Re: What do I need for about 1 acre of corn

Posted by Mac AR on October 03, 2016 at 16:33:17 from (162.104.114.253):

In Reply to: What do I need for about 1 acre of corn posted by BobReeves on October 03, 2016 at 12:00:59:

Here's what I do, and my fields are pretty small. Only about 30 acres total in 4 places.

1. Disk it first, then plow it down in the fall.
2. Disk it again, in the spring. Like as soon as the ground is dry in February.
3. Wait till April, and disk it again. Then drag it with a harrow. Wait a week and do it again.
4. Plant it. My planter has a fertilizer box, so my fertilizer goes on then, plus all the manure I hauled the winter before.
5. Wait 3 days after the first rain on it, before its up, and run a rotary hoe over it, or the narrow set to run very shallow. This kills the small weeds before they sprout.
6. Wait a week and repeat #5
7. Take the week you've waited and set up your cultivators so you won't be rushed. Put shields on if you have them.
8. When corn is about 4" high, plow it the first time. Its slow going the first time because the plants are small and you don't want to cover them up, but that's what the shields are for.
9. Wait 2 weeks or maybe 3, and repeat. Go a little deeper and take your shields off. Go up a gear on the tractor, too.
10. Wait 2 more weeks and lay it by. By now you should be able to plow about 4" deep, and at a considerable speed.
11. Wait until late October, and pick it if the ears have dried down enough.
12. Mow the stalks down and repeat step 1.

See, that's not too hard, is it? I use triple 17 fertilizer, and have used feed corn from the feed mill for seed in the past. It will yield fair. I now plant two OP types that yield very well, but I have been developing the line for some time now.
Hope this helps,

Mac

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