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happy spring everyone, every year i attempt at growing corn here in florida,
but it never fails that i have some issue with it. the most common one has
been midget corn stalks. i may just be ignorant and impatient but it just
seems WAY to early for my 4 foot stalks to be attempting to shoot up the
flowers already. i haven't over fertilized (blood meal, bone meal and a
little 10-10-10 here and there) that i know of. do any of you know of a
reason why i am getting this "issue"? i may be just ignorant to the
behavior of corn but it just doesn't seem right to me.

thanks!

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happy spring everyone, every year i attempt at growing corn here in florida,
but it never fails that i have some issue with it. the most common one has
been midget corn stalks. i may just be ignorant and impatient but it just
seems WAY to early for my 4 foot stalks to be attempting to shoot up the
flowers already. i haven't over fertilized (blood meal, bone meal and a
little 10-10-10 here and there) that i know of. do any of you know of a
reason why i am getting this "issue"? i may be just ignorant to the
behavior of corn but it just doesn't seem right to me.

thanks!

I have the same problem here...
I suspect it is a soil issue.
We are going to try tilling in more sand this year and see if that helps.

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K.

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happy spring everyone, every year i attempt at growing corn here in
florida,
but it never fails that i have some issue with it. the most common one
has
been midget corn stalks. i may just be ignorant and impatient but it
just
seems WAY to early for my 4 foot stalks to be attempting to shoot up
the
flowers already. i haven't over fertilized (blood meal, bone meal and
a
little 10-10-10 here and there) that i know of. do any of you know of
a
reason why i am getting this "issue"? i may be just ignorant to the
behavior of corn but it just doesn't seem right to me.

What cultivar are you planting. There are a lot of sweet corn cultivars
that are 4 ft at Maturity. Even largers ones like Silver Queen will
start the shooting and tasseling process at 4 -5 ft. Corn is a grass
and needs more nitrogen than most vegetables, so if the stalks seem
yellowish side drees with a high nitogen fertilizer like chicken manure
or 10-10-10.