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I knew commercial operations use weird corn that didn't grow right in small quantities, but didn't know why. That's interesting!
While this IS a large field, it's privately owned by someone my parents go to church with, and they go on at length about how you can go straight from stalk to kitchen and save some for planting and blah blah blah. . I've always wanted to test that, but so far it's been "doesn't grow in small quantities" so I'm starting to think either the church friend is exaggerating, or my mother is filling in gaps that she thinks sound right.
There's a patch of about 50-100 stalks on the edge of my yard, I'm guessing some spilled when they were harvesting since they drive through that corner to get the semis out.
I actually tried growing store bought seeds last year, but it was a dismal failure. We moved back to this house after a few years away and didn't get around to setting up a real garden this spring, so it's laundry-bin potatoes and (fingers crossed) yard corn lmao.
Your corn may need nitrogen to fully grow. Have you considered doing a "3 sisters" garden? The beans and pumpkins will feed the soil with nutrient the corn needs.
I have actually, a few years back. Things grew okay, I think. With my mother's claim of a native great(x4) grandmother and growing up near a bunch of native American historical areas, I learned about planting methods pretty early, and I've tried a few different gardens over the years. I have pretty bad adhd though and it usually doesn't go well... My longest lived plant was a dracaena marginata that I made the mistake of asking my parents to care for, and returned after 8 months to find out they didn't water it a single time. I had that thing for over a decade...
There's a TON of clover in my yard, since I don't really mow often (if I could, I'd only mow up against the house to keep pests away and leave everything to grow with native plants) and clover seems to pop up everywhere I mow. The wildflowers near the clover all look amazing in spring.
Sorry for rambling a bit, I might be a little toasty.
If it's a hybrid or commercial seed you can grow small quantities you just can't get viable growing seeds from those corns. They get inbred and lose all of the good qualities from them.
Hopefully your yard corn grows well.