I pulled the rest of my Yukon Chief corn today for seed. When I get it completely dried and shelled I’ll update on how much I got, total.
Most of it was the cutest little 4”-6” ears you ever did see. Some pollination issues at the Westernmost edge of the plot probably because prevailing winds took all the pollen downwind.
I was totally pleased with the yield. I planted out 67 seeds total and the crows got about 25% as it came up because I didn’t think to put row cover over it while it got established. I’ll be covering the next planting for sure.
This was the corn I planted Labor Day weekend. We had to cover it for a couple of nights due to frost/freeze. BUT, since it’s so short that wasn’t an issue. We just draped the plastic over its t-post enclosure and it was happy with that. The t-posts were still about a foot taller than any of the corn tassels.