Food Plots Corn?

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Number one hindrance in growing good corn as long as you have good weed control and good fertilizer availability is uneven emergence. All of your corn plants need to emerge from the ground within 24hrs of each other to have optimum yield.

With the spray, mow and sow method your emergence will be all over the place on corn. Seed is just too big to get in the ground right.

You will have some come up but as high as seed corn is you need all the seed to come up.
 
Personally never done it. But know 3 or 4 people that have tried it and it hasn't worked good at all. If you have a tractor you plant with a drill just block every other tube.
 
Never tried corn but I've experimented with RR soybeans on one plot last year using the spray, sow and mow method....beans were covered with thick layer of thatch and I did it just before a good rain.... and the germination was actually ok .... little patchy in areas, but overall considering the minimal time spent on the plot, I was pleased.... problem came when the beans got up good the deer found them and mowed them down to the ground....being under 2 acres the plot was just too small for beans.....but we've used the spray, sow and mow method with a variety of seed types and have had success...but again, never tried corn......just understand the plot won't be picture perfect using the technique...but you can absolutely generate food for wildlife.
 
As high as seed and fertilizer is I wouldn't gamble. Not saying it can't be done but the only way I'd do it is drill it.
 
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THE DUKE said:
Anyone ever had any luck top sowing corn for deer without discing? I was wandering if you could do the spray, mow and sow method with corn for food plot.
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Unfortunately no, top sowing corn will not work as it does with a lot of small seeded species. Corn needs to be planted 1.5-2 inches deep for best results. The best method is with a no-till planter, but I have had good results disking, broadcasting, and dragging with a harrow. Disking however will encourage a lot more weed competition, so be prepared to spray during the growing season.
 

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