Cub + Cole Planter = BIG corn

[KGM]

4/16/09 corn planted

5/18/09

6/13/09 and no that's not a lo-boy cub the corn is really that high

Just some Sugar Dot corn I pulled this morning Silver Queen is not quite ready yet but soon it will be

[beaconlight]

looking good

[Mr E]

You did good! Looks great.

[Glxy500]

Very good looking garden. Hope it does very well. From the looks of it , its gonna do just that.

[Glxy500]

Looks very good. I sure wish mine would have turned out that good. Good job.

[KGM]

Looks very good. I sure wish mine would have turned out that good. Good job.

I sure appreciate the complements I just started pulling my silver queen this morning it's turning out to be a very good corn crop this year by the grace of God we have been lucky with rain I pulled a few rows this morning and got 84 ears looks like I'm gonna have more corn than I know what to do with

[ellen]

Wow I haven't had any good silver queen since my daddy died. That was the only corn he would plant. Mmmuummm I can taste it now. Good thing for you I don't live closer I might sneak over to your patch and help myself..

[TJG]

looks great. What model is your Cole planter, and does it plant other things like sunflowers? How about side dress fertilizer at the same time.

Thanks.
Todd

[KGM]

looks great. What model is your Cole planter, and does it plant other things like sunflowers? How about side dress fertilizer at the same time.

Thanks.
Todd

Todd, It's a Cole duplex planter and yeah you can plant sunflowers with the right seed plate and no you can't side dress fertilizer while you plant some people like to fertilize when they plant I prefer to fertilize after the crop has come up

[Don McCombs]

How about some closeup photos of the planter?

[TJG]

I'd like to see some more pictures of the planter also. The ones i've seen only hook up with a 3-point hitch.

Todd

[KGM]

For those who wanted to see some more photos of my planter here is the link http://photos.cubfest.com/displayimage.php?pos=-18697

[Trent M]

Nice corn. I'd like to know more about the process after planting. How do you control weeds and when/how do you fertilize?

Great ... now I'm hungry!

[KGM]

Nice corn. I'd like to know more about the process after planting. How do you control weeds and when/how do you fertilize?

Great ... now I'm hungry!

As far as weed control I did not use any chemicals for weeds this year some people will spray with Bicep right after they plant it does a good job at keeping your field grass and weed free ever since we quit farming I don't deal with many chemicals any more I just plow alot and use a good old garden hoe as far as fertilizing goes when I first broke the land up and got it in shape to plant I just broadcast some 10-10-10 and in the second picture in this post I had just plowed it for the last time and I used my sidedreser to do the final fertilizing witch was 10-10-10 + some soda I mix it half and half to make what some people call side dressing I enjoy planting corn more than anything else in the garden some key things to a good corn crop are when you plant it plant it thick and when it comes up thin it out and then the next step is when it gets some size to it you need to sucker it make sure it gets water when it needs it and soda is a key factor also and most of the time all this equals a good crop