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| This row of corn had been blown down during our July 7 windstorm. It is now standing up straight. What the heck? |
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| The corn stood itself back up. The growth plates at the joints near the ground grew faster on the shady side and lifted the stalks. Amaizing! |
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| July 15 is close to biological mid-summer. Earlier in the summer the days are longer and soil moisture more generous. Later in the summer the days are warmer and the plants are carrying more leaf to pay-as-they-go. This chart shows the amount of total shoot extension on July 9 of three different apple cultivars. Given good moisture and fertility, these values could double by the end of the growing season. |
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| This is the Enterprise tree with 80" of shoot extension. It was grafted on top of a Liberty/G.935. Liberty is a great apple but I am tired of losing 1/3 of my crop to early fruit drop. I will spread the shoots when they are tall enough to avoid being browsed by deer. |
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| Japanese Beetles eating a filbert leaf. This variety is Jefferson and seems to be more attractive to Japanese Beetles than other cultivars ALTHOUGH it may be simply because it is taller. I suspect that Japanese Beetles can smell scent markers left by the previous years brood and home in on those plants. |
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| This is an open pollinated seedling of Estrella #1 filbert that was selected because of its ruby colored leaves. It has never had a Japanese Beetle on it. |
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| A Purple or House Finch keeping an eye on things. The sun was just right to light him up. |
My corn dies that too. Just leave it alone and it pops back up. I never see corn downed by wind or water after a few days. Corn knocked down by raccoons now that's different. They hit it the night before it's ready to pick. Damn things. A neighbor uses an electric wire 6" off the ground. Works for him so I'll try it this year on my Gem Glass corn.
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