5 Tips How to Grow a Ton of Sweetcorn in One Raised Garden Bed or Container

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6 жыл бұрын

If you would like to know how to grow a big harvest of sweet corn watch this video for my five top tips on sweetcorn growing!
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@Selfsufficientme 6 жыл бұрын

Hi everyone! Hope you enjoy the video! Happy Easter to you all and thanks for your support :) P.S If you have any extra sweetcorn growing tips say G'day and place them in the comments section below, cheers :)

@kasdfg776 6 жыл бұрын

I can't stress it enough...It is absolutely WONDERFUL to watch and hear an informational video with no stupid "background" music whatsoever drowning you out. No struggling to hear, no distraction. If people's attention spans aren't long enough to watch a 13 minute presentation without it, they need the practice anyway. Great information by the way. Thumbs up, brother!

@octaviusgalacticus2253 3 жыл бұрын

An a-maize-ing video

@toodlesmossberg5770 4 жыл бұрын

As an Iowan native and having worked in cornfields myself, i would say nearly everything your doing is correct! It was really well explained and you told us us about your trial and error-which is way better than telling us the one and done way everyone else does videos. The only things i have against what you said is,here in iowa, we rotate corn and soybeans so that there is always enough nutrients in the soil to grow them. I would suggest moving the corn every year or so in your garden so that you don’t deplete the nutrients that the corn wants. This is just my suggestion but from what you do i don’t think it’s necessary because you put as much back into your soil as the corn took out. Another thing would be if your having trouble with pollination you can pollinate it yourself using a paper bag to collect the pollen then putting it over the top of the ear of corn. I don’t know if this was helpful but i hope it gives you some more ideas on how to improve you corn!

@williamcox3412 3 жыл бұрын

Mark is the guy you wished were your next door neighbor. Always glad to see you. Always upbeat. Always has a joke to share. And always willing to share what he has learned about something he loves. I can't help but feel that he would also be the guy who would listen intently to what you would share with him on what you have learned, and if someone were to ask how he figured out something you told him about, you know he wouldn't hesitate to give you credit for the shared information. It seems there is a good deal more to be learned from Mark than just gardening.

@stevengonzalez27 4 жыл бұрын

Tip: if you find any one corn plant growing two healthy ears, only save seeds from that one. Eventually you will have more and more plants growing two ears. Twice as much corn.

@joshuaowen1028 4 жыл бұрын

I used to get annoyed at pests knocking off M Y food, but my wife suggested to plant 10% more and call it G S T...god services tax...keep up the good work matey:}

@szyszynka1189

tip no 3a - if you sow seeds in continers at home, make sure your cats don't have access to it - they will eat all of this delicious, sweet grass :D :D :D

@heartofmythril 3 жыл бұрын

My first time growing corn I was so shocked that there wasn't very many kernels! A little research told me I needed to plant more and in a block. The next year I had full corn! And it was so delicious.

@datguy1675 5 жыл бұрын

i have an ear for corny puns, i think they are amaizing.

@priayief 6 жыл бұрын

Foolproof way to tell if your corn is ready to harvest ... the raccoons eat it.

@justin1730 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in NE Ohio, and we did things a little different. Space rows 18 inches apart, and mound the soil at the base of each row for support when the corn is knee high. Conventional wisdom was a minimum of 4 rows 16 feet long was needed for a good crop. Every 6 feet plant a pumpkin or vine squash for shade and to keep out raccoons. They do not like the tiny spines on the vines.

@ZsOtherBrother Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, as always.

@bryku 4 жыл бұрын

What I have learned in living in one of the biggest corn-producing areas... is that corn likes it hot and wet... When you get that nasty humidity where you hate life...

@DianeHasHopeInChrist 4 жыл бұрын

Idea.....my uncle used to put a built cattle fence cage around the entire corn patch which helped keep the corn firm breaking or falling over. It worked great, too! Just make it removable then harvest. You can water & fertilize through the cage, too! He just used cattle fencing and connected the corners with zip ties. And if it got really bad windy....he'd put up wood sheathing or a tarp on the side of the cage that the wind was coming from, creating a wind breaker.

@erinnkemp 4 жыл бұрын

Remember knee high in July. Daily shake the corn stalks for better pollination.

@Flyforawhiteguy1982 2 жыл бұрын

Best page on youtube for gardening. PERIOD. That's why the amount of followers is going up. People catching on. Keep it up Mark and family. Great job 👍👍👍

@nenesundog 4 жыл бұрын

As a kid living in Mexico, I remember our housekeeper prepping the fresh corn every morning while I ate breakfast. Sometimes she found a catapiller in the corn and she would eat it, still wiggling. That was a weird experience, also in Mexico, corn fungus is turned into a dish called Huitlacoche.

@unitedstatesdale 4 жыл бұрын

I must look like you. I wore one of your shirts ao the state fair and had people come up to me.

@docfuzzpersonalcollection5927 3 жыл бұрын

You sir, are just too cool! I have learned so much from you! I am just thanks to you, NOT repeating my gardening mistakes of the past. Who said "old dogs can't learn new tricks"? Next birthday...80! I have asked my lovely wife to just plant me with our cucumbers when I go (hopefully), to that beautiful garden in the sky!