Hobby Farmer! Planting Sweet Corn 

I've been planting sweetcorn in my back garden in London (UK), it's nice to see you folks doing the same on the other side of the Atlantic

Nice vid, Love the scripture, well done.... May GOD BLESS us all....

Planter.... If it brings a smile to your face. Awesome! no harm no foul.

Just now watching this vid. No need to apologize for any of your implement purchases Tim. This is still America LOL. I for one enjoy watching new things and how they work or not work. Keep up the good work and great content. God bless.

Just is something about planting that makes the heart feel good...I still have to wait a bit yet. God bless

Love that planter. I want a 2 row.

Tim enjoyed the planter putting the seed in the soil. The anticipation of how long it will take to come up, and the joy of seeing the first shoots breaking the soil surface has alway been a treet that I never tire of. Thank you and your wife for the happy memories.

Never overkill, it’s your garden, your equipment.

That is such a cool planter. You have it because it’s enjoyable to you. All that counts. And I hope you had a Happy Birthday!

14:13 In 75 days we'll still be in "corn"tine!

I tell ya Tim in my opinion the planting tec. of that era of planters is the best. We have a six row and we always get a great stand. I'm very impressed with that tagline tiller it looks like a beast. I think your dirt perfect for planting, I like it when it's like walking on the moon. You did right by being patient.

That looks like one of the JD Max Emerge planters sawed down to one row. Very neat. I'm keeping our old JD 7000 series corn planter with the Hope's of making these one of these days.

Happy Birthday Tim, love watching your videos whilst in lockdown in New Zealand!

Absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to use a planter like that. “Because dad does it that way” is reason enough. There are probably many among us that have a Johnny for similar reasons👍

Your planter logic makes perfect sense to me. When I get ready to plant corn, I would like to do the same thing. Looks predictable and easy to duplicate somewhere else and/or for someone else.

You have great soil Tim. Here where I live it's clay unless you are in bottom land. When we farmed we plowed in the fall and used a disc harrow in the spring. My grandfather had a saying that if you plowed wet ground in the spring you would roll clods the rest of the year. He was right. Now everyone no-till's. I've found out that with our clay you can roto-till the soil too fine and the ground will crust over impeding the seed coming up. Thanks for your videos. I appreciate really them.

Happy Birthday Tim. You just keep doing what you do, the way you want to do it. I just feel blessed to be able to check out what you fine folks are up to every now and then, Thanks for the videos

Happy Birthday Tim! celebrating by planting some corn. I just got half of my corn in this weekend plan on planting more in a few weeks to space out the harvest.

Like the instruction you give and trying difference methods with the tiller. Can’t wait to see how the corn turns out!!!!

A beautiful day for a Birthday. Sunshine and planting in the garden.. The dirt looks so much better without last years continuous rain.

Happy Birthday Tim! We share the same birthday. Really enjoy all your videos. God Bless!

Looks to be high clay content. Easy test:moisten with water and work with your hands: if it feels slimy it's high in clay.

I plant usually 10+ rows of sweet corn - each row is about 60 feet long. I use an earthway-precision-garden-seeder. Rows can be spaced to 30+ inches and I can plant all the rows in about five minutes. For those who want a good planter and save some money consider those - about $125... The soil you have there sure looks heavy. Best wishes on a good harvest, Tim...

Great camera view,, love the rear tiller.

I love the planter. Nothing like doing it the way dad or grandpa do

Farmers put nitrogen on during planting as a pre-emerge fertilizer then side dress when the corn reaches the proper growth stage when the corn needs the nitrogen the most. Nitrogen is highly mobile in the soil so it’s best to wait because if you you apply it all now everything the newly germinated corn can’t use will wash through the soil column and no longer be available when it needs it (coming from someone who lives on a 2300 acre corn and soybean farm and has a bachelors in agriculture (mix of agronomy and at business)).

You can only wait so long for the ground to dry. Wait too long and winter will come before the crops are ready. Happy birthday Tim!

No such thing as overkill if you're having fun. Happy birthday Tim.

Wow I'm jealous, it was spitting snow here in w.Pa today and darn windy. To anyone thinking about a planter I bought a 2 row from Harris last year after Tim got his. I love it, it does a great job and they are great people to work with. They also ship them and it was reasonable.

Great to see you in the field again Tim and Christy. What a difference a year makes. We are finding that too up here in Minnesota.

Happy Birthday TIM

Happy Birthday Tim! Enjoyed the video this morning over coffee. Hoping you can do regular updates on the garden as the corn grows through to harvest for us. All the best !

Good job Timmy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM

I've often thought gauge wheels would be a worthwhile addition to a 3 point tiller

Oh boy! I sure hope I didn't jump on planting corn to early. I was following Farmers almanac Tim!! April 6 the I think I put seed in ground. I also planted potatoes!! Have watched it and seen corn has germinated. It's still in ground. It's frosted a few times here and looking like again this Eve. I know it's not a big planting but sure would be nice to get two crops as you speak of. I love that planter!!

Tim might I suggest getting a drag, it’s perfect for covering seed, no mechanical parts to fail, just heavy iron teeth. Makes a field or patch look awesome.

My first act as king will be to outlaw turnbuckle stabilizers, even on little tractors. They'll come with a mandatory life sentence.

That is great you are able to "farm like your dad"! Keep up the fun! Take Care!

It looks like you had a great time. I hope the corn grows well.

What a birthday present! Planting sweet corn. Happy Birthday!

Triple sweet corn, excellent choice Tim , we are it all summer when we were in NY. I am a born and bred farm boy , so have eaten many kinds of corn. Love your videos

Don’t worry about the soil lumps just get on with seeding once u test soil temperature

Happy Birthday Tim, been enjoying your channel for years and have learned so much. Tell Kristy for me you can have as many cheeseburgers as you want on your birthday. God bless you both!

Great video. It's cool to see the cats getting involved. We have two cats that always want to "help" out.

Another great episode of Tractor Time With Tim.

I farm 2000 acers in the state of Alabama I inherited from my paw paw I’m 22 and I still use the 24 row max emerge 2 planter he bought in 93 that planter is better than anything I’ve had the privilege of running including a Kinze

Thank you for all of your great videos. Tons of great in depth information. After watching all 8 of you john deere vs kubota videos I decided on my own Johnnie. Took delivery of it tonight. Thanks again for the videos.

Hi Tim and Christy nice job and in 75 days you will have beautiful sweet corn freash from your Garden to the table you just cant beat it it will taste better than any sweet corn you can buy in a store the best of luck with it

Happy Birthday! No better way to spend it-on the tractor planting corn😊

That really is a nice planter. The cats were really into this episode, I laughed out loud when Mary fell.

Birthday blessings to you Tim! That is a neat planter and they have stood the test of time. Maybe Spring is finally here...

Hello Tim Sure hope you shoot some Video of getting your corn to Harvest . Would be nice the final staging of picking.

Happy birthday, Tim. Hope you have a wonderful day. Hoping to get some corn planted this week.

One brave cat lol going up in the tiller keep those videos coming god bless us all

Great video Timmy and the to the person behind the camera! Love that 7000 max-emerge planter setup! Nothing better than fresh sweet corn. Nothing better than eating out of your own garden, whatever you grow. Hope your dad keeps his farm in the family.

On 30 inch rows it is super easy to figure out spacing... to count final population once the corn is up and out of the ground you measure out 17'6" and count the plants and multiply by 1000 to get the final stand population. so the same can be done in the other direction.

That is a sign of extremely healthy soil soil should be granular watch Gabe Brown's videos on regenerative farming and cover crops

Top job as always, Tim & Christie. I can taste that sweet corn already!

Forward tiller dose not throw rocks and things up into your tiller housing. No more banged up top plates,etc.FYI Have a good weekend!

Tim , I loved seeing the tractor and the planter doing their thing, nice video, in muy ground Bodacious does well. 👍

Happy birthday Tim hope you had a great day

Also Tim you need to get a chain dragger to get to be flat then you can use a walk behind tiller

I’m with Mary, chicken and corn!

I identify with you because I want everything small, because my farm is really small... I wish you were my neighbor

Try to adjust your 3 point hitch lowering speed under your seat, might help to keep the tiller from going up and down with the tractor. Thanks for all your hard work Tim.

Happy B-Day Tim..! Hope you had a great day..!

Tim nice video I own a 2210 JD and I bought 1 row planter from a used Allis Chalmers 4 row planter it cost me 35.00 and it plants perfect for anybody else out there who doesn't want to spend a lot of money catch some farm sales!

We were told not to till deep because wild seeds are deep and you bring up that layer and you get weeds. The top surface has current weeds but not as much as deep. So I suspect it really depends on the land and prior use.

Might try putting a little gypsum on the garden to see if it will help it to break up better.

Great video Tim happy birthday have a great day be safe and stay healthy.

Thanks Christy and Tim! You make me want to get back into gardening. I don't use much anymore, Sons have Families now and moved out but it still interests me. Great vid as always.

You can adjust your skids on your tiller to adjust the depth. I see that you have them on the deepest setting in the video. It just takes a couple of minutes by removing a couple of bolts and loosening two others. It has worked well for me on my tiller. Thanks for the videos! Keep up the good work!

Good video guys. My how things have changed over the years . I was just thinking back to when you and Katriel were planting sweet corn at your old place with the Hoss Garden Seeder. I'm going back to the archives to re-watch that one. Keep the videos coming and stay safe.

thank you,gotta love them cats,hang on to'em

Good work

75 days the racoon will be happy too LOL. Looks like the plowing helped dry the ground out. Can't wait to see the projects you have planned for this year. Great video and God Bless

Seeing the size of your garden and thinking about how mine is slightly larger and I use a push tiller and plant all by hand. Maybe someday though😂

Scared me when the cat climbed in by the tiller😮

Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍

TIMMY! 3" is the perfect depth for corn to get the best yield.

Happy birthday! Mine was on Friday the 17th!

Looks good

The planter is nice and not overkill because it's tough and precise. I don't agree with the tiller usage for seedbed preparation. It dries the soil quite a lot. Maybe you could try using a spring-tine harrow. It won't be a beautiful finish on the first pass but it keeps a lot of moisture in the soil. Thanks for the work you put in making these videos!

Green Acres is the place to be! I love sweet corn! I wish I was there with you to share your bounty. I've been watching a lot of farmer channels lately and it is a little different to see them pull a 34 foot planter with a 400 hp tractor to what you are doing. :) Best of luck!

Happy Birthday! I'm still waiting for my garden to dry out enough. The lower end of mine looks like a little pond right now :/

Happy BD Tim! Looks like that soil needs more composted material & some sand. Save all those leaves & grass clippings you get from the vacuum system that you have & spread them out on there in the fall.

I love your channel and I'm a cattle farmer in Indiana

Before you get tiller fever, keep it away from your driveway. My dad got it in his head to till his driveway and destroyed the tiller. I have no idea why he even thought that was a good idea.

Loved this video Tim! What a nice tiller! And the planter is Awesome!

Hello, love your videos is the soil warm enough where you live right now. Here in western pa we don’t plant till around Memorial Day give or take week or two and I live around lots of dairy farms so I just wait till I see them planting. Also kudos to you a the planter I’m the same way I actually have a two row Massey Ferguson corn planter with the fertilizer box for side dressing. It does a great job and I only plant like 6 rows of sweet corn also. I do plant some field corn for the deer here like maybe 2ac I also get the looks using the planter in our garden but like you I love it. I grew up around ag farming. I love tilling up the land and planting even though I’m little land owner . Ok keep up the great videos I hope to meet you guys some day maybe at a farm show take care. Chad PS it great to see some one else digging up seed after planting I do the same thing to make sure its doing well ok good day!

Make sure you plant enough for the critters too. Hope your dad is doing well. Wish I was there to help. Your friend from NW Indiana.

My father in law used to add sand and till it in to make the soil till to a finer consistency

Tim that group look bad but when you put that heavy duty tiller it look so perfect It looked like a real garden dirt

Good stuff! Thank you. Love the nosy cats😂

Happy birthday hope you had a great day!

Happy belated birthday Tim! The cats are a riot. Did you guys ever have dogs? A puppy would love running around in your property.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Tim!

Happy birthday Tim!

Hi Tim. If you want to either dress up or level the top of your tilled soil maybe try either a power rake or a drag harrow. I’ve used both. Depending on how soft and or moist the soil is one might work better than the other. Either ay your not going deep into your tilled soil. The drag harrow is easier though just hook it up to your utv or atv and it’s faster.