Truedouble
Well-Known Member
I mentioned in another post that we are attempting to plant corn for the second time ever. We've been planting fall mixes and clover for years, but corn is a little different from what I hear. We are trying to plant tomorrow so I would appreciate help from anyone that has had success in planting corn. We are using a 4 row, 3 point hitch planter that is in great shape but we just purchased and will be planting RR seed from the NWTF.
1. we are planting 3 fields totaling around 10 acres. approximately 5 acres is disced really well and ready to plant. These areas have been planted in years past. The other 5 acres used to be pasture so we sprayed them 2 1/2 weeks ago to kill the fescue. I went up yesterday and spent 4 hours discing. The ground is broken up but there is a lot of dead fescue in the field. My first question is will the dead fescue on top be a big problem. My hope is the planter puts the seed right through the dead grass and into the disced up dirt, but I can't help but have doubts. I was hoping someone has been through the same scenario and can tell me from their experience.
2. What is the minimum amount of fertilizer we could get away with? We want to have a good stand of corn that produces food, but considering this is for wildlife what would you recommend. I was contemplating 150 to 200 pounds per acre but have read where people use up to 400 pounds to the acre. We sent our soil off a couple of years ago from fields all over the farm and in general our soil pH is pretty close to 7. Not sure how much of a difference this makes for corn.
3. what fertilizer should we use? triple 19?
thanks in advance. We've learned a lot from trial and error over the years, but we also ended up throwing away a lot of money and time so I'd love to have as much info. as possible.
1. we are planting 3 fields totaling around 10 acres. approximately 5 acres is disced really well and ready to plant. These areas have been planted in years past. The other 5 acres used to be pasture so we sprayed them 2 1/2 weeks ago to kill the fescue. I went up yesterday and spent 4 hours discing. The ground is broken up but there is a lot of dead fescue in the field. My first question is will the dead fescue on top be a big problem. My hope is the planter puts the seed right through the dead grass and into the disced up dirt, but I can't help but have doubts. I was hoping someone has been through the same scenario and can tell me from their experience.
2. What is the minimum amount of fertilizer we could get away with? We want to have a good stand of corn that produces food, but considering this is for wildlife what would you recommend. I was contemplating 150 to 200 pounds per acre but have read where people use up to 400 pounds to the acre. We sent our soil off a couple of years ago from fields all over the farm and in general our soil pH is pretty close to 7. Not sure how much of a difference this makes for corn.
3. what fertilizer should we use? triple 19?
thanks in advance. We've learned a lot from trial and error over the years, but we also ended up throwing away a lot of money and time so I'd love to have as much info. as possible.
