There are many possibilities, but it sounds like a nutrient deficiency, possibly phosphorus. In the US, you can contact your local county extension agent, who should be able to narrow it down upon inspection of the crop.
I'm definitely not an expert, but from what I understand you can cut them down as soon as you harvest the corn. The stalk will not continue to produce as some other plants do. Once you harvest the existing ears of corn, the stalks are done. I just read a cute idea about saving the cut stalks and bundling them together for a fall / Halloween decoration :)
You can apparently make it by microwaving the corn stalks.
A Crop Sweeper is the best way to pick up down corn. It can be found at www.cropsweeper.com.
growth and development
Horses can eat green corn stalks if you want to feed them the stalks. It will not hurt a horse to eat green corn stalks. Answer 2: Technically, yes a horse can eat green corn stalks, that doesn't mean they should though. Horses cannot proccess the stalks enough to get much nutrition out of them. The corn stalks can also harbor fungus and bacteria that could cause problems for the horse.
the things that are tall, green, and corn grows from them.
There are many ways to use utilize corn stalks to decorate. You can create a dried cornstalk arrangement. You can create wreaths from corn stalks as well. You can use it to decorate yards.
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A farm implement that pulls the ears of corn from the stalks and husks. The ears are then passed through a "sheller" which strips the kernels from the cobs. Improvements to the combine (often called a 'harvester") do the jobs of both the picker and sheller with the same machine that is used to harvest wheat and sorghum crops. But, in some specialized farms producing hybrid seed corn, a person will be gathering the ears by hand, so his job description is probably "corn-picker".
The number of ears of corn in a bushel depends on the size of the ears of corn. On average, about 40 to 60 ears of corn are in a bushel.
yes corn does
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