I had corn randomly sprout in my backyard a couple of years ago. I let it be. Ended up with 3-4 stalks about 1.5m tall. They didn't come back, but the squirrels were happy for awhile.
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I'd rather grow tomatoes. My husband's father tried to grow corn once. Apparently it was such a disaster both brother in laws suggested against trying again lol
How am I gonna grow corn on two inches of topsoil?
Unless you live somewhere that sits on bedrock or whatever, I've heard some people plant daikon radishes for one season, then don't even harvest it and let it rot in the soil, and apparently, it's a good first step to turning compacted dirt into healthy soil.
I've also seen people plant corn in raised beds, so that's always an option.
That’s gonna smell great
If you're farming, there's gonna be some smells.
Ok fuck your lawn then, where do I sign up for the banh mi pickle air freshener?
It’s okay I don’t like my neighbors anyway.
Should be just enough. Plant at 2 inches deep and Just go wide (4-6ft) on the row & column spacing to allow them to spread out their roots horizontally.
Fold the corn stubble back into the soil at the end of the year to (slightly) increase soil depth for next year. Probably too shallow to do radishes as a cover crop for the first couple years. But you should be able to build things up eventually.
Great tip, but I like the daikon radish idea better
LMAO, that's what I get for not refreshing before I post.