How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet?

   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #1  

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--)> How much sweet corn seed (lbs.) should I get if I plan on dividing it up in an 8 row drill and 150 foot long rows.
-- So.... 8 rows x 150 feet long, on the North side of the garden.
 
   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #2  
Figure 6 inches apart in the row and go from there. Ken Sweet
 
   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #3  
That's 2400 plants. So...... about 3lbs?:confused2:
 
   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #4  
How many seeds are in a pound? Ken Sweet
 
   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #5  
--)> How much sweet corn seed (lbs.) should I get if I plan on dividing it up in an 8 row drill and 150 foot long rows.
-- So.... 8 rows x 150 feet long, on the North side of the garden.

Drill? What spacing is the rows?
 
   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #6  
How many seeds are in a pound? Ken Sweet

Ken, I took a WAG on seed weight. Based on quantity of seed used during seed meter calibration. I can't figure why one would bother to load a planter for 8 rows. I'm guessing it's not 1 pass with an 8 row machine. Lol.
 
   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #7  
From dirtworks.net a 50 lb bag of corn seed contains about 80,000 kernels. MikeD74T
 
   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #8  
Variables here, but 4 lbs of seed ought to do you just fine. Pretty hard, the first time, to have things come out precisely.
 
   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #9  
I planted 14 rows, 90 feet long, Silver Queen, 100 seeds per row, and used about 1 pound. Dropped the seeds by hand.
 
   / How much sweet corn 8 rows 150 feet? #10  
How many seeds are in a pound? Ken Sweet

My seed catalog says 6 sweet corn seeds per gram. 454 grams per pound =~ 2724 or so seeds per pound.
 

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