Corn

Zea mays WD

Also known as maize (EN)

How to sow corn: Direct seed outdoors

Sun requirement for corn: Plant in Full Sun

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.

44: plantings
11: harvests
9: seed packets

Growing corn

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Median lifespan

17 weeks

First harvest expected

15 weeks after planting

Last harvest expected

16 weeks after planting

Height

290cm

Spread

60cm

Row Spacing

76cm

Grown for

other harvested 6 times

How members grow corn

Sunniness

Planted from

Harvested for

Varieties of corn

painted mountain corn

popcorn

Zea mays everta

corn popping mini black

Zea mays

sweetcorn

Zea mays L. var. rugosa (or saccharata]

Plant corn with

marjoram rice bean

spaghetti squash cowpea

wine cap mushroom indian mustard

Photos

Corn crops

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Corn plantings

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Popcorn Maize Tassel Emergring 13 Jly 2013

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Sweet corn

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Popcorn Maize 04 June 2013

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Corn harvests

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Corn for tacos

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More photos

Video

Where corn grow

Only plantings by members who have set their locations are shown.

What people are saying about corn

time to compost

by shiny,

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.