to meeting that criterion. I pray that your very healthy corn stalks recover, and this incident fades when you bite into your first cobs of corn. Sincerely, Larry Clarence Lewis, Canada.

[@MommaJessiesCraftyHomestead]

For the corn I had left after racoon in my garden, I was able to stake it sort of like you would tomatoes. We are supposed to get storms tonight up here I'm more north of you. I don't know what I would do if mine fell down...

[@opalezell319]

I am so sorry.I got lots of rain,no wind.

[@conniemcgehee2851]

that must have been strong wind. i don’t grow corn. my garden area is too small.

[@laurielyon1892]

So sorry about your corn. I've never had luck with it either. I hope the string will help and they will be okay.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

What you’re doing will work at this point. When you plant next year, make a grid to begin with, so it can grow up through it and it won’t fall down.

[@1870s]

Would work for sure, some mentioned a netting, that used for flowers as well.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@1870s Yes, I was thinking of hortonova too. It might not be quite strong enough.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

My neighbors corn fell over and he didn’t do anything to it and it stood back up.

[@nicholaceho9679]

Corn is very resilient, hope the corn will be ok.

[@mariagarcia-po6kl]

Hi Rachel and Todd. Why didn't you put poles in the ground before the storm hit. It could have saved the corn. God Bless the corn, and maybe the harvest go well for you. The lord is with you always. Stay safe. Maria. 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😎😎😎😎😎😎🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@1870s]

♥♥♥

[@mawpatti]

The corn is too tall to do this now...but for next time planting start with a pole on each end of the rows where your corn will come up...add a piece of thin rope (twine) to the corn once it has come up a couple feet. Then keep adding twine to each height level as the corn is growing...this will give support to the corn when the wind comes! yall may be ok with most of the stalks if no more windy days and nights! Good luck! :-)

[@1870s]

Thanks for the tip!

[@meinschatz26]

Oh no. Your poor corn. Must have been a decent storm.

[@robertbelair9826]

your corn is planted way to close together.By planting it close itis seeking sunlight, so it grows tall & spindly and thus has week stalks and blows over

[@livingtherufflife]

What if you put a tall metal t-post nearer to the corn stalks, then bundle the corn like u did but with the t-post so it doesn’t start leaning toward the fence & pathway but stay with the t-post?

[@pansyvaughan5624]

Ok so I had this happen 1 year, and its because i used to water upbove with sprinklers, water at its roots, they become very deep and very strong .water lots .if you water like a sprinkler up top the roots go up instead of down deep... lesson learned

[@1870s]

We've barely had to water all this year. Nothing but rain and more rain.

[@emptynestgardens9057]

Sorry your beautiful corn was the victim of your storm 😟 I've never grown corn but this year grew sunflowers for the first time. Knowing we get a good westerly wind across our property I used floral netting. I wonder if that would work during planting time for corn also. Obviously too late for that now but is that a strategy I should consider as I was thinking about trying corn next year?

[@1870s]

Someone else sent us a message and said the same thing. Ya'll may be onto something ♥

[@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759]

So sorry to hear this. Yes. Give it time and see what happens. I found my tomatoes gone. Almost all of them. I can 99% say it was not an animal that did it. No animal can take that many tomatoes leaving no trace at all in one night.

[@1870s]

Weird. How many tomatoes?

[@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759]

@@1870s I have two purple cherokee plants and there were probably at least a dozen. Then my roma I have four that were loaded with romas. Some were eaten by squirrels, but those were on the ground chewed up. Kind of a "here today, gone tomorrow" thing. Makes me sad, but I have to remind myself they weren't my tomatoes and Yah will bless me in other ways. It just makes me sick in a way because as it was there was no way I could recover the costs of the plants I purchased. At $4 a plant and 20 of them? I would need to produce $80 worth of tomatoes to pay for them. That wasn't going to happen even with the tomatoes on them. He giveth, He taketh away.

[@valeriepritchard677]

My sweetcorn is planted much further apart about eighteen inches in both directions. The plants have much thicker stems and usually have no problem standing up. Perhaps the wind can get between the plants?

[@iartistdotme]

My corn righted itself just fine with no help from me. It was less than a month to harvest.

[@higheraimhomestead5293]

Our corn pushed back up 5 times this year and the last storms dumped 6 inches in 4 days and there was no recovering. We have had 23 inches of rain in 45 days and the garden stood in water for 9 days. We lost almost everything! There is a time for everything, so I guess it's time to rest from the garden. We had planned on a big harvest, but God's plans are not ours! We will trust and praise the Lord! We grow Hickory King corn for hominy and cornmeal.

[@1870s]

Awe man. That's a LOT of water. We haven't had to water our garden much at all this year. And all our lawn grass is still needing to be mowed every week. Normally by now 1/2 of it is bout dead.

[@mandagdoublee2109]

Are you guys supposed to be hit by the storm coming tonight 7/28? Were right in the path with it coming across the lake. I hope my corn can withstand the winds tonight!

[@1870s]

Supposed to rain, but I don't think nothing too severe

[@mandagdoublee2109]

@@1870s that's great!💚

[@precious1porvida]

Rachel what is the green thing you have your cabbage and things in?

[@1870s]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWaVkml-odGNr5I We have a few videos, that talk about pros & cons.

[@precious1porvida]

@@1870s thank you!!