How important is thinning to maize cultivation
HELLO HIVE
Few weeks ago I made a post showing how I was weeding out unwanted plants from my farm and surprising for me a homesteader and a fellow hivian noticed something quite odd about the maize crops and instantly made an important correction on it. The maize I had planted was growing fine but I had planted more than the desired amount of maize I should plant in each hole.
Even though the spacing was okay it was still important for me as a farmer to inspect the plant properly once it has started germinating to ensure I don't have an excess amount of seedling in each hole.
The maximum number of seeds for each hole should not be more than three but does that mean that I should plant only three seeds in each hole, well that would mean that I am taking the risk of planting the maize crop twice cause there is always this situation where birds and rodents would dig and pick up the seeds you have planted from the ground following each hole according to the steps you've left behind while planting it.
To avoid any situation like I would plant more than enough seeds so no matter how much they pick out from the ground they would at least leave two to three seeds I the ground then I would thin the plant after it has germinated from the ground so doing this when the plant is two or three weeks old would ensure that the number of maize you want would be the ones to enjoy all the nutrients from the soil and the space would be enough for it to grow properly.
The one on my farm is a little bit late than it should be but I still thought I should still thin the maize crops.
Glad to see you're getting those thinned, although it looks like they've been growing just fine anyway!
there is a separate way for plants to grow well, because there are many risks in the field that affect plant growth, you have done a very useful thing to grow crops Corn that is protected from the risk does not grow optimally.