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John N Mi

08-20-2007 12:27:37

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I stagger the planting of sweetcorn in my garden so it is not all ready to eat at once. As I pick the ears I cut the empty stalk and lay it on the ground mulch and rot into humus. I believe this conserves the moisture and nitrogen for the remaining corn. Am I right in thinking this way?

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gene bender

08-20-2007 18:30:28

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Re: corn question for Ia Gary in reply to John N Mi, 08-20-2007 12:27:37

Aint IA GARY but thats the way to go as the old stalk will start decaying and be ready for dry matter when you fall plow it under.

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IaGary

08-20-2007 18:02:33

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Re: corn question for Ia Gary in reply to John N Mi, 08-20-2007 12:27:37

Very right in your thinking.

If you leave that stalk standing it is still using moisture trying to stay green.

If you remove the stalk from the field you will remove nutrients for next years crop also.

The only stalks I remove are what is removed by the cows grazing on them. But they return the nutrients daily.(:~})

Gary

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onefarmer

08-20-2007 14:23:44

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Re: corn question for Ia Gary in reply to John N Mi, 08-20-2007 12:27:37

John as dry as it is in all of Mich what your doing is certainly not wrong. Anything to conserve a bit of moisture. I was just up across the bridge and it was dry and brown all the way to the SOO and into Canada.

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fRANK IN gA

08-20-2007 12:44:42

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Re: corn question for Ia Gary in reply to John N Mi, 08-20-2007 12:27:37

I THINK YOUR RIGHT ON TRACK, I ALWYAS DID THE SAME AND WAS WELL PLEASED WITH THE IDEA OF WATER CONSERVATION, Sorry!!! had cap locks on. , I figgured why continue feeding the plant once the ear was harvested,BTY are you in N.Mi.?I lived 30+ yrs near Charlevoix, till we moved down here to N. Ga. sure dont miss those winters LOL and can now double crop most of the garden :-)

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crackerhead

08-20-2007 13:28:38

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Re: corn question for Ia Gary in reply to fRANK IN gA, 08-20-2007 12:44:42

Hey Frank ,where in N Ga, are you ,Iam close to gainesville

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John N Mi

08-20-2007 12:48:24

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Re: corn question for Ia Gary in reply to fRANK IN gA, 08-20-2007 12:44:42

We live five miles south of Petoskey. The Emmet - Charlevoix County fair is on this week. I get to cook pancakes at our church food booth.
John

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08-20-2007 12:35:32

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Re: corn question for Ia Gary in reply to John N Mi, 08-20-2007 12:27:37

I do the same thing, and it all still seems like it get ready at the same time anyway.

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