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what to do with corn field after picked

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pperry

06-23-2005 12:13:18




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once all my corn is picked, what is the best way to get ready for next year?. my corn area is only 100' x 50'. i will be picking this by hand. should i pull all the stalks and thin plow the rest under?. i dont have any implements {cant afford them}for my ford 800, so ill be useing my 2 old wheelwhorse's with a disc and a one bottom garden plow. i also have a walk behind rototiller. thanks perry in se michigan

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Nebraska Cowman

06-23-2005 19:13:24




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 Re: what to do with corn field after picked in reply to pperry, 06-23-2005 12:13:18  
Your cows will eat the stalks. Just take an armfull to the barn each day. If you harvest with the ears on the bossies will love you for it. That's what I would do and you will have no spoilage problems. One drawback is the deer might eat it first.



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Leland

06-23-2005 18:40:19




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 Re: what to do with corn field after picked in reply to pperry, 06-23-2005 12:13:18  
Since you only have small equip I would add weight to disk and hit them every day for a week or 2 until chopped up real fine since it's a small garden tractor and when the ground is just damp enough to slide right plow it as deep as you can go then level it and plow it again after the frost has killed regrowth. Add as much weight as you can put on the plow tractor this will help a lot.



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RWK in WI

06-23-2005 17:14:33




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 Re: what to do with corn field after picked in reply to pperry, 06-23-2005 12:13:18  
In some areas, corn stalks sell at a premium for fall decorations. If you have access to a road side stand or other way to sell it might be proffitable.



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Delbert from Lincoln

06-23-2005 17:13:58




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 Re: what to do with corn field after picked in reply to pperry, 06-23-2005 12:13:18  
After you get your corn harvested, I would suggest that you run over the stalks with a riding mower, cutting them up somewhat, and then roto till or plow them into the ground. That will put back some of what the corn crop took out of the soil. The sooner you do this after harvest, the better they will compost into the soil by next season. Thats what I"d do.



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old

06-23-2005 13:48:50




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 Re: what to do with corn field after picked in reply to pperry, 06-23-2005 12:13:18  
Well if you have a brush hog, I'd hog it and then plow it in that way you will be putting a little back in to the soil.



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Mike M

06-23-2005 12:48:42




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 Re: what to do with corn field after picked in reply to pperry, 06-23-2005 12:13:18  
I would think that you could mow the stalks off before plowing.



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