Have any tips for growing it? I got myself some seeds and watched a few YouTube videos..I want to give it a try in a small bed.

What y'all think?

Should be pretty easy to grow
Full sun
Plants need to be pollinated to yield kernels. You see bees regularly in your garden?

planted 3/21...8" apart x 12" rows...needs FULL sun...when the tassels start turning brown, put mineral oil on them to keep worms out...i use a syringe to apply





Aug 2019...got a couple dozen ears

Sweet!! (Corn)

I've got a very sunny spot plotted out..I do see bees. I wouldn't say a ton of them but I definitely see bees.

once the ground dries out just a bit I'm going to get to planting

I Planted 7 rows 75' long Friday before the rains, old timers say it's best to plant in square patterns

Corn depends heavily on wind for pollination .

crapyetr's layout is excellent . Short and close rows unless you plan on planting a really large area .

Consider planting climbing beans among the corn . They help the nitrogen levels in the soil (corn likes to eat) .

DON'T LET RACCOONS WATCH YOU PLANT IT!! I planted some at the property once and each seed was dug up individually

Planting in several shorter rows instead of 1 or 2 long rows will help with polination.

Birds will do that as well . Watched a starling walking down a row and plucking every young plant until I got him .

Bees aren’t needed for pollination. Wind and gravity take the pollen from the tassel to the silk on the ear. There is one silk for each kernel of corn.

So yes, square is the best shape for a stand of corn. If a row of corn has only a perpendicular wind you won’t get squat out of it.

9 days later we have erupted

4 weeks

That looks awesome. About how many ears of corn do you get from each stalk?

i usually get 1 - 2 ears per stalk in my small bed...treating each ear with mineral oil to prevent worms makes for a fuller ear...

like they said above, watch for coons...if you see evidence, pull every ear you can find cuz the family will be back the next night

Yes 1 or two ears per stalk with 7 rows at 75” long at 6” on center I should yield about 500 ears of corn conservativley

Nice layout David

That's a big garden, David. I love fresh veggies.

Senaca Chief.............BEST sweet corn ever

I know my setup isn’t real pretty, it’s almost laughable, but here’s one of my corn plants.

Looking good BC!

Six weeks

Put a little Soda on the ground/down the rows will sure help....

What flavor of corn are ya'll growing?

Local Rutharts Feed where I got it just said sweet. Soda? As in baking soda.

G-90

One of my plants was dying off pretty badly. Some type of mite?

8 weeks

Well my Corn Crop just pretty much failed. Went out of town in mid June for a week and when I came back it looked like it was almost dead, we got a bunch of rain Fathers Day weekend and then it started greening back up. But it simply stalled out. Okra and Tomatoes are doing great Peaches are just about done - so I guess I'll just have to go buy some fresh Corn at 25 cents a ear. On another failed note, I tilled up a 25'x75' area and planted watermelon and cantelope and it failed as well with the exception that I do have one melon coming on pretty good.

Hate to hear about your corn!

replant...i just put n my 2nd crop and the seeds sprouted in 4 days~~~!!!