Soybean's Plants

[momofdrew]

Soybean do you pre sprout all your veggie seeds???

 

[SoyBean]

This is my first year doing it. Its doing great with the cucumber seeds. I have another seedling ready to get planted tomorrow.

The corn is developing some kind of mold or something though, so I'm not going to pre-sprout anymore corn.

 

[setter4]

This is my first year doing it. Its doing great with the cucumber seeds. I have another seedling ready to get planted tomorrow.

The corn is developing some kind of mold or something though, so I'm not going to pre-sprout anymore corn.

It's not reccommended that you pre sprout corn anyway.

 

[vfem]

For corn I was suggested to soak the seeds over night and then direct sow them. They need the nutrients from the soil pretty quickly for development.

 

[SoyBean]

Now that they are in the soil, they are taking off like rockets. They are about .5 inches tall right now and I have 3 sprouts. So how many ears of corn will a single stalk produce?

 

[SoyBean]

Here are some pictures of my food garden:

Cucumber

Carrot

Corn

 

[setter4]

Most sweet corn will produce 2 ears per stalk but you need to plant more than 2 stalks. Corn is wind pollinated and needs to be planted at LEAST 2 rows of 6 or so and even that is pressing your luck. I'd do at least 6 rows of 6 plants.
Also corn doesn't really do well as transplants. It should be directly sown into the garden.

 

[SoyBean]

I did put some in the ground. The ones in the pot are just a trial.

An update on the garden. I now have 3 cucumber sprouts that are doing well. One is on its way to getting a second set of leaves. I have 2-3 carrot sprouts. All 4 corn sprouts in the pot are doing well. One is well over an inch tall already, probably approaching two inches. The corn in the ground has not sprouted yet. I think I put two rows of four in there. I'm going to put another couple of rows as soon as I see sprouts.

I also added cabbage to my garden. Four plants, all looking pretty healthy. They were planted in the ground next to the deck. Should I take any precautions against animals that would come and eat my plants? I also planted some radish seeds near the cabbage. Broccoli is next and I still have to plant my four tomato plants.