Growing Sweet Corn

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

Varieties
Open Pollinated: Big Daddy�s Yellow, Bloody Butcher ,Blue Hopi , Golden Bantam,, Golden Giant, Hickory King, Japanese Hulless Popcorn, Jarvis Golden Prolific, Mr. Robert�s White, Orchard Baby, Pencil Cob, Rainbow ("Indian" corn), Red Strawberry Popcorn, Reid Yellow Dent, 'Sunshine' Sweet Corn, Stowell's Evergreen (White) Sweet Corn, Trucker's Favorite

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