posted 8 months ago
If it was the three sister patch that you showed in Thom's thread, I believe there was sign of potassium deficiency from the look of corn leaves. Potassium is required for the regulation of stomata so plants lacking K will be more susceptible to drought. Maybe the corns survived because they had deeper and larger root systems to aquire enough water. If you are going to grow in the same plot next year, adding some wood ash would help.
Zone 6, 45 inches precipitation, hard clay soil