Ears? or the whole plant?

If the whole plant, did you plant them not deep enough? I guess you could do a Florida weave to keep them up.

The whole plant. I planted them 2 inches deep which is what the packet said. What is a Florida weave?

Till the soil between the rows, not so deep that you tear up roots. "Hill up" the corn by raking soil from between the rows onto the bottom of the stalks.

Next year, plant your corn 2" deep in the bottom of a 6" deep furrow. When it gets 12" tall, rake in soil to fill the furrow to the original ground level. When it starts showing silks, fertilize again, lightly cultivate the soil between the rows, and "hill up" again.

tdscpa, You must live in a dry area!

"Florida Weave" is what I do to tie up my tomatoes.
Below is the link on a youtube video.

Here is a link that might be useful: youtube video of florida weave

Wayne:

"You must live in a dry area!"

I live in the garden spot of the world (NW KS). Average annual precip. about 15". Last two years, 60+ days/yr over 100F. Every year since I have been gardening here (started 2004) I have had at least one 70MPH or higher wind. Can't keep corn upright unless it is rooted deep.

With enough irrigation, local farmers do grow lots of corn, but water is getting scarce. They are now dry-land farming where I used to fish.

I think our new economy is going to be based on wind generated electricity, if the government subsidies continue to waste our tax dollars to build otherwise uneconomical systems.

Our average 20-25MPH wind will spin those generators well. I'm afraid our 70-80MPH winds will blow them down.

This post was edited by tdscpa on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 3:05