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Post by freecharlie on Jul 3, 2019 2:13:02 GMT
I know it shouldn't, but it does.
Last week the corn was 6-8 in and I thought no way is that going to make it, even though I know I am wrong every year.
Drove by multiple corn fields today and thought, "yup, you got this."
Hell there were some fields that may be halfway up my thigh/almost at my hip
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 3, 2019 2:17:40 GMT
It's trying hard!
It is usually above my head by now though! The heat, while very unpleasant for me, is sure helping the corn and especially the beans grow. They really needed the heat units!
What a year. But we did get everything, except a few wet holes, planted finally! Still spraying, but that is under control.
Now lets hope for a LONG growing season!
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Post by MichyM on Jul 3, 2019 2:25:14 GMT
No cornfields here so I've never heard that saying. It's cute, and I'm glad the fields lived up to it this year  |
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Post by Peamac on Jul 3, 2019 2:29:00 GMT
I agree! I always check out the corn height at this time of year.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 3, 2019 2:37:51 GMT
So glad crops are doing well...
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Post by StephDRebel on Jul 3, 2019 2:45:20 GMT
Same thing here, gratefully.
I don't know how the ground keeps absorbing all this water. Dh got stuck at the other house again tonight for storms and flood warnings.
It's been mega-hot....may the sunshine continue!
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Post by freebird on Jul 3, 2019 2:49:19 GMT
Here it's "High as your eye by the fourth of july". That's usually true.
except this year... with the rains, we have almost no corn and the field across from us doesn't even have beans. I'm curious if they'll plant nothing this year. that would be a first in the 12 years we've been here.
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Post by elaine on Jul 3, 2019 2:59:38 GMT
We’ve already had WV grown sweet corn. Dh picked up 2 dozen ears on Saturday. Yum!
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Post by Flowergirl on Jul 3, 2019 3:17:40 GMT
Our local news (Upstate NY) did a story today that because of the high rain totals over the past couple months, crops got planted late here and it's only up to ankles, and many farmers here couldn't plant all their corn field because the land was just too wet.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 3, 2019 3:24:39 GMT
Our local news (Upstate NY) did a story today that because of the high rain totals over the past couple months, crops got planted late here and it's only up to ankles, and many farmers here couldn't plant all their corn field because the land was just too wet.  |
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 3, 2019 3:25:21 GMT
Here it's "High as your eye by the fourth of july". That's usually true. except this year... with the rains, we have almost no corn and the field across from us doesn't even have beans. I'm curious if they'll plant nothing this year. that would be a first in the 12 years we've been here. that sucks. I assume your area plants before we do so it is taller by now usually |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 3:40:01 GMT
Most of the corn around here is at least knee high if not taller.
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Post by PLurker on Jul 3, 2019 3:44:31 GMT
Last year DS was engulfed by way over his head corn by this time. He's 6 foot 2or3
Planting was VERY late but with all the rain we're getting it should make it to knee high IF it doesn't drown or float away.
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Post by Chips on Jul 3, 2019 4:12:28 GMT
In northern Illinois we have had the wettest May ever. I live in a rural area, so many fields have not been planted and the corn is about ankle height.
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Post by smcast on Jul 3, 2019 4:51:59 GMT
We just had over six inches of rain again on Sunday. It will be close. This has been probably the latest planting season and wettest spring/summers on record.
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Post by nlwilkins on Jul 3, 2019 7:04:08 GMT
We already have corn in the freezer. Its field corn and not sweet corn and picked before it got too hard. But I see corn fields all around with tassels and they will be harvested soon. But this is Central Texas and the growing season is very short for corn. Most summers if it is not ready to harvest in June it withers before it makes tassels. Also, the corn does not grow "eye high" but is ready to harvest at about chest high. Never is is over the head of a man.
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Post by littlemama on Jul 3, 2019 10:29:28 GMT
There has been no corn planted in my area this year. The fields are all sitting empty, Im assuming due to all the rain.🙁🙁
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Post by compeateropeator on Jul 3, 2019 11:09:56 GMT
Our local news (Upstate NY) did a story today that because of the high rain totals over the past couple months, crops got planted late here and it's only up to ankles, and many farmers here couldn't plant all their corn field because the land was just too wet. I am in Vermont and we have a lot of the same situations. Many farmers haven’t even been able to complete their 1st cut (hay) yet. It is not a great year to be in agriculture and my heart goes out to all those who are. I hope the weather turns around for everyone. |
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Post by johnnysmom on Jul 3, 2019 12:15:00 GMT
It’s hit or miss around here. We literally drove down a road last weekend and one side of the road was taller than knee high (also a common saying around here) and the other side was barely ankle high. I’m sure it’s a bad season for the farmers, high stress for sure! But hopefully it won’t be as bad as was feared.
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Post by tyra on Jul 3, 2019 13:14:37 GMT
In northern Illinois we have had the wettest May ever. I live in a rural area, so many fields have not been planted and the corn is about ankle height. In the Rockford area here, and yup... ankle high! Though on my way home from work yesterday I passed a field that I had to do a double take on. The corn was at least knee high, if not more! It was so bizarre, surrounded by fields of tiny corn plants. That farmer must have gotten a jump on everyone else somehow. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 3, 2019 13:28:44 GMT
There has been no corn planted in my area this year. The fields are all sitting empty, Im assuming due to all the rain.🙁🙁 |
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Post by janeinbama on Jul 3, 2019 13:51:57 GMT
We put up a bushel of sweet corn, as my late FIL would say, the corn slept in the garden last night.
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 3, 2019 14:12:58 GMT
I'm curious if they'll plant nothing this year. that would be a first in the 12 years we've been here. There has been no corn planted in my area this year. The fields are all sitting empty, Im assuming due to all the rain.🙁🙁 Corn and soybeans need to be planted by a certain date, and that date depends on where you are located. If you have crop insurance there will be a date specified for "Prevent Plant", that will allow you to collect a payment (depending on the type of insurance you have purchased) You can switch varieties or type of crop, but you can be very limited to what you can plant. For example around me it is either corn or soybeans. And if the date passes for Crop Insurance Prevent Plant - you are done. There might be some options to plant a cover crop. You do not want to leave it as bare ground. Corn and soybean have varieties that have a certain amount of 'days' until maturity. So if you had purchased a longer 120 day variety, you might think about switching down to a shorter season variety, but that doesn't always work out, or you can't get the traits you need in that hybrid. Trust me - there was a lot of sleepless nights at this place. Some due to worry, and some due to conditions ready for planting. If the ground was fit to plant, the planter rolled and did not stop. A couple of our kids took some time off from their jobs to travel home to keep the planter rolling 24 hours a day. You have tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars of seed and chemical sitting in a shed waiting on mother nature to let you go! STRESS! |
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Post by Zee on Jul 3, 2019 16:11:47 GMT
No cornfields here so I've never heard that saying. It's cute, and I'm glad the fields lived up to it this year None here either, at least not like in Iowa, and I miss those massive forests of corn. |
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Post by sassyangel on Jul 3, 2019 16:24:37 GMT
I check out the corn and the gorgeous sunflower fields, too. Quite a few sunflower fields just out of town. A couple of years Ive thought the same, and they always seem to come through.
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Post by sassyangel on Jul 3, 2019 16:33:04 GMT
I'm curious if they'll plant nothing this year. that would be a first in the 12 years we've been here. There has been no corn planted in my area this year. The fields are all sitting empty, Im assuming due to all the rain.🙁🙁 Corn and soybeans need to be planted by a certain date, and that date depends on where you are located. If you have crop insurance there will be a date specified for "Prevent Plant", that will allow you to collect a payment (depending on the type of insurance you have purchased) You can switch varieties or type of crop, but you can be very limited to what you can plant. For example around me it is either corn or soybeans. And if the date passes for Crop Insurance Prevent Plant - you are done. There might be some options to plant a cover crop. You do not want to leave it as bare ground. Corn and soybean have varieties that have a certain amount of 'days' until maturity. So if you had purchased a longer 120 day variety, you might think about switching down to a shorter season variety, but that doesn't always work out, or you can't get the traits you need in that hybrid. Trust me - there was a lot of sleepless nights at this place. Some due to worry, and some due to conditions ready for planting. If the ground was fit to plant, the planter rolled and did not stop. A couple of our kids took some time off from their jobs to travel home to keep the planter rolling 24 hours a day. You have tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars of seed and chemical sitting in a shed waiting on mother nature to let you go! STRESS! That’s interesting, I always wondered how that worked. |
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Post by jayfab on Jul 3, 2019 18:42:00 GMT
In northern Illinois we have had the wettest May ever. I live in a rural area, so many fields have not been planted and the corn is about ankle height. Same here. |
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Post by christine58 on Jul 3, 2019 18:54:23 GMT
Our local news (Upstate NY) did a story today that because of the high rain totals over the past couple months, crops got planted late here and it's only up to ankles, and many farmers here couldn't plant all their corn field because the land was just too wet. Where upstate are you?? Here in Western NY, we had the same issues BUT with the dry/hot weather lately, sweet corn is "Knee high by the 4th of July" |
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Post by Flowergirl on Jul 4, 2019 0:29:03 GMT
Our local news (Upstate NY) did a story today that because of the high rain totals over the past couple months, crops got planted late here and it's only up to ankles, and many farmers here couldn't plant all their corn field because the land was just too wet. Where upstate are you?? Here in Western NY, we had the same issues BUT with the dry/hot weather lately, sweet corn is "Knee high by the 4th of July" Albany/Saratoga area. |
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Post by christine58 on Jul 4, 2019 0:41:49 GMT
Where upstate are you?? Here in Western NY, we had the same issues BUT with the dry/hot weather lately, sweet corn is "Knee high by the 4th of July" Albany/Saratoga area. I am out near Rochester |
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