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silver platinum corn Silver Platinum Corn

Zea mays

A variety of corn

How to sow silver platinum corn: Direct seed outdoors

Sun requirement for silver platinum corn: Plant in Full Sun

A heritage sweetcorn restored over 15 years, also known as an old US variety. It has shiny, pearly silver-white cobs that are very sweet with outstanding flavour, and streaky red foliage and stems. Sow in trays and transplant at about 3.5 cm high into 15 to 16 °C soil, 30 cm apart in rows 50 cm apart.

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Silver platinum corn facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing silver platinum corn

  1. Dig compost into the bed 1 week before sowing
  2. Water regularly at sowing every week
  3. Thin the seedlings 2 weeks after sowing
  4. Weed between the plants 3 weeks after sowing every 2 weeks
  5. Mulch and hill soil round the stems 4 weeks after sowing
  6. Feed with a nitrogen fertiliser 5 weeks after sowing
  7. Pick the cobs at first harvest
  8. Pull out the stalks 2 weeks after first harvest

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Zea mays L.

Family / Taxonomy Liliopsida
Commelinidae
Cyperales
Gramineae
Optimal temperature 18 - 33 °C
Absolute temperature 10 - 47 °C
Optimal rainfall 600 - 1200 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 400 - 1800 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.0 - 7.0
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 8.5
Crop cycle 65 - 365 days
Max altitude 4000 m
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil fertility high
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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