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corn Corn Zea mays

How to sow corn: Direct seed outdoors

Sun requirement for corn: Plant in Full Sun

Corn has been planted 1 time by Growstuff (staging) 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.

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Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height

290cm

Spread

60cm

Row Spacing

76cm

Companions

spaghetti squash spaghetti squash marjoram marjoram rice bean

Photos

Corn crops

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Crop Map

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What people are saying about corn

Testing post/crop linkage

by Skud,

This is a test post about vegies I like.

tomato is a favourite summer vegetable (technically a fruit). I have never grown corn but would like to. Chard (which I capitalised, see what I did there?) is also nice.

Here is a weirdly capitalised …

tomato tomatoes corn corn chard bananas
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How to grow corn

There are 2 growing guides on Open Farm

Scientific names

Zea mays

Alternate names

maize

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Corn harvests

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