Growing Sweet corn, also corn,maize

Zea mays, var. rugosa : Poaceae / the grass family

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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(Best months for growing Sweet corn in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions)

P = Sow seed

October: After risk of frost

Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 61°F and 95°F. (Show °C/cm)
Space plants: 8 - 12 inches apart
Harvest in 11-14 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): All beans, cucumber, melons, peas, pumpkin, squash, amaranth
Avoid growing close to: Celery.

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25 May 23, Renee Bowman (USA - Zone 9b climate): Something is eating my corn stalks leaves leaving holes in them and inside center of stalks looks like wet corn meal or mash can it still be salvaged and what could be causing this? How do I prevent and stop this infestation?
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01 Jun 23, (USA - Zone 9b climate): Check for big grubs.
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17 May 23, Jessica (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hello. When can I grow sweet corn in Botswana?
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19 May 23, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Find your climate zone and check the planting guide.
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08 Mar 23, harvey (USA - Zone 11b climate): What organic corn varieties and organic soybean varieties grow well in climate zone 11A-11B?
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10 Jan 23, Wessel Naude (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hi there.Can i still sow sweetcorn in January
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21 Jun 23, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): greetings. can see you farming sweet corn . can you whatsapp me on +27630965740. need also some information how to go grow it as well
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13 Feb 23, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Sept to Nov
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31 Dec 22, William (USA - Zone 7a climate): What is the recommended type sweet corn to grow in zone 7a?
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05 Jan 23, Anonymous (USA - Zone 5a climate): More about finding a variety you like. Some corns are starchy and some really sweet.
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my sweet corn last year had a mixture of 1-3 cobs per plant. its normal having more than 1 cob per plant but i found that they did not produce as much as one cob per plant and snaped of the smaller ones so as to get a better havest. I found that it had to do with how close they were together. my veriety worked best with 16 stalks per meatre square. bit late and i hope your havest went well. As for the reason, just like when you grow pumpcin you can have several friuts on a vine or one the plant puts its energy equally in to however many friuts there are. when there is only one it gets much bigger than when there are multipual pumpcins however you get more pumpcins if you let them grow multipual ones per vine. some verietys just natraly have more or less friuts per vine and you as the gardener get to chose how many the plant grows or how big they can get.

- Ferran

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