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okla/kans Bill

05-19-2003 20:12:44




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Ya know, i can grow milo here, wheat, oats, Hay grazer, but I cant do worth a tinkers d___ raising corn. It comes up eratic, here there and yonder, then theres large spaces where it dont come up at all. Theres a foot difference in highth of it. I planted in Feb here, last week in Feb. Theres guys further west and south of me my dealer says that grow corn, but, he dosent say how they do, and if like me, theyre ashamed to tell him lol. I been thinking of soaking my seed for a day, then drying it off the morning Im gonna plant. Either that, or follow it withmy sprayer and soak it good while it is in the ground. Whaddia ya think?

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wheat straw

06-16-2003 08:30:54




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 Re: growing field corn in reply to okla/kans Bill, 05-19-2003 20:12:44  
Bill, Where you located? By your O/K Bill I'm guessing Oklahoma, Kansas. How far west are you? Couple observations.February will be too cold. In April the moisture is going to be a real challenge if you had one rain in march and none in april. Moisture usually comes right for winter wheat around this area but can starve corn out. You'll have years when you grow a bumper crop and more when you will wonder why you even tried. May have to come up with some erigation or just live with one success out of about 3 or 4. Dust storms don't make much corn. Good luck and have fun.

Wheat Straw

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tom rich

05-24-2003 05:32:32




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 Re: growing field corn in reply to okla/kans Bill, 05-19-2003 20:12:44  
The surest way to get a good stand is to plant your crop into moist dirt. You may need to increase your planting depth and increase the amount of dirt covering the seed. A seed on top of the ground is a seed wasted. We have 650 dryland acres of corn this year and there are tricks to it like anything else. Ask questions and try new things, you will get better. Good luck.



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evielboweviel

05-20-2003 14:11:24




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 Re: growing field corn in reply to okla/kans Bill, 05-19-2003 20:12:44  
based on previous posts I think you need to let the ground dry out some more also what is your soil temp? feb may just be too early to plant



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okla/kans Bill

05-20-2003 15:50:03




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 Re: Re: growing field corn in reply to evielboweviel, 05-20-2003 14:11:24  

Yup , I tend to agee with you bout planting early. The soil was good and moist, and it didnt fall back down on the seed behind the furrow openiers thereby leaving lots of exposed seed, so i harrowed it, which put entirly too much dirt on alot of the seed BUT, I planted an acre of indian corn on April 21, and the ground was dry as we hadnt had a rain in all of april and only one in march, bt it came up the same way, and it covered perfectly so I didnt harrow it. Gotta be somthing, heck knows what

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CURT

05-20-2003 10:18:43




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 Re: growing field corn in reply to okla/kans Bill, 05-19-2003 20:12:44  
what are you planting it with? You need good seed contact with the soil.Plant 1.5" deep and don't soak your seed! If you don't have enough moisture in the ground to sprout it soaking won't do any good and it will stick inside your cornplanter!



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CURT

05-20-2003 10:18:37




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 Re: growing field corn in reply to okla/kans Bill, 05-19-2003 20:12:44  
what are you planting it with? You need good seed contact with the soil.Plant 1.5" deep and don't soak your seed! If you don't have enough moisture in the ground to sprout it soaking won't do any good and it will stick inside your cornplanter!



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Okla/kans Bill

05-20-2003 11:08:36




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 Re: Re: growing field corn in reply to CURT , 05-20-2003 10:18:37  

I am using a IHC pull type rope trip 2 row corn planter with fertilzer applicator (dry). It looks pretty much like a horse planter other than it dosent have the seat, or lifting/lowering lever. It has a crank adjustment that omes out on the toungue that i havnt been able to figure since I was 18 wheather cranking it out raises it, or lowers it, so I usually keep it 1/2 down the threaded screws. A few rows will look beautiful. all plants even and no gaps. Most will be uneven, and/with gaps. I checked with the seed co to make sure I was using the right plates, as i have all of them, smalls, medium rounds & flats, large, sweet corn

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CURT

05-22-2003 10:27:06




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 Re: Re: Re: growing field corn in reply to Okla/kans Bill, 05-20-2003 11:08:36  
Bill, are you checking what kind of job your planter is doing? Get down and dig up seed every so often to check spacing and depth. When you are done planting divide the seed used by the acres planted to see if you are using enough seed. What sort of corn crop do your neighbors get?



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buck

05-19-2003 20:34:53




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 Re: growing field corn in reply to okla/kans Bill, 05-19-2003 20:12:44  

Something that my father passed on to me many a moon ago when I questioned why he could grow as good corn on the bad ground as he could on the good ground. Son the ground just holds up the corn, the fertilizer makes it grow is what he said.Maby you need to have a look at your planting and fertilizer application.



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Okla/kans Bill

05-20-2003 06:54:00




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 Re: Re: growing field corn in reply to buck, 05-19-2003 20:34:53  

Wel, I have it teste every year, and this year put on 110lbs Nitrogen, 50 lbs Phrosperus, and 55 lbs potassum per acre, as recommended.



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arthur

05-23-2003 18:39:34




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 Re: Re: Re: growing field corn in reply to Okla/kans Bill, 05-20-2003 06:54:00  
im an old mecanic had a customer we sold a planter he had a problem would not plant worth a darn found he wanted to go too fast the seed would not go down the tobe that fast try it on a drive way and see if is droping the seed or not may help think about what happens as you go.
good luck



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