We finished planting all the irrigated corn about two weeks ago and I've been back to look at the progress of our corn. The below picture was taken on May 14th:
The corn in the above picture has reached the V1 stage of corn development. The V1 stage is when the first leaf sprouts out of the top of the corn shoot. As the new leaves sprout out of the top of the plant the older leaves create "collars". You can see what a collar looks like in the below diagram:
I just took some more pictures in approximately the same spot that I took the picture from the 14th. These corn plants have sprouted a few more leaves and are in the V3-V4 stages. Basically, the "V" stage just means how many leaves are on the corn plant.
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If you would like to see all the stages of corn growth you can visit this page. I'm planning on getting as many pictures of the stages of corn growth as we go through the growing season.
-Farmer Ryan
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