Growing Corn Seed To Harvest - The Definitive Guide

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

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[@sharonousmankobo3602]

This is my first year ever growing corn! I have watched a lot of videos on growing corn and yours bar none us the best, complete and less stress in learning the proper technique. My corn starks are doing fantastic! Thank you for your videos! 🌱 🌽

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on Sharon, glad to hear....or should I say...."ear". Ha ha, ok, that was terrible, LOL

[@morningwoodfarms713]

EPIC!!!😀 ...The squeaky sound when pulling an ear of corn is so satisfying!🙄 ...It makes my knees weak!😍 "THANK YOU!! 🌽🏆💗

[@_.Elzart._]

I have planted corn two years in a row ! Had no idea how they pollinated.. thanks for explaining it so easy. Anyone loving corn check the other videos! POPPINAWESOME!

[@meritaylor7784]

I store my ears of corn in the freezer and they last a year. I've even had them last 2 years but usually, I eat them well before. They go directly from the field to the freezer. Leave the husks on as they are and just stack them like logs on a shelf. The freeze kills any bugs that might be in them and the husks protect the kernels. Even after a year they taste just picked fresh. I have a shelf in my freezer dedicated just for corn. Try it, it works!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks for that Meri....I have never frozen them before and I always wondered if they'd turn chewy or starchy. Good to know! I have about 120 ears, so I need to get freezing! :-)

[@wynterwolf7663]

So you don't blanch and they're fine? Great to know!

[@frogman5956]

No container, just sittin out in the freezer?

[@shanewest7731]

Glad to see someone had success this year. We had the least sun, in Germany, since records began and high humidity. Lost 50 tomato plants, from 54. Capsicums are slow but producing. Enjoy your bounty Jeff!!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Nooooo.....sorry to hear that Shane! Fingers crossed for a better fall/2022!

[@shanewest7731]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Cheers mate!!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@shanewest7731 :-)

[@meritaylor7784]

I, also, am a first year corn grower although I've been gardening for 50 years! Also, like Karen Kobo I watched a lot of videos on growing corn. Most of them focused on planting corn not the after care and growth. Your video had it all! I wish you had been around back in June when I planted it. I had no idea what the growth sequence was and wondered why the tassel showed up before the silk. I hope you post other videos as concise and informative as this one!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks for that Meri! Appreciate the kind words and thanks for watching! :-)

[@barakoniner1644]

How yours turn out

[@j.reneewhite915]

I had not planted corn in about 32 years so when I planted corn this year I did a big no no. I planted 3 varieties right next to each other. I can't explain the details but some corn is supposed to be isolated. I think I planted that variety smack dab in the middle. It was supposed to be a super sweet hybrid. It was so very starchy I didn't feel it was edible. The other 2 varieties turned out fine. This year I'll grow only one variety. It's supposed to be a super sweet corn that you can save the seed for next years planting. I purchased it from Baker Creek. Cheers to planning your 2022 garden.

[@brandywvstrong9673]

I have plenty of corn for next year. 😁Hopefully I have a good turnout. Thank you again for such great information in a great video!!! 🌽🌽🌽

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Fingers crossed Brandy! :-)

[@aphrodirty2764]

Love your videos are they're easy to understand, informative and don't have that all too common self aggrandizing tone a lot of plant channels have!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey thanks for that, much appreciated!

[@wynterwolf7663]

Your videos are done so well and I really appreciate them! Thank you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey, thanks for that Wynter....they are a lot of work and I hope each one is improving as I go along! :-)

[@tzipikathleenhartson6275]

Q: please recommend straw. I will buy on Amazon. TY. Agree w everyone else on here. Videos are NOT my "Learning Style," but I am able to "process" yours. Something to do with your logical, congruent ORDER. And... Less is more. You accomplish that. Thx!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Tzipi!! Appreciate that. For straw, this is what a lot of people are using with success: amzn.to/3vussAr

[@LearningActivities101]

So interesting to learn about corn, mine did not do so well this year as there has been a drought and I had to conserve water.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I hear you on that one.....heat wave after heat wave here and the corn just used soooooo much water. Its definitely a resource hog.

[@Rob-ct1hw]

Love your videos and demeanor. Keep up the Awesome information for all to share.🎉

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much, appreciate the support!

[@Bev437Sqn]

Great video as always. Thanks

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Bev, appreciate that! :-)

[@paulcarrier2424]

hey, I got the exact same seed for this year haha. this will be my first ever corn experiment. Thanks for all the info!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Best of luck man!

[@dahutful]

I was gonna grow Golden Bantam this year - never got it going. Youre my hero, Jeff. And those sandals! David Half Acre Farm South Carolina

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ha ha thanks brother! Enjoy the weekend! :-)

[@keithhilton8869]

Hi Jeff, a timely video as it now time to start thinking about planting corn down here. I usually have great success with this crop. For us we usually pick our corn around Christmas time and i freeze most in plastics bags for the winter. Cheers

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on Keith, best of luck this season! :-)

[@desertflower9557]

I thought that was so funny, the Big Daddy of backyard gardening. Everybody wants some corn!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ha ha its the best! :-)

[@He4vyD]

Hey Jeff, another friendly reminder to also mention the metric values for distance in your videos 😋 Would be highly appreciated

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

For sure! :-)

[@samanthapeace7083]

I'm in a rainy not very sunny area of Oregon. I have a North facing patio that I do a container garden on. I was suprised my corn grew at all but I got one 🌽. I was also pleasantly suprised at the amount of Tomatoes not cracked and Jalapenos I got.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ha ha against the odds, you did it Samantha! Nice work!

[@georgestewart5814]

Very informative but still interesting. Thank you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks George, appreciate the kind words. :-)

[@jimmcdowell9017]

Jeff, I don’t grow corn but love to eat it. You grow & pick, and I’ll bring lots of butter!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ha ha deal!!

[@aliciavalentyn5889]

Excellent corn 🌽 video. Thanks

[@NewDimension7]

Corn , yeay Thanks you for share Very good introduction

[@jillstover8782]

Always another great video👍🏻

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey thanks Jill! Always appreciated.

[@conniedavidson1807]

Thank you for this video. My corn has tasseled but no silks are showing. Glad to know the silks will come later. My first time planting and the corn looked so pretty, but I got really worried when I have no silks.

[@nydiag6]

Great video. I planted the corn, and they sprouted 5 days later. I was amazed. I have a question, which fertilizer do you use. Thanks.

[@KitchenGardeningwithMe]

Thank you for share God Bless you👍

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[@kljunatic8157]

best performance in corn planting. planting the seeds 2-2 1/8 inch with the tip pointing down. Also to maximize pollination one can help with dusting the silks. Us a paper to collect the pollen then drop on the silks. easy!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Great tips!

[@sohailahmed6242]

Great job

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks for watching!

[@easyandhealthyrecipes9507]

Nice video👍🙌

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks for watching! :-)

[@ytsoc]

Thanks for this useful video + and the others on starting corn indoors. Did you ever do a part 4, harvesting? Or how does this method compare to the indoor series? THanks again.

[@Syndogon]

What is the npk of your feed? I plan to make my own liquid feed but i just wanted to know. Also does this information apply to field, dent, flour or popcorn? Thank you.

[@AnnaYAH5315]

Thank you! Another great video with great information👍🏽 I've been looking online for organic golden corn for planting but appears a little elusive..any suggestions?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Tyndall Ann! I would try Stokes or Veseys... They usually have a big selection

[@pogger6206]

Thank you sooo much

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@pogger6206]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms np

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@pogger6206 :-)

[@camdor5257]

Thanks!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, appreciate the support! :-)

[@dwightdaniels8322]

I have a question about corn spacing. U are pretty specific about spacing in the row but how far apart should the rows be?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey Dwight, I go with 36 inch spacing between rows...

[@nobullziggster4070]

Does a double take// I had to look at what month i was in lol the way things r going i never know what country i live in any more, lest what month it is .. yum corn. This how to video will stick in my mind now...haha

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ha ha whatever works buddy!

[@gras7777777]

Hello Jeff from Singapore! Have about 8 shoots going but they seem to have stagnated at about 4-6 inches tall for about 2 weeks. Any idea why? TIA! That ASMR breaking off of ripe corn was music to my ears

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Very interesting. Wonder if its weather related? At about a month of age too is when they really start to take up the nutrients...so could be a nitrogen issue?

[@gras7777777]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you so much for replying. Hmm maybe the crazy swing from hot drought to thunderstorms and back to sweltering dry days again in the past weeks... Shall feed them and hope for growth!

[@mindofmadness5593]

Wait. You only need a couple of inches of soil? I'm doing Raised beds but do not want to run corn in my limited bed spaces. [[lot of shade so beds take up the Sunny areas. My soil is packed clay/sand and even a rototiller struggles to cut into it so the raised beds. I do have a large ground area not getting the raised beds-my source of metal for the sides got cleaned out so...wood pallets, flat, filled with good soil perhaps? That would be about 4" deep with around 2" spacing between the top boards. Thoughts?

[@mindofmadness5593]

Oops. Rewatched. Foot of soil. Hmmm...thinking of options. I grew a few stalks in some 20 gallon Tree planters one gets at the Tree Store...my boss let me have them. Had maybe eight staalks in three buckets. Deep enough, have maybe 10 of them can possibly et more....three of those kiddie pools maybe 4' round and around 10 or so inches deep...knocked some extra holes in them with my tomahawk after the pig busted them up...

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@mindofmadness5593 Ha ha yeah, 4 inches of soil won't be enough! They aren't crazy deep-rooted...but they do go down a foot or more! I've seen clusters of 4 in 20 gallon pots, and then those pots spaced closer together.....it worked out well for this one garden I saw. Definitely experiment for your setup! :-)

[@mindofmadness5593]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I will try it out-too late this season, need real quick-grow things since we have maybe two months till Frost. Will be using your Garlic planting guide here in the next few days. I am hoping, if things do not go South here first with the insanity of this country, to bring in more loads of soil and start amending the area I mentioned above but it is a one-man disabled show at this point so limited funding and Crip Me. lol

[@Landengrady]

What do you do with the winter wheat after to cut them down

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey Julie, you can use them as a mulch, compost them, use them in pathways, ferment them into an organic fertilizer.....quite a lot actually: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWrVeKyBo7eoqaM

[@Landengrady]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I live in south Missouri ( I think 7 b)my first attempt this year was a BIG fail I was thinking I could try again this fall. I should have enough time should I?

[@Jane-West]

Thank you so much!

[@lynnlovessoil]

What fertilizer schedule do you follow for corn?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hi lynn, I only feed corn twice. Once when it hits about 4" tall, and then again when the tassels first appear.

[@lynnlovessoil]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thanks! I just noticed the tassels forming on mine . I gave a liquid feed. Should I add a granular as well?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@lynnlovessoilliquid should be plenty unless you have extremely poor soil lynn

[@milkweed7678]

I really like your videos. Great job. They are very informative and educational. But l don't understand why your corn looks so good while Its growing but when you are harvesting it the plants don't look good at all. What's going on? Thanks!!

[@qcbs2315]

any secret w heirloom corn? im in pa and want to grow thanks

[@veldamckellar1565]

Does the corn 🌽 regrows after picking?....

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Unfortunately Velda, corn does not regrow.

[@veldamckellar1565]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thanks for the info. 🌽

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@veldamckellar1565 no problem! :-)

[@snickerspayne4929]

New subscriber here. This was my first year to grow corn. However, the ears were covered with ants and beetles. What should I have used to prevent this.

[@nicholasnarcowich9163]

Why plany at 6" when you know you will cut out every other plant? Seems like seed savings could be had if planted at 1' not 6"... really wanting to know...

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Because not every seed germinates. Plant at 1 foot spacing and you can have huge gaps in your corn block when some seeds don't make it. The other method is to plant 2-3 seeds per hole every foot, and then cut the smallest ones down if more than 1 germinate. With corn, 80% germination is the rate you often get.

[@delucastudios3097]

how do you save seed for next crop

[@Crownd1_]

Well done. I've always heard that for every silk, there's a kernel. The same person also told me, there's always 13 rows of corn on each ear. Is that also true?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Well....now I gotta go count, LOL!

[@milkweed7678]

Corn only has an even number of rows.

[@Crownd1_]

@@milkweed7678 Yup, you're right. 16 rows, not 13. Thanks.

[@milkweed7678]

@@Crownd1_ yeah it's an even number with all corn and the number of rows vary.

[@milkweed7678]

Well I forgot. Country Gentleman doesn't have rows. No organization to the kernels for the most part.

[@nathanaelivanche3821]

My neighbor planted tons of corn last 2 month

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Yeah, if your climate can handle it, fall corn can be AMAZING!

[@dova_prod.8462]

I see what you did there 😂 ear , hear ,year

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

;-)

[@jasonstouder]

most people would have dug out whatever lived in that bed before planting. you put down paper and a little bit of soil. i like that better.

[@eliteeribius7840]

My corn sprouted in 2 days🙂

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

It's grows and sprouts so fast! It's crazy

[@shaylabenns2931]

Cool

[@LittleYanasWorld]

Is it normal for the silk to fall even if it’s not done? We’re thinking it might be the earwigs eating them😢😩

[@Afsar19Vlog]

Yp I was wondering this

[@OakKnobFarm]

"Lend me your ears". That's pretty corny Jeff :)

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Heh heh, I see what you did there Dave....! Lol

[@LearningActivities101]

I love it that sure is an ear full!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@LearningActivities101 :-)

[@sabbyjones2308]

How do you keep out worms?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Worms? I don't keep them out...I love them!

[@sabbyjones2308]

I meant the ones that go into the corn silk and eat your corn

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@sabbyjones2308 sand, Diatomaceous Earth, but it often depends on the species...

[@suzannef3593]

I never got the female and male just tall stalks. I planted to close together 😢 but I did grow healthy stalks lol just no corn lesson learned.

[@johnmaclean2040]

❤️

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks John, as always!

[@stevepethel6843]

😂lend me your EARS❤

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Heh heh yessssssssssssssss!

[@barakoniner1644]

Just simple yard dirt and water isn't enough? Hones question. I'm obviously new lol

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Depends on the dirt, depends on the water....

[@jonathangardner4475]

What about harvesting seed?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

All you have to do is let the corn fully mature and dry out on the plant! The kernels should be dry and rock hard.

[@jonathangardner4475]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you! I have southern gentleman I recall, an heirloom

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@jonathangardner4475 definitely want to save some of those!

[@desertflower9557]

Beautiful corn, beautiful, informative video. I am ready for next season. I wish that I could kiss you on the cheek, maybe I could send a donation instead.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thank you so much, glad you liked! I hope you get the most epic corn bounty next season! :-)

[@KerriEverlasting]

How to grow corn huh. Tell that to my rats! 😭🤬💖😂

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ugghhh.....rats are replacing squirrels as the literal worst!

[@KerriEverlasting]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I'm winning. My garden beds are not. It is spring, game on!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@KerriEverlasting when's the official first day of spring? Is it the same exact day as our fall?

[@knitswithdirt]

I hand pollinate mine...just in case nature didn't do a good enough job.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Very smart! I'm going to try that next year.

[@TheActiveLifeLived]

What is the point of planting them 6 inches apart when you're just going to cut them to be 12 inches apart

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

As mentioned in the video, seeds are cheap. Many crops are multi-sown (think of thinning carrots or beets or radishes...normal for them, right?). If a seed doesn't germinate and you don't over-sow, you're left with a gap, even several gaps. For gravity and wind pollinated plants like corn, that could be a disaster. So no, I don't think 6 cents worth of extra seed is a waste if it can save me time, space, and money within a single crop's lifespan.

[@barakoniner1644]

You say basics but you've basically confused me lol

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Which part confused you?

[@gs2365]

Your corns are too close to each other. I am not sure you know what you doing. !!

[@_.Elzart._]

I have planted corn two years in a row ! Had no idea how they pollinated.. thanks for explaining it so easy. Anyone loving corn check the other videos! POPPINAWESOME!