What do you mean by that? I thought that "hilling the corn" meant to plant the seeds in a mound of earth. Do you mean that you are bringing earth up higher around corn that has already sprouted? 'Splain, please.
I arranged my corn in rows in the raised bed, but I furrowed the dirt like corduroy and planted the seeds in the ridges. Will that work? Or, am I supposed to do something else?
The corn is sprouting, except for one place where the sprinkler washed it out, and I have one piece that is sprouting where I don't want it. Must have dropped a seed when planting. Can I dig that up and move it?
I start my corn in the greenhouse and transplant into 6 rows 12’ long with plants spaced 12” and rows 30” apart and hill once or twice. These rows are flat until I hill with a garden hoe (vs a street ho) The way you planted a common and accepted and I had a attachment for my Wheel Hoe that made furrows for my corn until I put boards around the raised beds. I water with 1/4” drip line laid down each side of the corn (and other crops). and yes you can transplant that wayward corn seed but take a deep plug to get most of the tap root.
“hilling” always meant going out there with your hoe and raking dirt in and around the plant...you’re knocking the weeds down but also loosening up the soil so the water can filter thru...
tebebender mentioned hilling his corn, which he starts on a flat bed. I garden in rows, beginning with a flat surface. I start my corn in a furrow about 4-5” deep. I drop in the seed, then rake in soil from the sides to cover it about 1” deep.
After it has grown to about 8” above the surface of the furrow, I sprinkle my nitrogen fertilizer down the row, then rake in more soil to make the area level. The furrow is filled completely.
When the corn starts developing tassels, I fertilize again, then rake up soil from the 3’ between rows to make a raised row down the planted line. The corn roots are about 6” below the top of the soil hilled up around the stalks. The corn sprouts secondary roots, and, having a “foundation” well below ground level, withstands wind very well.
If you visit a farm where corn is grown, you will see that it is planted in furrows, rather than on top of raised beds. Cultivation, after planting, “hills” up the stalks.