For today and tomorrow, I'd be doing #Corn19, I will be talking about planting depths, row and plant spacing measurements, plant population per hectare, fertilizer needs ,tissue and soil tests as at when due to get the best yield based on imputs .

Your yield often most times determined by your inputs ,so let's start with plant population per acre/hectare of land. Recommended planting populations varies between 53,333 and 73,099 depending on the following plant and row spacing

0.25m/0.75m for the former and 0.18m/0.76 for the latter. Crop planting depth should be between 2-3 inches, these improves root sturdiness and reduces the occurrence of runts amongst crops.

Standard fertilizers is the NPK 15:15:15 or the NPK 27:13:13 and Urea depending on the soil and environmental conditions, *your ph levels must always remain between 5.0-7.0 , never let it exceed that or micronutriets wouldn't be absorbed or form compounds that are useless .

While we've said the basics, let's move to little details that make the whole sum of your inputs come together to make a bumper yield #NgCorn19.

Always start your season with a soil test, depending on your farm size, you'd have to take different soil samples at different points to be sure you're delivering the appropriate nutrient levels for your crops #NgCorn19

Continuing from yesterday, for your seeds, I'd advise you go to @corteva @CortevaAME , they produce exceptional hybrid seeds with great yields, for your fertilizer needs approach @NotoreChemicals for personalized blending, when @dangote comes on stream, Liquid fertilizer .

Your crops need food, same way you're producing food for human or livestock consumption, and it comes as elements, some needed more than others but classified into two categories.

Macronutrients

Micronutrients .

Your macronutrients are the following.

Nitrogen

Phosphorus

Potassium

Calcium

Magnesium

Sulphur

Micronutrients

Copper

Zinc

Chlorine

Iron

Manganese

Boron

Nickel

Molybdenum

Concluding this topic, for those who asked about soil tests, if you're not versatile enough, don't do it on your own, get a soil probe and send your samples to @SynlabNG , they are the only one I can recommend. #NgCorn19