Why does corn lodge?

Why does corn lodge? How to prevent and cure it? Maize lodging can be divided into three types: stem lodging, root lodging and stem breaking. However, the stem is long and thin, the plant is too high and the wind and rain is heavy, resulting in mechanical tissue damage at the base of the stem. However, the root is underdeveloped, Rain Water is too much, and the wind causes lodging with a large inclination; the stem break is mainly due to the rapid growth before heading, the tenderness of stem tissue and the harm of diseases and insect pests, and broken by the wind. Maize lodging in the growth period, timely assistance can reduce the loss. If you lodge before heading after jointing, your own recovery ability is strong, and you can recover without manual support and allow it to recover after it clears up. After serious lodging, it should be picked up manually in time, while straightening up, cultivating soil and topdressing, so as to avoid lodging again. For the plants whose stems are not completely disconnected, they can be connected manually, such as wrapping a circle of plastic sheeting around the broken place during grafting, most of them can continue to grow. Click to get more corn planting techniques click to get more food crop planting techniques