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When is a good time to plant corn for it to be atleast knee high by July the 4th? I seen traveling to my Dads last week that some of the big farmers corn fields has corn in them already and is about 4 inches high.

Im way late in planting my corn this year because the last week and a half its been just to wet to plant. I would have liked to have my wind protectors (Corn) up and growing as soon as possable but it looks like this year is gonna be later then I planned. Better late then never I guess.



Thanks,
Brooks

5/16/2008 2:12:15 PM

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Brooks, I don't know about your area, but farmers here are planting corn and have been planting corn for the last couple of weeks.

I don't think it's too late.

And to tack on to your question about planting corn and when, how do you keep raccoons out of your patch and corn if they are grown in one in the same place. Besides a 22!

5/16/2008 3:06:59 PM

California High Desert [email protected]

Heck I want corn for 4th of July. I started a standard corn that does not need as warm of soil to geminate as the newer hybrids. My Silver Queen (92 days) went in to the soil three weeks before my first pumpkins. I need them for a wind break. They are about 6 to 8 inches tall. I also planted Sweet Corn "Hybrid Kandy Korn EH" Sugar Enhanced (83 days)three weeks ago. It took about 8 days to come up and is about 3-4 inches tall. In a few weeks I will plant Mirai 71 days. This is a new corn for me that I can't wait to try. I have heard some good things about it. It needs the warmest soil and isolation or different polination times from other sweetcorn.

5/16/2008 3:24:29 PM

California High Desert [email protected]

Here is a write up on the Mirai corn if you have not bought your seeds yet. I bought mine on E-bay cheaper but they where Parks seeds.

http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10101&catalogId=10101&langId=-1&mainPage=gatepage&gate=miraicorn&scChannel=Popular%20Search%20Main

5/16/2008 3:32:51 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

You can plant corn anytime. Just read the back of the package for how many days. You can plant sweetcorn in the third week of July if it's 62 day corn.

5/16/2008 3:36:59 PM

Deer Park WA

We planted 20 thirty foot rows last weekend hope to see them poking up this Sunday, especially since its heading for 90 degrees + this weekend!

5/16/2008 3:37:03 PM

Ohio

Christine, the best thing I found to keep the coons out of my corn is a electric fence, works like a charm.

5/16/2008 5:58:23 PM

North Smithfield, RI

Anytime between the 15th of May and the 30th should give you knee high by the 4th. In a hot year you could have waist high ! A 5' chicken wire fence with 4' posts will keep the coons out. The fence will sag as they attempt to climb in . And burying 3" by 6 " boards along the bottom will keep the chucks out. I guess how much you want the corn will dictate how much effort you put into it. Just like AGS. Good luck Brooks !

5/16/2008 6:07:47 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I agree, if you plant within the next two weeks, you have should a decent chance of it getting knee high, or close, by July 4th.
I don't have experience with this, but I've heard that if you plant vine crops around your corn crop, it deters the coons, as they don't like walking through/over vines. Anyone have experience to back this up?

5/16/2008 6:55:49 PM

Minnesota

I planted mine 13 days ago and its 4 inchs or so.

5/16/2008 7:36:49 PM

Northern New York

I'm NNY and they aren't planting yet. Some hobby farmers plant a few rows of sweet corn early but they need to cover it at times. It can be a lot of work but it's cool having early corn.

5/16/2008 10:59:45 PM

Rhode Island

i like cheese with my corn.

5/17/2008 8:15:01 AM

Western Pa.

Brooks,

I'm rather "old fashioned" in some of my growing methods. It's been an awfully wet Spring thus far and therefore tough to start an early crop.. A long time ago I was told that corn should be planted when oak leaves are the size of a chipmunks' ear. Some local growers who want the earliest sweet corn (and highest prices) cover their crop with plastic early on. When the coons show up your corn is most likely ready to harvest. I enjoy your posts and hope we'll meet up someday.
kilr

5/18/2008 10:31:07 PM

Elk Grove,Ca USA

Brooks we usually say waist high by 4th of July in Central, Ca. Eat seewcorn 4th of July, but it was fried this Feb by frost. Never know

5/19/2008 8:54:49 PM