Hello Hivers , Gardner's & Farmers ....πΊπΊπΊ
I hope you are all doing well and great . Today I am going to write a blog on the cutting process of fully grown maize π½ crop and some daily life uses or benefits of corn.
Let's Start βοΈ:
The scientific name of maize is "Zea Mays" but we call "Makai" in our language.My father is growing maize or corn Crop from many years and I am also working with my father in our fields that's why I am going to share an overview of about corn Crop cultivation after that's I ll explain cutting process.There are many varieties of corn seeds but we are mostly sewing two hybrid varieties:
(1): Pioneer-30Y87
(2): Monsanto-6789
Corn crop takes 90 to 100 days for ripening or fully growing duration is 3 to 4 months.Durring the growing process we are using different fertilizers like DAP(one bag of 50 kg per acre),Urea(4 to 5 bags per acre) and different sprays to protect the corn fields from harmful insects and for increasing the growth rate of maize plants and height of each fully grown maize plant is 6 to 7 feet.Here a fully grown maize π½ crop pictorial view:
(All the pictures are captured by me)
Fully Ripened Maize Cutting Process:
Our Fully Ripened Maize:
When the colour of maize plants and maize becomes yello type then we start the cutting process.A fully grown maize plant consists on many parts here some names:
Root,Brace root,Leaf sheath,Leaf blade, Anthers,Corn seeds etcΨ .
let's see our fully ripened maize Crop:
Cutting Of Maize:
There are different ways of cutting and we can cutt down maize by technically harvesting & Traditionally.In the traditional cutting process we uses man made cutter to cutt down the maize plants lines then place them in a sequence or lines.Lets see our maize plants after cutting process:
Drying Maize By Sunlight:
After the cutting of maize we collect the maize and spreads them onto the surface of soil for drying in the presence of sunlight.The drying process takes 7 to 8 days in summer season but it takes 30 days in winter season.Here a maize drying pictorial view is shown below:
After drying process we uses sheller
for getting maize or corn seeds in pure form.
Daily Life Uses Maize:
(1): We uses the maize for food and in breads after grinding the grains or seeds of corn.
(2): Maize is also used for production of oil which we uses for cooking purpose.
(3):We uses the maize as a grass for animals which enhance the milk production in animals.
(4): We uses the maize plants leaf for different Chemicals for making paper and boxes of paper for packing and pages for writing.
Conclusions:
Farming is a profession which provides us different types of vegetables ,foods and fruits and it provides us money for daily life expenditure and by working in agricultural farms provides us fresh environment for walk.As above explained about maize and maize crop is playing very vital role in our daily life activities.
Note:
All the pictures are captured by me by using my cell phone camera and then edited by using on Snapchat.