Would ya look at that? Just look at it! :)

[Chic Rustler]

Corn loves nitrogen spent coffee grounds are a pretty good source of nitrogen but like you said more P & K. You got a few skips could have been the soil was a bit to cold at planting time. I like to sow 2 seeds and pull the weakest one or leave alone if only one sprouts. Some sweet corn is finicky about soil temps.

I think it was old seeds.

Still, i cant imagine why one side is doing so much better. Maybe the tomatoes and squash depleted the soil?

 

[sumi]

Wow, that is some difference!

 

[CrealCritter]

Clarification please: So, put 1/2 strength ammonia in the jug of a hose end sprayer, and do a light foliar spray, plus ground spray. Any idea what the finished concentration of ammonia would end up being? I have a hose end sprayer with a dial thingy to adjust the concentration. I believe "dial thingy" is a technical term!

For yours I think I would start with the least amount and work your way up. You don't want to burn the leafs. It does green the plants up in a hurry though. Plants also absorb nitrogen from the air through their leafs as well as stems and roots.

 

[Chic Rustler]

I wont be putting any chemicals on my food. Its bad enough the only seeds i could find were coated in fungicide.

 

[Chic Rustler]

@Chic Rustler , You still seeing noticeable difference with coffee grounds? When I dump a soapy container full of potato bugs, I dump it right into a potato hill. I figure that the bug protein, and the P + insect repellent properties of Dawn will help. I continue to bring about 2# coffee grounds home from church every Sunday. It's not a lot, but over time, it adds up.

It does add up. It all adds to fertility. Coffee grounds arent like manure. Everything isnt greener the next day but i think it helps.

 

[Marianne]

Don't forget the whiz factor. Urine. Pee in a coffee canister and add at least 10 parts of water, then use that to "water (fertilize?)" the soil at the base of the plants. Seriously. The gardeners that do that call it 'liquid gold'. I did it on the sly one year after someone on this forum did an experiment with it. I had the same glorious results on a couple tomato plants. Couple years later I 'fessed up and you should have seen the look on my husband's face!

The last time I planted corn, I watched a bird walk down the row and pick out some seeds. It was like he had radar or something. Ha! I read that it helps to use gloves. Your pics remind me of a friend's garden some years back. They had beautiful tomato plants that got smaller and smaller as the rows went on. They said it was because of the potatoes that they had planted there the year before.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Now, even a woman can have one of those handy dandy things to take on a picnic.