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
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,
Just 10 hours have gone by since our last photo op and that tiny sprout has already sent out its radicle root. The radicle root absorbs water and nutrients and supplies it to the leaves for starting photosynthesis. This crop is a-maize-ing Be
And this is how we do it!!! First sprout is less than 72 hours after planting! So incredible the power of a seed when the conditions are ideal!
I can see a difference…can you see a difference?!? The seed on the left was freshly planted and photographed on Monday at 2 pm and the seed on the right was checked on Wednesday at 12:45 pm. In just 48 hours our
