Celebrating Corn
Our corn has grown amazingly well this year.
On June 30th it was Linki size
then on the 4th of July it was Bladen size,
and today it is showing signs of tasseling out.
Tasseling out is one of the most critical stages of corns’ development. What a farmer is aiming for is a large kernel number per ear on each stalk of corn. In other words a full ear of kernels! Most corn ears have about 12 to 16 rows of kernels, but if the conditions are just right you can sometimes have rows of upwards to 20! Now that is cool and helps with the tonnage at harvest.
I won’t go into tasseling and silking and pollination at this time. But suffice it to say, the corn is definitely ‘knee high by the 4th of July’!
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Wow, it’s incredible!
Mountain Woman - July 13, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I just keep learning more from you. I will always be counting the rows of corn now!
Love the pictures of the kids in the corn:)
T - July 12, 2009 at 12:11 am
Wonderful photos! Loved the kids in the corn.. great shots!
Far Side of Fifty - July 10, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Too cute!!! Corn here is big early this year. Gotta love all the rain…if you aren’t trying to put up hay
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thecrazysheeplady - July 9, 2009 at 9:51 pm
up here the ol’timers would say if the corn is “knee high by the 4th of July” the crop was right on track.
Jody Blue - July 9, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Love the pics of the kids in the corn! Knee high by the 4th of July! I was trying to remember the saying when I started reading your post! I knew there was some little saying that could help you determine how good your corn is doing!! Looks wonderful! Is that eating corn or feeding livestock corn?
I remember being sat on the front porch with my brothers to shuck bags and bags of corn!! Good times!
hi-d - July 9, 2009 at 3:48 pm
NICE!! The corn up here took a beating with frost this spring and is way behind.
Linda - July 9, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Now I am always going to be counting rows. I want 20 rows… how cool is that. Target had corn 10 for a dollar last week and it was pretty good corn (o:
Pam - July 9, 2009 at 2:47 pm
This sounds like rocket science. Do you grow sweet corn or feed corn?
Michele - July 9, 2009 at 2:53 am
So pretty!
Lucy - July 8, 2009 at 11:28 pm
That’s some great looking corn. Back here it has been a tough season so far for corn, although you might plant sooner that here in northern New York. It has been wet, wet, wet and you know what that combined with little sun and hot weather does for corn. I’ve seen seasons like this before and in the end the crop recovers and is a little tonnage by harvest time. The only reason I pay attention is my brother in law is a dairy farmer up along the St. Lawrence river near Watertown. Really enjoy the photos.
Russ - July 8, 2009 at 10:47 pm
The tractor pull looks like it might have been fun. Growing up my dad would always do the truck pulls, it is probably similar? Love the pictures of the kids in the corn. So cute!
Lacy - July 8, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Best wishes for a lot of corn. Shucks!
Leenie - July 8, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Now, that wasn’t corny at all.
I love those open skies and fields!
~Faith
Faith - July 8, 2009 at 8:57 pm