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Side dressing

Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:11 pm
by superc_1
Whats the best way to side dress the corn? Any tips or trick to it? My corn has come up and I've heard about side dressing it but guess I don't know how?
Thanks in advance.

Re: Side dressing

Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:22 pm
by Boss Hog
Do you have a sidedresser for your cub? if so run the cultivators through the corn and apply fertilizer as you cultivate. If you do not have a sidedresser, take one hand full of 10-10-10 and put it close to 3 stalks of corn, that should be about the right amount. then cultivate
Boss

Re: Side dressing

Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:36 pm
by Bill Hudson
Take a look at this, for information on side dressing sweet corn: http://ipcm.wisc.edu/WCMNews/tabid/53/EntryId/83/Sidedressing-Nitrogen-on-Field-and-Sweet-Corn.aspx

Bill

Re: Side dressing

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:04 pm
by Dirtdoc74
I believe that 2 lbs of 46-0-0 per 100 feet of row is the correct amount..I took a 1/2 gallon ice cream bucket( eat ice cream first.. lol...) drill 1/2 inch hole or similar in the bottom, fill with fert. and weigh it. I'm thinking it should be about 4 lbs.. start walking dribbling the N in the middle of the row. After a couple test runs you'll have the correct pace down. Won't hurt anything if you are off a bit either. Then work into the soil, just enough to cover it is fine..but it should be covered because other wise it will vaporize into the air and you lost it...Good luck ..Greg

Re: Side dressing

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:15 am
by Virginia Mike
People used to use amonium nitrate, but I don't know if you can buy it anymore because of anti-terrorist rules.

Re: Side dressing

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:55 pm
by Dirtdoc74
We stopped selling it at the Ag Co-op where I work. We were told that we had to keep it under lock and key and have a guard watching it 24-7. Sooooo we no longer sell it. Crazy world we live in..Greg