Growing Corn, From Seed to Harvest 🌽

I did it. I'm a corn daddy now. Lemme know your favorite way to prep corn down in the comments. Growing corn is super satisfying, it makes you feel like you're actually out there farming instead of gardening. The 7'+ tall stalks blowing in the wind, the enjoyment of shucking an ear and eating it straight out of the garden...nothing beats it.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Corn Background
03:39 - Seed Sowing
05:21 - Spacing And Planting
06:37 - Soil Prep
08:58 - Watering In
09:59 - Mid Season Growth
11:53 - Tassels And Silks
14:06 - Blue Jade Dwarf Corn
15:30 - When To Harvest
16:46 - Shucking Corn
18:33 - 90s Corn Recipe
20:16 - Outro

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[JahlenJohnson]

I grew a ton of veggies today, it cost me a total of $30 for everything and my cucumbers are huge and delicious, my corn is doing amazing, lots of tomatoes and jalapeños. A lot of YouTube videos actually discouraged me from gardening bc I couldn’t afford all the extra stuff. So anyone reading this feeling discouraged by the cost- you can do it cheap! It will grow!

[EmonyLP]

A-maize-ing video. So many kernels of truth. What will you pop up with next? . . . I'll see myself out.

[TheRipeTomatoFarms]

The starter plant aficionado in me loves that you did corn literally thought I was the only one!

[gwynvyd]

Love growing corn- my Cherokee Grandmother was Awesome at growing it. She would go fishing first and use fish guts, heads and bones. She also planted squash to help naturally mulch under the corn and tomatoes all together. She used the corn stalks to steady the tomato plants.

[youtubecommenter]

i randomly planted sweet corn this year to fill a plot i had built up mostly with compost last year, didn't expect anything at all and ended up with the best corn i've ever eaten. going to do it again next year.

[gh_]

A note on corn silk: you can dry it (just leave it in a mesh basket for a few days to a week, preferably in a sunny window) and you can keep it for a long time (1-2 yrs in airtight bag/container in a cool, dark place). You can use it to brew corn silk tea anytime! 
Corn silk tea is a diuretic, and can help with ppl who have water retention issues due to kidney or heart issues, or just have swelling. It's used to help with swelling issues in Korean traditional/natural health practices. (Source of info: my mom, who is an OMD and an older Korean ajumma.)

[cynthiaarmstronghopefulhom]

I love watching "seed to harvest " it's so exciting, entertaining and encouraging to see everything from start to finish. Thanks so much for that.💞

[heatherbrown]

What's funny is, our chickens didn't pick up some corn we gave them, now we have corn accidentally growing.

[zarroaster]

Ive been doing corn in small plots for awhile now and I'd say my best tips is to tap the tassles into a jar as they become fertile. Wind pollination is great if you have acres of corn but if you want consistent full ears on a small plot then take the tassles, slide a jar overtop and shake vigourously, you will see the pollen collect in the bottom. use a paintbrush to apply the pollen to the silks.

companion planting with nitrogen fixers is monumental. especially if they also provide live mulch. I use three sisters method because respect to the OG's and my kids love pumpkins but there are plenty of ground cover nitrogen fixers that will throw your organic corn game into overdrive.

also... I love your videos but please, please PLEASE, don't husk your corn. throw it on an open fire or BBQ to steam in the husk. so much better than paper towel (minus the nostalgia factor obviously)

[paige.eats.plants]

Growing up, also in the 90’s, we used a piece of buttered bread to butter our corn. A nice even application with ease 🌽 🍞 🧈

[rogerfeenstra]

Love the longer videos like this one (as opposed to Shorts). Planting to harvest to stomach demo! Awesome. Keep up the good work.

[notmyfault]

My neighbors corn was planted before mine... so when I had silks before tassels, I used some of their tassels to fertilize my crop! (We are growing the same varieties)

[TubeYouKanal]

You can easily still grow beans and pumpkins with the corn. All three plants support each other perfectly. The pumpkin leaves keep the soil cool, the bean can tendril the corn upwards and also from the nutrients the plants benefit from each other.

[Jackyplague]

Actually, the best way I've heard someone explain this instead of making people feel like shit for it

[icouldjustscream]

This is my first year growing corn so I'll take all the advice I can get! Growing Glass Gem for popping and decoration. We buy FRESH sweetcorn from a nearby farm, you wait while they harvest. Due to covid they bag it in 6 packs so random people aren't touching all the corn. We leave it in the husks, soak in cool water for 15 minutes, then on the BBQ for 10 minutes. They steam in the husks. We have different flavoured butters, like garlic and chili-lime.
Canada....maple is mandatory, so even maple butter. Salted Herb butter is really good too. Anyhow, the stalks are 5-6 feet tall but no tassels/silks yet. I've never heard of your '90s method for cooking corn! We either BBQ (few different methods) or dip husked corn in boiling water for 2 minutes. Put it in, turn off the heat, cover....2 minutes and done. It's fun to watch you eating what you grow. I can't get those 'smashed potatoes' out of my head!

[jakegarcia]

Great video Kevin! I actually just recently grew a small patch of Glass Gem Corn for the first time and one thing that may be worth mentioning (in a future video) is hand pollinating. In your case, you didn't seem to have a problem with your corn kernels being pollinated completely. However, if you want to try growing corn without designating a large space, you can grow a couple plants and then hand pollinate to make sure each kernel forms on the cob. I didn't have a large block, so I just took a couple of the tassels and brushed them on the silks below, nothing too precise. Some people use a small brush, but I found using the tassel like a brush was effective.

Hope this helps anyone who wants to try growing corn for the first time but is concerned about depending on natural wind pollination for good harvests and doesn't want to designate a large space for it.

[mageemq]

Love the seed to harvest videos, thank you! Having horrible earwigs in Portland, too. A few commenters have mentioned cooking husks on, that's my fav: they grow naturally with built-in moist paper towels! Works on the grill, too. And you can just pull it back for a built-in handle.

[grammym]

Oh my goodness! Perfect timing! I just told my husband I want to plant some this weekend!

[rewbew]

Corn buttering tip: grab the heel of a loaf of bread, speed butter on the bread, fold the bread as you would a substitute hot dog bun and lay the corn inside. Roll the corn cob around in the butter and there ya have it! Buttered corn without the mess!!

[JordanJames_]

I gotta say man, I’ve been watching a ton of videos on gardening and growing vegetables, I watched your brassica video when my broccoli started to bolt and was able to save my cauliflower. After discovering your channel I’ve been learning so much new things and now my garden is absolutely thriving. In my opinion you are the most informative gardening channel on YouTube!! Keep up the great videos man you’re helping so many people feed themselves!!