POLLINATION IS WELL UNDERWAY What an exciting time…the process of pollination is in full swing here at Snyder’s Sweet Corn! Once the plant has stretched out and the tassels are reaching for the sky, the timing is perfect for the cobs to

My man knows how to thrill my corn loving heart! Some girls get flowers but I prefer cobs of corn!!! Here nestled deep inside its cosy sheath is our first cob of corn! It may be small but it is definitely

Can you see what we see?!?! This friendly little face represents the beginning stages of reproduction in our sweet corn crop! The tassel represents the male flower on a corn plant. The pollination process will be here before you know it…but we will

Growing…growing…growing!! Just look at all that root structure, leaf mass and a tassel! This corn is getting ready to stretch out in the next few days and really start sucking in the sunshine and converting it to food! What an incredible masterpiece each

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

Down the row we grow! What a great day when you can row corn Each seed is planted 8” apart under our biodegradable ‘plastic’ and each row is spaced every 30” across the field. We grow our sweet corn crop on the

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

Some real excitement on this field check!!!! Our first spikes of 2024 are beginning to emerge!

Todays field check revealed more parts that are the foundation of our developing corn plant! Lateral seminal roots These unsung heros are what will bring nutrients to the young plant and help anchor it in the soil! Mesocotyl The mesocotyl is the tubular, white,