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| There's some good info out there. I remember the university study that came out (dont remember who's) but they stated that the average kernal had to be off the standard deviation by 2.5 in. So if your target was 6 in spacing and there was one at 8.5 and the next at 3.5 you wouldnt statistically lose yield. That seems a bit of a stretch, but I feel that uniform emergence is more important than spacing. However both would be better. Also some of these studies were done awhile back-- if you increase population 5-6k then your standard deviation changes and so does the 2.5in margin of error. I'd also say that hybrids have alot to do with it as well. An ear that can flex some would be more forgiving than one that cant. I think we've all seen where 2 plants were 3 in apart or doubled and had runty ears, and the one by himself that'd make a horse jealous. | |
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corn plant spacing
