Quick Vote Corn Food Plot

[Jarred525]

Well, I decided to experiment a little this year and try broadcasting round up ready corn. I tried it on a 5 acre plot. Thought I had done my homework but it is not coming up as thick as I had hoped. So what do you think:

A.) Get a no till drill and plant corn this week over what is existing in the plot. I have the corn (cheap got it from NWTF) so cost will not be too bad to do it.
B.) Get a no till drill and plant buckwheat over what is existing in the plot. I have not priced buckwheat but I am sure this will be a little more expensive.
C.) Do nothing and wait and do a fall planting of something else.

Or other input is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[muddyboots]

Just redid a 1 acre plot today. I borrowed a two row planter. Broadcasting does not work too well. I think i must have got mine too deep. We will see about round 2.

 

[Football Hunter]

its raining good ,go for it

 

[Good time Charlie]

I would go with A,my opinion

 

[Jarred525]

This plot is actually done on a friend of mine's farm. We took a hard look at it yesterday and decided to let it alone until fall. The stand of corn is actually better that what I thought once I walked through the field. It could be alot better though. I have learned with broadcast it is just too difficult to get the seed at the right depth to produce. Will definitely use a drill next year. I'll try and post some pics soon.

 

[Churly Bucketts]

What is the right depth for Corn?

 

[muddyboots]

1 and 1/2 to 2 inches i was told.

 

[Jarred525]

The material I looked at said 3. The problem is it is hard to consistently broadcast and then disk in to that level. Spots in the plot look great while others not so much. We disced, broadcast, lightly disced again then cultipacked. Lots of work and it convinced me to go with the drill next year. We got the soil amended properly so the good news next year is we should be able to do a no till.

 

[Ripley Whitetail]

I would use a planter as opposed to a drill. Corn needs space beside it to mature proper. Rules of thumb are no more than 4 seeds in a 1 foot stretch in a row but I prefer no more than 3. Also one 50 lb bag of corn will do 2.7 acres most of the time. As far as depth it has to do with moisture. If ground has good moisture then the first knuckle is a good depth. If ground has no moisture and rain is not in sight then you will need to go deeper to find moisture. Usually no more than 2 inches. I personally like waiting on a rain to plant.

 

[Jarred525]

I would use a planter as opposed to a drill. Corn needs space beside it to mature proper. Rules of thumb are no more than 4 seeds in a 1 foot stretch in a row but I prefer no more than 3. Also one 50 lb bag of corn will do 2.7 acres most of the time. As far as depth it has to do with moisture. If ground has good moisture then the first knuckle is a good depth. If ground has no moisture and rain is not in sight then you will need to go deeper to find moisture. Usually no more than 2 inches. I personally like waiting on a rain to plant.

Thanks for the info. I have been told duct taping the openings in the seed bin on a drill to get proper spacing works well.