the fact is no country grows corn that far apart in a row. row planting and block planting different. even farmers with machines don't grow sweet corn 18in appart in row. proper row block planting of corn is 7-12 in a row and 18-36 between rows and distance between row is only to get harvest equipment between rows.
7 inches is 18 cm it is and easy mistake to make in a place like uk that uses metric and the British imperial system
isn't it funny that us in the UK have been successfully growing our food even before the usa was one of our colonies . I'm sure we can manage to muddle through with out silly old ways.
True story; Height of summer, 20 years ago, we had the helicopter flying over head. Missing child in the village. The church bell summoned the villagers to the cricket pitch, police took charge. The sweetcorn field was the prime search area. We fanned out, took a row each and, on the whistle, moved forward. The child, age 3, had strayed from his garden. The mood was tense
But it was Incredible... And Sparrow showed us the way And, like the Lark ascending... A Prelude to sweeter things The rescue was Swift And there was a Conqueror And butter wouldn't melt
It was hard going, beating those rows, but the poppet was found, 3 rows away from me, fast asleep. Moral of this story? Well, it's a bit corny...
Don't always measure the size of the outcome by the variety grown.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
row planting and block planting different. even farmers
with machines don't grow sweet corn 18in appart in row.
proper row block planting of corn is 7-12 in a row and
18-36 between rows and distance between row is only to
get harvest equipment between rows.
7 inches is 18 cm it is and easy mistake to make in
a place like uk that uses metric and the British
imperial system
I'm sure we can manage to muddle through with out silly old ways.
I think the ignore button is probably the best solution for everyone now
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Although - I am intrigued by the narrow paragraphs...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The usa seem to be involved in all them lately
Height of summer, 20 years ago, we had the helicopter flying over head. Missing child in the village.
The church bell summoned the villagers to the cricket pitch, police took charge.
The sweetcorn field was the prime search area.
We fanned out, took a row each and, on the whistle, moved forward.
The child, age 3, had strayed from his garden.
The mood was tense
But it was Incredible...
And Sparrow showed us the way
And, like the Lark ascending...
A Prelude to sweeter things
The rescue was Swift
And there was a Conqueror
And butter wouldn't melt
It was hard going, beating those rows, but the poppet was found, 3 rows away from me, fast asleep.
Moral of this story?
Well, it's a bit corny...
Don't always measure the size of the outcome by the variety grown.
[I'm responding to @Hostafan1's earlier post with my quoted post]
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...