Thread: Thank you Pat Kiewicz!!! (was: San Marzanos hollow?)
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Old 19-07-2003, 06:12 PM
Phaedrine Stonebridge
 
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Default Thank you Pat Kiewicz!!! (was: San Marzanos hollow?)
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(Pat Kiewicz) wrote:

Today we had a whopper of a storm here. Two trees down and a few of
our bean tripods. Hopefully the beans will survive. But the trees
will have to be removed. All the corn was flattened as well. I
hope it springs back up.

Corn won't spring back up unless it's tiny. Best get out there and
prop it up. (I have to do that sometimes.) If the corn is just
leaning, a strategically placed wad of compost might be enough to
keep it upright. Otherwise, put a stake at each end of a row and run
some twine between them, looping the twine around each cornstalk to
hold it upright. (This is a two-person job.) With blocks of corn
you can run twine in a criss-cross pattern to prop the corn up. Even
the twine-braced corn will appreciate some compost packed around the
bottom of the stalk.


I owe you bigtime! Thanks so much for that fabulous idea. We are on
our way outside right now to implement the stake & twine scenario.
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