Posted by George on October 30, 2010, 3:48 am
An amazing and audacious experiement, growing sweet corn in lawn.
My neighbour, who has the run off where I plant a crop of sweet corn every
season, has finally decided at 93 that it is time he moved in to a rest
home. The house is going on the market. No growing in his garden this year.
My existing raised gardens are fully at present.
So, I have grown sweet corn seedlings and planted them into the lawn.
First I scalped the grass with the lawn mower. I dug a slit into the soil,
like planters do when planting pine trees, and placed the SC seedlings into
the slit and then closed it back up.
The soil is loamy and because it was undisturbed lawn, has good structure.
The soil should be fertile and have enough nutrients in it.
It may need to be irrigated more regularly than in a garden but I can take
care of that.
Anyone have any comments or advice?
Rob
Posted by Brooklyn1 on October 30, 2010, 8:50 am
wrote:
>An amazing and audacious experiement, growing sweet corn in lawn.
>My neighbour, who has the run off where I plant a crop of sweet corn every
>season, has finally decided at 93 that it is time he moved in to a rest
>home. The house is going on the market. No growing in his garden this year.
>My existing raised gardens are fully at present.
>So, I have grown sweet corn seedlings and planted them into the lawn.
>First I scalped the grass with the lawn mower. I dug a slit into the soil,
>like planters do when planting pine trees, and placed the SC seedlings into
>the slit and then closed it back up.
>The soil is loamy and because it was undisturbed lawn, has good structure.
>The soil should be fertile and have enough nutrients in it.
>It may need to be irrigated more regularly than in a garden but I can take
>care of that.
>Anyone have any comments or advice?
Would have been a worthwhile post if you showed pictures, otherwise...
Posted by David Hare-Scott on October 30, 2010, 9:22 am
George wrote:
> An amazing and audacious experiement, growing sweet corn in lawn.
> My neighbour, who has the run off where I plant a crop of sweet corn
> every season, has finally decided at 93 that it is time he moved in
> to a rest home. The house is going on the market. No growing in his
> garden this year.
> My existing raised gardens are fully at present.
> So, I have grown sweet corn seedlings and planted them into the lawn.
> First I scalped the grass with the lawn mower. I dug a slit into the
> soil, like planters do when planting pine trees, and placed the SC
> seedlings into the slit and then closed it back up.
> The soil is loamy and because it was undisturbed lawn, has good
> structure. The soil should be fertile and have enough nutrients in it.
> It may need to be irrigated more regularly than in a garden but I can
> take care of that.
> Anyone have any comments or advice?
> Rob
It's called pasture cropping. It can be very useful if you have stock as
you have the option of taking a harvest or giving it to the stock depending
on how the season goes. I haven't heard of it being done with corn though.
I suspect you will get some competition in your case so the corn (which is a
heavy feeder) may not be luxurious but still I would be interested to know
how it turns out.
David
Posted by Pico Rico on October 30, 2010, 12:08 pm
> An amazing and audacious experiement, growing sweet corn in lawn.
> My neighbour, who has the run off where I plant a crop of sweet corn every
> season, has finally decided at 93 that it is time he moved in to a rest
> home. The house is going on the market. No growing in his garden this
> year.
> My existing raised gardens are fully at present.
> So, I have grown sweet corn seedlings and planted them into the lawn.
> First I scalped the grass with the lawn mower. I dug a slit into the soil,
> like planters do when planting pine trees, and placed the SC seedlings
> into the slit and then closed it back up.
> The soil is loamy and because it was undisturbed lawn, has good structure.
> The soil should be fertile and have enough nutrients in it.
> It may need to be irrigated more regularly than in a garden but I can take
> care of that.
> Anyone have any comments or advice?
Does your neighbor mind, or are you trespassing? No mention of PERMISSION
being given.
Posted by David Hare-Scott on October 30, 2010, 6:02 pm
Pico Rico wrote:
>> An amazing and audacious experiement, growing sweet corn in lawn.
>>
>> My neighbour, who has the run off where I plant a crop of sweet corn
>> every season, has finally decided at 93 that it is time he moved in
>> to a rest home. The house is going on the market. No growing in his
>> garden this year.
>>
>> My existing raised gardens are fully at present.
>>
>> So, I have grown sweet corn seedlings and planted them into the lawn.
>>
>> First I scalped the grass with the lawn mower. I dug a slit into the
>> soil, like planters do when planting pine trees, and placed the SC
>> seedlings into the slit and then closed it back up.
>>
>> The soil is loamy and because it was undisturbed lawn, has good
>> structure. The soil should be fertile and have enough nutrients in
>> it. It may need to be irrigated more regularly than in a garden but I
>> can take care of that.
>>
>> Anyone have any comments or advice?
>>
> Does your neighbor mind, or are you trespassing? No mention of
> PERMISSION being given.
You sure can perceive the most important aspect of any post, your steel-trap
mind gets right to the relevant point every time. As well as the key legal
and moral issues of our times do you have any wisdom to share over topics
such as soil structure, root competition, interplanting, irrigation, land
use or nutrition of annuals and perenials?
David
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>My neighbour, who has the run off where I plant a crop of sweet corn every
>season, has finally decided at 93 that it is time he moved in to a rest
>home. The house is going on the market. No growing in his garden this year.
>My existing raised gardens are fully at present.
>So, I have grown sweet corn seedlings and planted them into the lawn.
>First I scalped the grass with the lawn mower. I dug a slit into the soil,
>like planters do when planting pine trees, and placed the SC seedlings into
>the slit and then closed it back up.
>The soil is loamy and because it was undisturbed lawn, has good structure.
>The soil should be fertile and have enough nutrients in it.
>It may need to be irrigated more regularly than in a garden but I can take
>care of that.
>Anyone have any comments or advice?