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Corn is a warm season annual. Corn
typically yields 10 pounds per 10-foot row. Depending on
the variety may produce 1 to 3 ears per stalk.
Direct sow your seeds about 2 weeks after the last frost
date once the soil has reached at least 60 degrees. Corn
likes well drained loose soil. Since corn is in the
grass family, it likes plenty of nitrogen. Corn is
wind-pollinated, and should be planted in blocks.
Wind blows pollen onto the ears silk to pollinate each
kernel. If your rows are to far apart, not all the
kernels get pollinated, and your corn will look as if it
is missing some teeth.
Corn grows quickly during periods of hot humid weather. Keep the
soil evenly moist by applying 1 to 2 inches of water a
week. Water early in the morning. Watering at
night encourages diseases and insects.
There are many varieties of corn. Yellow, white, black, blue, bicolor,
and red. There many types as well. Hybrids,
sugar-enhanced, baby corn, ornamental,
super-sweet....etc. Corn ranges in days to
maturity as well. From 60 days, to 107 days.
Depending on the variety, the ears differ in length, as
well as their stalk height.
Corn is very unique, in that it pollinates itself. You might
hear the term, "tassels" used during explanations of
pollination, and corn growth cycles. The tassels are the
top growth stem, looking like small seeds. The
silks, appear at around 60 to 65 days after seed
germination. The silks will quickly lengthen, and
the husks appear below. Within about 14 days of
the silks appearing, the tassels will pollinate the
silks. All those little seeds will be everywhere.
It will resemble winter rye seed. Your hopes are
that they landed in the silks. You can pick some
of the pollen from the tassels, and drop on the silks if
it makes you feel better. Probably wouldn't hurt. |
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