Tom J. Bechman
SLOW PROGRESS: Yes, it’s a colorful scene — these 24 corn rows in 1/1,000 acre are emerging in the Corn Watch ’21 field. Colorful isn’t always a good thing, though. It means there was a wide range in emergence time.
Corn Watch: Corn planted on April 24 emerges, albeit slowly.
Suggested Event
Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
Brightly colored flags with green, white, red and blue markings flapping in the breeze are a cool sight if you’re watching the Indianapolis 500 race. They’re not such an encouraging sight when they are tiny flags attached to wires, each one stuck in the soil by a corn plant. The different color patterns represent when various plants emerged. The more variation in color, the longer it took some plants to emerge, and the less uniformity in emergence.