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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15 Jan 13, Patrick (Australia - cool/mountain climate): What should be done with laterals on the main stalk? Will I leave them on to allow additional corn to grow on them or does leaving them on the main stalk deprive the main stalk from food?
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14 Jan 13, Jason (Australia - temperate climate): Hi all. Just wondering if mid-January is too late to plant corn in Sydney?
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13 Jan 13, Banda (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): i have a plot almost 10 hecters,im also keeping chicken,can i plant some maize and soya beans now for the feed?,thanks.
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06 Jan 13, (Australia - temperate climate): How do tell corn is ready to pick
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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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