Should I plant corn?

Tuesday and Wednesday?  The ground may be dry enough by then to do some no-till corn.  Rain in the forecast after that and it's still pretty chilly.  But, the long term forecast has highs in the 60's and lows near 50 which I think would be OK.  Right now it's 55 and supposed to get down to 32 tonight, 30 tomorrow night and 34 the night after.  After that should be in the mid 40's and going up.  What do you think?

There is corn 2 inches high here in Madison county, on Spangle road !!!

I have seen the BTOs put in corn in April that takes three weeks to sprout. I like to wait till it warms up. But we can plant all our corn in one day

may 1st has always been my target date to plant...however, i cannot afford to replant if the ground is to cold, and wet! as it is now! i will wait a few more days for the ground to warm up abit more! been there done that=planting to early when conditions are not right! i have seen some planted ground, the corn has been in for over 3 weeks now, still no emergence!

Corn really needs sustained 56F soil temperature to germinate and grow. I've noticed over a few decades that corresponds really close to OAK leaves the size of squirrel's ears. Not any tree, but pin oak was what I compared it to. There's no way soil temperature is going to be as warm as 56 overnight if the air temperature isn't that warm for a few days, average. Then when up corn growing degree days are computed as the average (daily high and daily low) temperature minus 55. No degree days if the average is less than 55. Not goinig too get growing degree days with 56 high and 34 low. My tenant at Ames told me today that he's had 20 growing degree days in April, about half normal.

You can plant now, but if the ground is wet like most places you are wasting seed and will have to plant again as the seed in the cold wet dirt will simply rot, not sprout.

The only tree with leaves in my yard is an Ohio buckeye. The walnuts are barely swelling buds and the ash started but hasn't expanded buds in a week. I don't have any oaks in my new yard.

One other old timer's test of soil temperature was to drop your pants an drawers and sit bare on the bare ground. If its comfortable, the ground is warm enough.

Gerald J.

corn is planted in some places here in macoupin county illinois

I told my wife she has to do that bareassed test....I will warn the neighbors LOL!

All I heard on the big show was "tree leaves." I don't think it got narrowed to oak tree leaves. I'd call them but they are hard to change their spiel once they pick up on one and I can get along without tilting at that windmill.

Gerald J.