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Posted by Matt from CT on July 23, 2006 at 16:16:08 from (24.177.7.108):
In Reply to: Re: Working Ground posted by Matt from CT on July 23, 2006 at 15:32:24:
Ok, IIRC someone mentioned your area had a lot of rain this year that could be contributing to a failure to thrive. This pic is a general view -- the corn in the foreground was planted 2 weeks after the corn with tassels already. It's all fairly uniform, with very little insect damage. By the way, the corn is growing in the "good" soil; the Tomatoes in the back ground that are taller than the sweet corn are in the "great" stuff -- the tallest tomato plant is now over 6' tall and still going. 
This second photo is of the 1st planting... Notice it's more inconsistent and insect damaged (chewed leaves, nothing major...) then the 2nd planting. Well, actually the "2nd planting" is my 3rd planting -- the week the 1st planting emerged we had flooding rainfall. It killed the original 2nd planting in the ground, and hurt the just emerged 1st planting. 
If your soil looks good, and tests good, and you're seeing stuff like the second photo, it could just be old fashion rain hurting you. (Anyone wondering about the grass clippings under the corn...I have a couple "test plots" I've made testing compost, manure & clippings, and just clippings and some earthworms I introduced today from other beds to see if I can get them established in this one this summer. The clippings aren't thick enough to be a mulch, but enough to keep down rain & sun on the soil which was pretty "hard" relative to the rest of the garden)
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