Re: seed corn

Posted by andy r on November 01, 2021 at 20:40:04 from (208.126.193.44):

In Reply to: Re: seed corn posted by Timmycornpicker on October 31, 2021 at 18:45:35:

In my area we were dry this summer as well. When the growing season is dry the corn plant will cannibalize the stalk in an attempt to finish off the kernels. The stalk dries out sooner than normal leaving it subject to disease and of course it just normally rots away. Having a few varieties rather than one gives some genetic diversity which may help in fighting off some diseases as well as spacing out the maturities. A big thing is to keep abreast of what is going on in the field. A couple simple tests can give you an idea of stalk strength. One is the pinch test done roughly a foot off the ground. Squeeze the stalk and if it easily collapses stalk integrity is compromised. Another common method is to push on a stalk about three feet up and see what happens. If the stalk snaps the variety must come out soon before the wind and rain gets it. Honestly I got caught with a variety that went down myself. It would have been taken out by now, but we received roughly 6 inches of rain keeping us out of the field the last two weeks. There never was really a driving rain, but it was windy and continuously wet. I started on this field Sunday. Never had I had such a mess. Big areas were broken over at about 6 inches above the ground. Many places only about 5% of the plants were standing. After one and a half days of 1/2 mph I am finally getting to some corn that is almost normal. I hope that continues across the remainder of the field. I cussed the variety, but honestly it needed to come out 2 weeks ago and who knew it was going to be wet all that time. I said I would never buy that number again, but when you realize that you are part of the problem (timing) I changed my mind. It has been one of my top producers. Even with all of the down corn the field is still doing short of 200 bushels per acre and on the good soil types the yield monitor will run 230 - 250 bushels per acre. It just needed to be harvested the middle of October. Starting Sunday was probably a day or two early, but I couldn't afford another rain on the field as I was afraid it would be flatter than flat on the ground. All I know is that I got most of the corn and that I ran a lot of wet dirt through the combine trying to get it. It is amazing what you can pull in if you can get the snouts under it. My biggest problem are the outside snouts where I should have a pair of Roll-A-Cones.

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