[AT] Check planting

[charlie hill]

Thanks Jack,   I guess I need to see a picture of it or something.
The way I have it figured if you check plant in 30 inch rows then the 
spacing in the row between plants would also have to be 30".  That would 
give you a plant population of only about 6970 plants per acre.  All corn 
that I know of is either single or double cross, meaning it has either one 
or two ears per stalk.  (Seems like I've heard something about triple cross 
corn but I've never seen any.)
I just don't understand how you could have a reasonable yield that way.

Don't misunderstand.  I'm not saying it was a bad way to do it.  I'm just 
trying to understand the process.  Did you maybe plant more than one stalk 
per "check" if I can call it that?  Maybe per "hill" would be a better way 
to say it.  I can see where the extra room would maybe make the stalks grow 
better but that doesn't always translate into bigger, fuller ears.   Also 
allowing the extra sunlight into the crop canopy (because of the wide 
spacing) would seem to me to cause a problem with late season weeds.

This same topic was discussed here a few years ago.  I didn't understand the 
concept then and just decided to explore it a bit more this time.  I'm not 
trying to turn it  into an arguement.  Just want to get a clear mental 
picture of what the field looked like.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Hollon" <jvhollon at greenhills.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Check planting


> Charlie
> I'm sure you will get a lot of different answers but the long and short of
> it is cultivating. You can go north and south one time then  45 it. That
> will get all the weeds.
> Jack in north west Mo.
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