Janicholson said: (quoted from post at 07:57:35 05/19/10) If non-hybrid, not agressively enriched with fertilizer, and in a small plot, it might yield 50 to 60 pu/acre. It might not.
Hand picking 2 acres is not dramatic but will build stamina. A husking pin would be a helpful hand attachment!! Jim
Thanks! Picked plenty of corn as a kid with my buddy but could never get the hang of the husking pin (didn't know what it was called either). His old man taught me to just break the base and leave the majority of the shucks on the stalk. After everything was picked, we had to go back and cut the stalks & take them to the barn.
Thought we'd work smart one year and cut the corn all at once and took it to the barn. Old man just smiled. Wasn't one of our better ideas..
When it comes time to pick, I'll have some soldiers over for a cook out.
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