Ah, the Floriani red! That's an interesting story! It grew well, made good stalks and good ears. Then, about the first of July, just as the corn was tassling, we had a flash flood. I went down to the creek bottom to look at the corn, and the entire bottom was under four feet of water. I couldn't even see the corn. I figured it was all washed out. But, in a little while, the water went down and I could see all the corn lying flat along with a lot of logs and trash. I figured it would die. About three days later I decided to take the mules and a sled down there to gather up the logs and limbs to clear the field, and to my surprise, all the corn was standing back up, except for a few stalks that were pinned down by the logs. So, I skidded the logs out the rows as best I could and cleaned up a little. The corn made an average of two ears to the stalk, a few had three and no more than four or five stalks in a quarter acre had one. They were good long ears. So, come harvest time, I went down to cut and shock the corn, but there was no kernels on the cobs. It was only cobs and shucks. Now, I don't know, but I'm thinking the flood water may have washed the pollen off and the corn was never pollinated. That's my theory. Someone else my have another explanation. I turned the mules in on it and they eat the stalks into the ground, so I'm assuming that means it makes good fodder. I plan to try it again next year but on higher ground. Of course, with my luck it may be time for a drought year and I'll wish it was back on the creek bottom, but I believe it might just be easier to pump water to the field to irrigate than to pump water off the field when it's flooded!


8 years ago via Forums | Front Porch Forum

just plant some In both places hope it turns out better for you. This is a great next year country. At the least you tried, you cant have a failure unless you do something.


8 years ago via Forums | Front Porch Forum