Sweet corn vs. field corn, planting??

[SomewhereinMapleton]

I usually put in 2-3 acres of sweet corn in a field that I deer hunt (to eat and sell, not for the deer) I had the bright idea of putting an acre of field corn in along with but seperate from the sweet corn to leave up and attract deer. Any ideas if the corn would crossbreed if the wind was right?? Anybody ever done this?? Grandma says to be careful cuz I'd have some nasty sweetcorn if they tassled at the same time (she has only about 50 yrs of experience) but if I kept them apart?? I know this isn't Ohio farmer website but has anybody seen field planted close to sweet and what happened? Two birds with one stone, hmmm?

[twall]

As long as they don't tassel/pollinate at the same time you'll be fine. You can check with seed dealers how many days after planting each will tassel and then decide if you can plant at the same time or stagger plantings. If coon are a problem you might try planting the field corn along the borders and the sweet corn inside that. That may help.

Tom

[hunter7]

weve planted field corn and sweet close to each other, planted the same day and never had ne problems with either one

[Cap't Ernie]

Yep.

It all depends on who you ask. On the Farm I work at, we plant white, yellow, and bicolor (speckled for you hilljacks) corn next to each other with 6ft gaps in between kinds. We generally get a bit of cross pollination, mostly just a few yelllow kernals on the white, but only on the first 2 or 3 outside rows.

As far as sweet/field corn planting, we normally do a patch of field corn to sell in the fall as decorations, and we surround that with broom corn (again, for those Martha Steward types). I've never seen any cross pollination there or into the sweet.

Capt

[trkyslyr]

It is possible to ruin your sweet corn if you do not go about it in the right manner. Check with a local seed dealer for planting details. Also, the deer will tend to eat the sweet corn first. Plant extra to absorb the loss. Good luck.