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10 Jan 13, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

It's usually ready when the tassles/threads are drying up or black/brown. You can peel back the leaves around the top of the cob before picking to check if it is ripe and fold them back to keep growing if it isn't ready.

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05 Jan 13, Hilda (Australia - arid climate)

how many cobs of corn can you expect to harvest from each plant

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10 Jan 13, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

It depends on the variety. Most seem to produce two or three, but I've seen some varieties with four or five.

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31 Dec 12, lawrence (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

once the corn has been picked do you cut off the stalks and it regrows or do you pill it out and plant again

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31 Dec 12, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Corn doesn't regrow. I cut it off low leaving the roots to rot, and plant some beans around the stumps to boost the soil fertility.

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29 Dec 12, Kerry Hann (Australia - temperate climate)

Our corn has looked lovely but now something funny is going on some of the corn have lost the silk tops and the leaf around the cob has split open and come dwn a little showing some of the corn. also right on the top of the plants the tassles I gather a small cob has formed on a couple?? any ideas whats going on this doesnt sound normal.

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31 Dec 12, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Is something eating the silks off inside the cobs? Maybe the plants have got a bit stressed? Lack of water or too much heat?

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16 Dec 12, Ryan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Yet again my corn grown in 3 rows, spaced about 30cm apart, has failed. The plant is beautiful and green, and about 2m tall. The cobs just don't develop, even though the threads are turning brown. It appears it's a pollination problem, but I'm not sure what else I can do. Maybe where they're planted doesn't get enough breeze. Any other ideas?

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30 Dec 12, Ivan (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Ryan, I second what Colin said about planting in blocks. I used to plant in rows as well and came up with nothing. When planted in rows and closer together, I started getting results and the sweetest corn that we have tasted. No need to dip in butter as well. My dad even ate it straight off the plant without cooking.

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19 Dec 12, Colin (Australia - temperate climate)

Corn needs to be grown in blocks instead of rows to maximise pollination, the pollen from the tassels falls onto the silk to enable pollination, without this process there will be no corn. Corn is a hungry feeder and loves to be mulched with manure,compost and straw to keep the water in the soil. Another reason for no cobs could be to much nitrogen so check what you are fertilising wiith. Also corn loves lots of water and a sweet soil. it takes 16 weeks from seed to harvest time.I hope this helps. I grow around 200 plants in a block for the year and when harvesting I shuck each cob and roll it in cling wrap, then it's into the freezer. To cook it takes 3 minutes in the microwave and then remove the plastic wrap, carefully.

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