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boberjagel · May 27, 2017

Have skips in corn from something that ate out the heart of the kernel.. 30 inch rows 35000 population. 4 foot long skips at times but almost always good rows next to the skips on either side. Will those good rows on the sides of the skips make up the difference in yield for those skips.The field seems to good to replant.

centash · May 27, 2017

Count your final population....17.4 feet of row is 1000th of an acre, count the plants in that distance in several random places, including an average of the skips, to get your final stand. I would think there may be a yield loss, but not near enough to warrant a replant. Anything over 20000 ppa and you should be OK. Ben

David G · May 27, 2017

Just remember what planter box was acting up, so you can fix it before next season.

RusselAZ · May 27, 2017

Back in the 60's Dad planted a field of milo. He used a lister without the moldboards, just the bottom soil part and the subsoiler to get to good moisture. This is in north west kansas. we got a big rain before the milo got up very far and buried a lot of it. Replanting window was closing but waiting a few days the survivors broke thru the crust, maybe a plant every foot instead of 6 inches. Some 18 inch apart. He and I studied it pretty hard and he finally asked me if I would leave it or replant it. I told him I think "I" would leave it and rotary hoe it. I remember this because he almost never let me make planting decisions as it was pretty important!

That quarter of milo turned out great. Dry land. It held well through the hot july and august days and had great big heads on each plant with a respectable BPA.

Keith Molden · May 28, 2017

I don't think it was the planter box. He said something was eating the heart out of the seed, so I would think it would be something live that was doing it but durned if I know what it would be. Just my thoughts, Keith

rustyfarmall · May 28, 2017

Not nearly as serious, but something has been in my sweetcorn patch. Pulled several plants out of the ground. Only a small hole in the soil where the corn plant used to be. I'm guessing either a squirrel or some kind of bird.

coonie minnie · May 28, 2017

Do you have sandhill cranes??? They can destroy a corn stand in short order. I treated 550 acres with avipel, a bird repellent, to keep them away.

rustyfarmall · May 28, 2017

(quoted from post at 05:19:19 05/28/17) Do you have sandhill cranes??? They can destroy a corn stand in short order. I treated 550 acres with avipel, a bird repellent, to keep them away.

No sandhill cranes here. Might be crows, but I haven't seen any crows for a long, long time.

DoubleR · May 28, 2017

As other mention Sand Hill Cranes will walk down a row and pluck out new plants one right after the other. I just chased a pair of them out of the field of new corn next to my house.

Lazy WP · May 28, 2017

Pheasants will do the same as the Sandhill Cranes!!! Turkey are worse!

MN Scott · May 29, 2017

Do you have insecticide on the field? If I understand correctly the outside of the kernel is still there just the center is eaten away? Sounds like wire worms or some similar insect.

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