06/08/2026
🌽🌱GROWING GREAT ORGANIC CORN🌱🌽
When it comes to growing corn organically, one of the most important first steps is selecting a variety that has been bred to succeed in organic production. At High Mowing, we have an excellent selection of non-GMO corn varieties that have proven to yield abundantly when grown in an organic system, without the need for synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides.
Corn can be grown on any scale and often times the quantity planted will depend on the equipment available to manage it. In the home garden and on the small-scale market farm, corn can be grown as a transplant. This allows the grower to control the germination of the crop, gives it a head start earlier in the season, and gives the plants a real shot at competing with weeds and crows.
In order for corn to have proper pollination, corn should be planted in blocks. Corn is wind pollinated and planting your corn in blocks as opposed to in long rows can prevent some of the negative affects of improper pollination, like uneven ear and kernel development. Due to the potential of cross pollination through wind, it can be important to buffer an organic corn field from local conventional fields to prevent the genetic drift of GMO material. Planting your field, dent, milling and popcorns away from your sweet corns will prevent cross pollination in your own patch. 🌽🌽
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