Corn Field Growing

whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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Tripurple I'm still waiting.

The only one that might not hold true is the amount of ferts. Where I'm from they put plenty in the ground.

Corn will make it stretch. Corn is planted in rows as tight as they can get it. Corn gets eight feet tall easy. How is that not going to make cannabis stretch.
They plant GMO corn that is resistant to weed killer. Weed killer will kill cannabis. It was so bad growing up when they sprayed you couldn't got outside. They spray all kinds of shit on it.

Something tells me you don't know anything about farms.
 
TriPurple

TriPurple

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We live amongst the organic farmers. You have to look at things from all perspectives, there is not just one way.
 
Lenny Scroggins

Lenny Scroggins

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What's all the fuss? I've have had great results every other year in a corn field. (That's really me in the avatar) :o The other years are beans. Some years the plants tower over, I live in the middle of nowhere though.
 
Lenny Scroggins

Lenny Scroggins

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Orboon said:
I have a question for anyone that has grown in a corn field before. I planted a little late so it should be a good time to go visit the field and give them a blast of fertilizer. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice as to what I should feed it this weekend?
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Go with the 10-20-10 or 5 - 35 -15 ., or anything with a higher 2nd # really.........for a straight answer to your Q
 
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n3fta

n3fta

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hotrodharley said:
Corn is ready to combine way before you are ready to pick your pot.
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Farmers here don't combine the fields until at least November, well after the first couple frosts.

The corn here is only sprayed once between late May and early June. If you plant before they spray you don't have to worry about smoking anything nasty, your plants will without a doubt be dead. I've never had any bad tasting bud that was grown in a cornfield.
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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TriPurple said:
We live amongst the organic farmers. You have to look at things from all perspectives, there is not just one way.
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That's fine and dandy. I grow organic. We are the minority. You know as well as I do when the op said corn field odds are its a large commercial field meant for feed as that is what the majority of corn grown in the us is for.
 
vostok

vostok

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Stay sharp, as many fungi exist in corn that can also wipe out cannabis in a day or so ...'Septoria cannabis' leaps in my brain horrid sh!t is is
 
Lenny Scroggins

Lenny Scroggins

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Nice humus -ee soil around here.The local farmers in this region are embracing alternative farming. Improving the soil with compost/mulch, stopping the use of harsh fertilizers & herbicides.
 
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n3fta

n3fta

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I've posted these here before, but here are some shots in a cornfield.

As you can see the corn is much taller than the plants and they really don't stretch, plenty of sun still get through if you remove enough corn.





And a couple from this year. It's tough to tell in the corn but most of these are 5.0-6.5 ft tall.



 
Dan Drews

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Excellent pics n3fta, I too was curious how they would do around the taller cornstalks. I've got a question - are they completely maintenance free for you? Does the farmer provide all the water, nutes, and pesticides you need or do you have to provide some level of care? I'm in California where farmers need to irrigate but by the looks of the clouds in the last pic, maybe you get water the old fashioned way?
 
TriPurple

TriPurple

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whitebb2727 said:
That's fine and dandy. I grow organic. We are the minority. You know as well as I do when the op said corn field odds are its a large commercial field meant for feed as that is what the majority of corn grown in the us is for.
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The funny thing is the op only asked what frets. to use, & everybody chimes in with their opinion of corn fields.
 
n3fta

n3fta

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Dan Drews said:
Excellent pics n3fta, I too was curious how they would do around the taller cornstalks. I've got a question - are they completely maintenance free for you? Does the farmer provide all the water, nutes, and pesticides you need or do you have to provide some level of care? I'm in California where farmers need to irrigate but by the looks of the clouds in the last pic, maybe you get water the old fashioned way?
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I can put these in the ground in early June and not return until mid October. I do wonder out to check for bud rot and to have a peek, but don't fertilize or water at all. It's been an extremely dry summer and everything is still doing fantastic. The biggest problem with the corn are the rippers, some of them drive their quads right through the corn, destroying the farmers fields in the process.
 
vostok

vostok

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Not too bad ....if its your corn? ...either way its so obvious from google earth ...you will be famous ...for about 2 minutes on CNN. ...?
 
vostok

vostok

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not me but I know a few guys still inside after all this time, better to grow around the filed edges, that way it don't get added to corn flakes
 
n3fta

n3fta

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vostok said:
Not too bad ....if its your corn? ...either way its so obvious from google earth ...you will be famous ...for about 2 minutes on CNN. ...?
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Do you have any pics showing how "obvious" it is from google earth?

Why would CNN care about a few plants in the middle of a corn field, when people are growing greenhouse's full all over North America?

Growing around the edges of the field is great... if you'd rather someone else harvest your plants. Rippers are a real threat around here, these grows are done deep inside of large fields.

I'm not sure how many of the posters in this thread have actually grown in corn, but my opinions are based on years of experience.
 
ruby fruit

ruby fruit

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Just chiming in to say those corn field grow pics are awesome....theres more than one way to skin a cat i like that :)
 
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