Posted by Paul on March 25, 2017 at 19:25:05 from (66.60.223.229):
In Reply to: My Previous Post posted by moonlite37 on March 25, 2017 at 12:38:56:
Ground corn actually suppresses some small seeded grass seeds from sprouting. It is far from an effective weed killer, but in organic situations it can help control some small grass weeds. It decomposes into organic material, and so is a minor fertilizer then.
We plant about 20# of corn per acre or .35 of a bushel, and the national average yield is 165 or so bushels per acre.
We like to see an ear of corn 16 kernals around and 30-35 kernals in a row, or 480-560 kernals produced for every one planted. This would be real nice corn, there are a lot of corners and spots that do poor ears.....
So the math comes out to maybe 470 kernals produced for every one planted?
Corn uses a lot of Nitrogen, perhaps .6-.8 lbs of N per bushel produced, only a little to 50lbs of N can typically be found in the soil by itself. So we need to add a fair amount of N depending what we want to yield. Well, here is a chart for 165bu corn, the grain removes the one amount, but you need the total amount for the plant to grow and support the stalks and leaves as well.
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