Growing Sweet Corn

Botanical name: Zea mays

Growing Sweet Corn Organic Gardening Fact Sheet

Seed

Planting time: SU
Seeds per ounce: 115-150
Ounces per square foot: 0.008
Minimum legal germination rate: 75%
Germination type: Short Germinating seeds

Notes

Growing Sweet Corn is easy and a favorite among organic gardeners. Sweet corn is best suited for large gardens since usually only one or two ears are produced per plant.

Sweet Corn prefers to be grown full sun and should be planted after all danger of frost. To get an early start on your sweet corn, start your corn in flats indoors or greenhouse.

Planting

In garden spacing (inches): 15
In flat spacing (inches): 1
Planting depth (inches): 1
Maxiumum number of plants per square foot: .8
Nutrient relationship: Heavy Feeder

Harvest

Days to maturity: 63-91
Harvesting period (days): -
Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: .2


Cultural

Diseases: Corn Smut, Mosaic Virus, Root And Stalk Rots, Rust, Southern Corn Leaf Blight, Stewart’s Wilt

Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) Army Cutworm, Corn Earworm, Cutworm, Eastern Field Wireworm, Eastern Field Wireworm, European Corn Borer, Fall Armyworm, Flea Beetle, Japanese Beetle, Northern Corn Rootworm, Southwestern Corn Borer