Dad always said corn should be knee high by the 4th

Larry in GA. · Jul 2, 2008

Dad always said that if the corn was knee high by the 4th of July we were having a good year. I wonder what he would think of this? I wish he was here to see it. Even though I'm sure he would find fault in what we are doing.
Off course that was in central WI on a dairy farm and I'm now in south GA. It has been Dry Dry here and as you can see this corn has been watered every other day
Have a great 4th
Larry
( not sure why I can't make the pictures any bigger sorry)

Goose · Jul 2, 2008

That's what I always heard, too. Here in Nebraska, we have dryland corn shoulder high by now. That seems to be the norm now, with improved genetics, instead of knee high.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 2, 2008

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that term was coined before the age of hybrid corn. We had a terribly wet spring here in MN that delayed planting by quite a bit and still most corn has been over knee-high for some time. Looks like my sweet corn is fitting pretty well with the saying though.

730 virgil · Jul 2, 2008

we will have some that won't be knee high in northwest il

Anonymous-0 · Jul 3, 2008

More corn being planted in my area this year. Some of it is knee high or a little higher but some of the fields are pretty sad looking with some high stuff and some bare spots or 2 inch plants. One place is two fields about 4 acres each side by side. One looks real good and the other is only about 2/3 covered. Looks like these guys will make this year's money from crop insurance if there is such a thing.

Happy 4th and be safe.

Dave

OliverGuy · Jul 3, 2008

Now it seems some beans are knee high by 7/4.

Jeff-oh · Jul 3, 2008

The old saying is problly because it took 2 months to plow the fields with the horse teams before planting. Now you can no-till in a day.

Leroy · Jul 3, 2008

Some decent corn here in northwest Ohio but some that is under a foot in height with a lot of ponds setting in the fields, corn that was better than 2 feet heigh has drowned out at places

Anonymous-0 · Jul 3, 2008

yup, that applied to the SEED CORN of 1877, not the corn we plant now days.

Rootsy · Jul 3, 2008

corn in Southern Michigan is already 5+ feet and growing fast... Heck my sweet corn is the same height and tassels are emerging right now... It isn't going to get much taller though....

keh · Jul 3, 2008

That irrigated corn looks good. Non irrigated corn here is Western SC that was planted early, like last of March, is knee high all right. It's drying up from the drouth, trying to tassel, and some dairymen are cutting what little there is for silage already. In other words, it's pitiful.

KEH

cooop · Jul 3, 2008

in western illinois the corn is allready 4-5 feet in some places

Anonymous-0 · Jul 3, 2008

Some places it's knee high, too many acres are knee deep.

Dad always said corn should be knee high by the 4th

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