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SqFt Corn -- questions

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All this talk about corn has been really interesting and helpful --

I have some corn questions (problems) perhaps someone can help me with.

We did not plant the corn in sq. ft., prepared beds -- we ran out of time
and planted them late in rows. We've fertilized them a couple of times
(forget with what, sorry, but tried to make it high nitrogen), and watered
them a bit (perhaps not enough in the drought). Midway between planting and
now (roughly), we added a straw mulch. The soil is rocky, a few as big as
fist-sized, and we also didn't have time to de-rock it (to coin a phrase).
The soil is also acidic and we added some lime not long before we planted.

The corn never got very green -- it's not yellow, but it's not that luscious
deep, dark, corn green. They didn't thrive in other ways as well. Some are
very stunted, and probably none are exactly *full size* -- the ear barely a
couple of inches off the ground on a couple. They're all different sizes,
too. Some of the lower leaves are yellow and brown tinged, which I imagine
is due to dry conditions and insufficient watering -- which may also have
caused some of the smaller size -- ? 

And now the racoons (we assume) have decimated them. We even put *peace
offerings* of dried corn around the perimeter, but those rascally racoons
sagely prefer the fresh green stuff, even though not fully ripe.

Any thoughts anyone, including dealing with the racoons? I realize that with
all the things we DIDN'T do, that we were asking for minimal productivity,
but I'd sure appreciate any advice and insight so we can do better next year. 

BTW, the corn was two different varieties of hybrid, same varieties planted
together. 

Thanks,

Patricia
Zone 7b, West Georgia


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