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Great sweetcorn challenge
The sweetcorn challenge has started in earnest.
Roy across the road has lent me part of his back yard vege garden this spring & summer. I decided sweetcorn. He said I should fork the earth over, lime it and then take it to a reasonable tilth, dig furrows and plant. He likes to do things the normal way. I simply go down a line, dib a small hole and drop the seed in. I am happy with a minimal till spproach. Having prepared one half of the bed his way I planted 4 rows of corn. The other 1/2 pf the bed I simply went along and dibbled a small hole and planted down the line I went. 4 and 1/2 rows of corn. All up, 70 potential corn plants. I dug a furrow between each row and dropped in some slow release fertiliser - blood n bone and some pelletised sheep poop. That should keep the plants fed through the growing season. In the hot summer months I will supplement with a nitrogen liquid feed (watered down urine). Almost as much fun as the Great Tui Sneak. Roys methods vs mine. The loser buys the winner a round at the local club. My the best corn grow. rob |
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