If you grow a pumpkin underneath your corn then now's a good time to shovel on some extra compost, or add fertilizer. Both these plants really like lots of fertilizer.
Corn
Zea mays
How to sow corn: Direct seed outdoors
Sun requirement for corn: Plant in Full Sun
Corn has been planted 43 times by Growstuff members.
Corn is a large grain plant, or tall grass, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago by indigenous peoples in Southern Mexico. The leafy stalk produces ears after pollination. Depending on the variety, the corn can be eaten fresh, or dried and ground into cornmeal.

Predictions
Annual
living and reproducing in a single year or lessMedian lifespan
17 weeksFirst harvest expected
15 weeks after plantingLast harvest expected
16 weeks after plantingHeight
290cmSpread
60cmRow Spacing
76cmCompanions
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Corn crops
Corn plantings
Corn harvests
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How to save seeds
by shiny,
Beans, peas and corn: remove husks and allow seeds to dry out – this may take a couple of weeks, then remove casings and store.
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Alternate names
maize
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Corn harvests
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CloCkWeRX harvested 2, weighing 0.3 kg.
about 1 year ago.
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CloCkWeRX harvested 4, weighing 0.5 kg.
about 1 year ago.
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Batchelor harvested 2 .
almost 5 years ago.
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- neotoma will trade locally.
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