• Plant corn in blocks, or at least in clumps. Corn is a wind-
pollinated crop, which means if you plant only one or two rows,
it’s likely to produce very poorly. Some folks joke, “Don’t
plant any outside rows; they never make a crop,” but of course
what that means is to plant several rows so the inside ones
pollinate well. And those corn plants that are showing up on
store shelves? Unless it’s a supersweet (su) variety, it’s
relatively easy to get a crop by direct seeding – not to mention
much less work and expense. • Some other vegetables don’t like
to be transplanted – especially beans, peas and most root crops
other than sweet potatoes. • Tomatoes actually seem to benefit
from being transplanted several times over a period of weeks –
from a tiny seed cup to a small pot to a well-dug hole in the
ground or a really big pot. • As tempting as it may be to let
indeterminate tomatoes (the kind whose vines keep growing for
months and months) run on the ground instead of tying them to a
vertical support, you’ll ge