Posted by Lanse on October 20, 2007 at 18:10:07 from (205.188.117.74):
I put this on the other board, but thought someone here may be able to help too. Please excuse my youthful ignorance...
For those of you that dont know, I have 4 pet sheep and raise chickens, and the plan WAS to grow the corn they eat in the winter as well as some sweet corn for some $$, well, this year it was a compleate disaster, but that can be attributed to lack of planning on my part. I planted about 2-3 acers of sweet corn. There were equiptment problems so I couldnt cultivate it, and it was 95 out so there goes the hoeing idea... I lost it to the weeds just as the beetles came flying in to finish it off, not to mention the worst drought in 20 years. Its now all dead, sickly, bug infested and diesesed. I mowed it today with a bushhog at high RPMs at low speed, that ended its (and my) misery :-(
Now its round 2. All equiptment is ready to rock, spare parts are in, plow is fixed, cultivator experience is gained, and the tiller is delivered. I have sectioned out an acre or so for my garden and sweet corn, but I will look for pesticiedes still, little 20" garden tiller can cultivate it, and its been tilled by my 60" tractor-mounted tiller.
My question here is, Ive heard field corn has better drought-coping-ability (for lack of a better word) and has bigger ears and is less succeptive to insects. Only reason last year I planted sweet corn was because I couldnt find field corn at thet point, it was may and sweet corn was on sale. I only need 30lbs or so, and not many places here will deal in small amounts like that. With sweet corn, there is a list of names, ear sizes, stalk hwights and price/lb and you call that in and they send it out. Does anyone do that with field? Also, do you think that harvestland will drive 20 miles in a sprayer to our yuppie farm??? If not, what would you reccomend? Not looking foward to talking the dad into a sprayer, or measuring chemicles and running the well dry... Any other ideas? Thanks in advance
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