You can your sweet corn Robert? I grew up blanching it and freezing it after cutting it off the cob

I grow very little sweet corn everything I’m planting will eventually become chicken feed. I sell my grain to the chicken companies mountaire mostly

Jakethesnake86 wrote:

Put the last 7 rows in before the thunderstorm.

35 rows total of 38 to 40 seeds, gives us 1,330 to 1,400 seeds planted.

Was thinking...so that's 1/25th of an acre. Multiple the above numbers by 25 and that's 33,250 to 35,000 seeds per acre.

It would take me almost a month to plant an acre of corn if I worked 8 hrs a day everyday. Not happening.

Is there some type of machine that small scale farmers use that doesn't cost 10's or 100's of thousands of dollars??

RobertHively wrote:

Abrignac I’m in Delaware Harrington. I used to raise chickens for Perdue for years

Jakethesnake86 wrote:

You can your sweet corn Robert? I grew up blanching it and freezing it after cutting it off the cob

I grow very little sweet corn everything I’m planting will eventually become chicken feed. I sell my grain to the chicken companies mountaire mostly

Jakethesnake86 wrote:

Just for the heck of it I run a kinze 3660 12-23 planter if anyone is curious you can google it. They’re good planters lol

Jakethesnake86 wrote:

At 75% germination and average of 3 ears per stalk you’ll end up with at least 2,000 ears. Probably more unless a storm or some other disaster destroys your crop. You’re gonna be eating homemade Doritos every day.

Abrignac wrote:

At 75% germination and average of 3 ears per stalk you’ll end up with at least 2,000 ears. Probably more unless a storm or some other disaster destroys your crop. You’re gonna be eating homemade Doritos every day.

Abrignac wrote:

Hey I dint want to mess up your politics thread too much but I did laugh at your "corn futures" post.

I know I should have staggered the corn. 50% initial plant, and then plant the other 50% around mid June. That way the processing wouldn't be all at the same time, it's what I do with my beans.

This is the first year of the 70x25 though, and I just wanted to see the corn come up all at once...prolly gonna regret that.

RobertHively wrote:

The oak trees in the yard drop several different things. Majestically beautiful, but something falling from them is killing my lawn. Live in a woody area.

What is it and how do I counteract it?

My lawn has been the lesser of many subpar yards on my street. Some neighbors do all sorts of chemicals with has a marginal inpact for half the summer, then revert a level similar to mine.

8trackdisco wrote:

Planted vegetables for 7 hrs today. Made a lot of progress but not even close to being finished. I'd say another 5 to 7 hrs of work...

Plus the grass needs cut again. Busy time of year. Burn a lot of calories and a lot of 2 stroke oil.

Over and out.

RobertHively wrote:

Planted vegetables for 7 hrs today. Made a lot of progress but not even close to being finished. I'd say another 5 to 7 hrs of work...

Plus the grass needs cut again. Busy time of year. Burn a lot of calories and a lot of 2 stroke oil.

Over and out.

RobertHively wrote:

Good work bro. Keep stroking (as long as you have oil)

jeebling wrote: