What does a Snyder do when the equipment is ready and they are waiting for the land to be fit to start working ground? We do seed germ tests!! We test the germination of the seed to make sure that we have

It’s finally here…planting day! At least it’s Day 1 of planting! Planting into the biodegradable mulch…aka ‘plastic’…is a VERY slow process! As the 2 row poly planter runs along the field, it pokes a hole and drops a seed every 8”. Each

We planted our first ‘bare ground’ sweet corn yesterday afternoon! This process is a 2 man job on initial setup to ensure that the equipment is operating at peak performance All settings are double checked and once some corn is in

I can see a difference…can you see a difference?!? The seed on the left was freshly planted and the seed on the right was checked on 2 days later. In just 48 hours our first planting of sweet corn has already absorbed

We look for the first sprout within 72 hours after planting! So incredible is the power of a seed when the conditions are ideal...it's in its DNA to GROW! Beyond the sprout is an incredible infrastructure developing consisting of: Lateral seminal

What an incredible next stage we are witnessing now! The mesocotyl has emerged from beneath the soil and we call it a "spike"! Each seed is planted 8” apart and each row is spaced every 30” across the field. We grow

This baby corn needs help…and we are up to the task! In previous seasons we had to walk each row of corn searching for and releasing each of these little guys with Snyder Loving Care. While walking and bending was great

Our first crop is currently at a critical growth stage! This is when the corn is deciding the cob size that it feels it can support and we want to make sure that it has everything it needs to make