So I was chatting with fl folks a couple counties north of me, and mentioned I wanted to try corn but reaalu wasn't sure I could pull it off on my square inch yard ...
And a local farmer market style place had foot tall starts ...
So tomorrow I'm planting 30-40 plants in Florida lawn - was just going to dig little holes 12 inches apart in rows a couple feet apart and remind them to water them ... Land owner grew up with corn but they had a cattle ranch personally.
Should I put newspapers down around, then break open a straw bale around them? I'm also starting peas I'll plant at the base in a few weeks.
The sartrrs are probably 2 foot high and I'll only be able to get up there once a month or so.
Advice? I don't even know what kind of corn it is but since the market is supplied by its own industrial farm (couple dozen acres) its just left over starters from their own fields ...
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Well I bought the flat (I get to keep the 200 cell container ) and now have a lot of corn.
Thought about it on the drive back; I'll probably pick my spot, lay out and wet newspaper, strew with straw/mulch. Then dig the plants in, two to a hole, and pull the weaker ones in a few weeks. That should plant 2/3.
The other 1/3 I'll take home and try in containers ....
Nothing to lose, lots to learn.
Plus I have the container to start other things.
The cells are 1 Inch, so the Plants are still only a foot tall.
Thanks!
Thought about it on the drive back; I'll probably pick my spot, lay out and wet newspaper, strew with straw/mulch. Then dig the plants in, two to a hole, and pull the weaker ones in a few weeks. That should plant 2/3.
The other 1/3 I'll take home and try in containers ....
Nothing to lose, lots to learn.
Plus I have the container to start other things.
The cells are 1 Inch, so the Plants are still only a foot tall.
Thanks!
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But you have the plants, nothing to lose by planting them. Following Alan's advice, just be sure when you take them out of the cells that you loosen up the roots before putting them in the soil. Take a toothpick and just gently pry them loose, especially any on the outside that are tending to go around in circles. You want all the individual roots loose and hanging straight down.
Then you should have less of the kind of problem Alan described.
Then you should have less of the kind of problem Alan described.