9 Tips for Growing Corn at Home 🌽🌽🌽

Published 2022-09-02
Here are my top 9 tips for growing great corn at home- whether it's sweet, pop, flour, dent or ornamental corn!

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00:00 Intro
00:49 Tip #1: Planting Time
03:21 Tip #2: Nutrition
05:29 Tip #3: Planting Configuration
06:11 Tip #4: Isolation
07:54 Tip #5 Weed Control
09:19 Tip #6: Water
10:31 Tip #7: Critter Control
13:32 Tip #8: Pick at Peak
16:32 Tip #9: Small Spaces





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All Comments (21)
  • @markmeyer9571
    Jenna is on target 🎯 every time! Sincerely this is the only Garden Channel anyone needs! If you want to get accurate information the first time🥕🌽✅ you’re in the right place!🫡🫡💪
  • @user-pf8gc9ez4e
    My parents were farmers in southern Arkansas until they sold the farm when I was a kid. My dad said they used to plant the pumpkins in-between the rows of corn a few weeks before harvest so that when the corn was done the pumpkins were just starting to take off.
  • I found out that when I picked my corn late or in a drought and the corn was dried out too much I put them in my wheel barrow and filled with water for up to twenty four hours and they were just delicious !!., regenerated their water content
  • I can't believe it; I looked at several other corn growing vids that very little useful information. Jenna is spot on, really does give valuable growing advice. Great vid Jenna.
  • Last year grasshoppers ate all the pollen. This year the sprouted seeds I planted have been carefully excavated and eaten by mice and rabbits. I watched your pitchfork voles episode and you didn't even lose this vegan. I'm just about ready to rip out the bunnies furry little throats with my bare teeth. Looking forward to yet another try! Thanks for the tips, you do a great job. 💖
  • @faustinmoumbe4451
    THE BEST VIDEO I HAVE EVER WATCH ON CORN.MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT FROM CAMEROON.
  • @CPUDOCTHE1
    Good advice!. Sweet corn and green beans are my favorite things from the garden. We froze 15 gallons of green beans last year. When I pick sweet corn, I usually toss the ears out of the garden onto the yard and then go along with a wagon or side by side and pick up the corn. For several years, we sold sweet corn. We had one guy that would pick up 100 dozen several times during the season. In my area, sweet corn will tolerate frosts. I planted my first planting on St. Patric's day. It was a little early and I did not get a good stand but quite a bit came up. I will plant my second batch some time this week. Last year raccoons got all of my first planting.
  • @TJ-vl2zl
    This woman is badass, she definitely knows a lot about gardening. So glad that she makes good videos, I've learned so much from her... thanks a lot ur awesome
  • I am brand new to growing anything. I do live in Ohio so I am so happy that I happened across your video today! Thanks!!
  • Great video! I also enjoy interseeding pole beans into the rows when the corn is 12 to 24 inches high. This is a more efficient use of space and the beans are a legume. This year I'm considering trying to simulate the "three sisters" by also adding the occasional pumpkin/watermellon/squash not only for the fruit, but also for the natural ground cover. We shall see! I enjoy these videos Jenna, keep up the good work!
  • You are so knowledgeable with sweet corn. Your clips have given me lots of confidences. Thank you
  • Just learned the snap twist trick watching you and your boy lol. Will teach my girls that this fall.
  • @magsj2387
    Oh my gosh! I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to plant ornamental, sweet and popping corn together. That’s exactly what I did! Thanks Jenna for the his video. It’s keeping me on the right gardening path 😊
  • @davidohst8459
    Wow the best video I’ve seen on growing corn! Thanks Jenna
  • @robertaaOHIO
    Great video, Jenna So smart! I was not aware of the cross-pollination between the ornamental, popcorn, and sweet types of corn. Such good information. Thanks!
  • Thank you for the info! Now I can hopefully grow a sweet yellow corn and a sweet white corn in my back yard. ✨With space and timing requirements of course 😊
  • @amylopez795
    You are so knowledgeable I love it. ❤️ Thank you for sharing what you know with us.
  • @Skydiss
    I was looking for this. So much information. Thank you!
  • Thank you for the corn info! We struggled with soil contamination and our corn didn't do well. But I'll be implementing your advise next year!