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what to do with old corn stalks?
Hi All,
My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T |
what to do with old corn stalks?
Todd wrote:
Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Compost D |
what to do with old corn stalks?
On 09/16/2011 07:15 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
Todd wrote: Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Compost D Would just burying them 6" under have the same effect? |
what to do with old corn stalks?
Todd wrote:
On 09/16/2011 07:15 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote: Todd wrote: Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Compost D Would just burying them 6" under have the same effect? In the long run. The stalks take a while to break down, you could speed the whole thing up by running over them a few times with a mower. D |
what to do with old corn stalks?
In article , Todd wrote:
Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Cut and cover with mulch. -- - Billy Both the House and Senate budget plan would have cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy. Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse." http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/ [W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And itıs not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. Thatıs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they donıt get away with no taxation. - Ralph Nader http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis |
what to do with old corn stalks?
Todd wrote:
Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T I add my corn stalks to my Halloween Party Bon Fire pile. People love it after the BBQ and Hay Ride. -- Nad |
what to do with old corn stalks?
Todd wrote:
Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Decorations for your Halloween party. |
what to do with old corn stalks?
In article , Todd wrote:
Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Compost pile. Maybe break them up a bit first. Priscilla |
what to do with old corn stalks?
On Sep 19, 12:03*pm, "Priscilla H. Ballou"
wrote: In article , Todd wrote: Hi All, * *My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. *I will try amending my soil more next year. * * In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? *Plow them under? *Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Compost pile. *Maybe break them up a bit first. Priscilla Give them to your Jewish friends for a holyday coming up where people "live" outside in temporary huts open to the sky but covered with maybe cornstalks. HB |
what to do with old corn stalks?
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:03:02 -0400, "Priscilla H. Ballou"
wrote: In article , Todd wrote: Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Compost pile. Maybe break them up a bit first. Without knowing the amount of corn stalks it's difficult to say. Farmers generally cut acres of stalks at/near the ground, haul them off, plow under the stumps and then till to bust them up some. But for the small amount one typically plants in a home garden there are really only two choices; shred and use for mulch or if one has a place to toss them at the edge of the woods they'll make a good place for small critter protection, that's what I do. Corn stalks take a very long time to compost, I'd not recommend putting them into a composter with your regular materials, even shredded they'll take several years to compost. If you have use of a shredder corn stalks make good mulch. |
what to do with old corn stalks?
Mow over them a few times, great for mulch or compost.
-- Bud |
what to do with old corn stalks?
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:02:13 +0000 (UTC), Bud wrote:
Mow over them a few times, great for mulch or compost. There's not much chance of sucking corn stalks into a mower. |
what to do with old corn stalks?
In article
, Higgs Boson wrote: On Sep 19, 12:03*pm, "Priscilla H. Ballou" wrote: In article , Todd wrote: Hi All, * *My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. *I will try amending my soil more next year. * * In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? *Plow them under? *Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Compost pile. *Maybe break them up a bit first. Priscilla Give them to your Jewish friends for a holyday coming up where people "live" outside in temporary huts open to the sky but covered with maybe cornstalks. HB Open, but covered huts, I'll buy(?), but cornstalks in a Jewish ritual?(!!!) There's gotta be a story. -- - Billy Both the House and Senate budget plan would have cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy. Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse." http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/ [W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And itıs not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. Thatıs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they donıt get away with no taxation. - Ralph Nader http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis |
what to do with old corn stalks?
Billy wrote:
In article , Higgs Boson wrote: On Sep 19, 12:03 pm, "Priscilla H. Ballou" wrote: In article , Todd wrote: Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Compost pile. Maybe break them up a bit first. Priscilla Give them to your Jewish friends for a holyday coming up where people "live" outside in temporary huts open to the sky but covered with maybe cornstalks. HB Open, but covered huts, I'll buy(?), but cornstalks in a Jewish ritual?(!!!) There's gotta be a story. I have been to meals at a Jewish college where they observed all the religious festivals. At one time the dining hall was festooned with plants and produce (sheaves of wheat etc) as part of their harvest festival which is held about this time of year. One aspect of this (I have since learned) is making booths, or if you like huts. David |
what to do with old corn stalks?
In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote: Billy wrote: In article , Higgs Boson wrote: On Sep 19, 12:03 pm, "Priscilla H. Ballou" wrote: In article , Todd wrote: Hi All, My corn experiment kind of went bust. I think my soil is too poor. I will try amending my soil more next year. In the mean time, what do I do with the old stalks? Toss them in the trash? Plow them under? Shake fist at and accuse parents of not being married? Many thanks, -T Compost pile. Maybe break them up a bit first. Priscilla Give them to your Jewish friends for a holyday coming up where people "live" outside in temporary huts open to the sky but covered with maybe cornstalks. HB Open, but covered huts, I'll buy(?), but cornstalks in a Jewish ritual?(!!!) There's gotta be a story. I have been to meals at a Jewish college where they observed all the religious festivals. At one time the dining hall was festooned with plants and produce (sheaves of wheat etc) as part of their harvest festival which is held about this time of year. One aspect of this (I have since learned) is making booths, or if you like huts. David The thing is that Europeans, much less Jews, knew squat from corn until at least 1492. Corn has become part of Jewish rituals during the last 600 years? There's got to be a story. Hellllloooooo. -- - Billy Both the House and Senate budget plan would have cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy. Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse." http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/ [W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And itıs not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. Thatıs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they donıt get away with no taxation. - Ralph Nader http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis |
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