Growing sweetcorn with pictures and advice

Growing Sweet Corn

Growing Sweet Corn
Originally a native of sub-tropical areas, sweet corn is the only vegetable which grows in darkness.

Sweet corn freshly picked from the garden is far tastier than those from shops. The reason is that the sugar in sweet corn quickly turns to starch giving a very dull flavour after only a day or so. Freshly picked sweet corn is also very nutritious, each cob giving roughly 22% of the daily requirement for Vitamins A and C, Magnesium and Iron.

A little care and planning in the early stages will go a long way to ensure that tasty sweet corn can be grown successfully in many areas.

SWEET CORN QUICK GUIDE

Latin Name
Zea Mays

Type
Grass family producing edible seed kernels

Site and Soil
Full sun, in a well dug soil which will warm quickly - clay is not suitable

Plant to Harvest Time
12 weeks

How Many?
1 to 1.5 sweet corn cobs per plant

Where To Grow Sweet Corn

Sweet corn must be grown in full sun, where shelter from strong winds is provided. It is not too particular about the soil, although it hates clay. Because sweet corn sends down deep roots, it prefers a deeply dug bed.

Sweet corn pollinates best when sown in a block, so for planting, a minimum area of 1.2m (4 ft) square is required.

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Name: jim@GardenAction
E-mail: webmaster@gardenaction.co.uk
Date posted: October 30, 2011 - 06:07 pm
Message: Give everything a try! Sweetcorn is usually subtropical, you should be OK, it does well throughout Africa. If you cant buy seed at a garden centre, buy from a petshop or corn merchant.

Name: sunny.
E-mail: Private
Date posted: October 30, 2011 - 04:55 pm
Message: can u please advice where to get the sweet carn seeds.would be posible grow in the philppines?

thnak you..

Name: jim@GardenAction
E-mail: webmaster@gardenaction.co.uk
Date posted: October 17, 2011 - 09:36 pm
Message: Plenty of advice on sweetcorn (maize) growing on this website. Plant in a block in full sun, sheltered from strong winds in a deeply dug bed. Try Victoria Seeds in Kampala for seeds.

Name: Amin
E-mail: Private
Date posted: October 17, 2011 - 09:36 am
Message: Dear sir

Please can u advice How to Cultivate Sweet corn In Kampala (uganda) ? Where Can i get seed for that ? Waiting for you advic..

Thanks

Name: PAUL
E-mail: p.rees73@yahoo.co.uk
Date posted: September 20, 2011 - 08:41 am
Message: can somebody tell me, why,ive got lovely sized sweetcorn but white inside few yellow bits

Name: Lanny B Ramcharitar
E-mail: brent.2@hotmail.com
Date posted: September 15, 2011 - 05:19 pm
Message: Hi there this is my 1st time I plant sweet corn in Trinidad,I will be tank full info

Name: Margaret
E-mail: awusie@yahoo.com
Date posted: August 29, 2011 - 06:42 am
Message: am just about to start maize farming i need ur advice. am in west africa

Name: Marilyn
E-mail: mhoare@sky.com
Date posted: August 07, 2011 - 07:39 am
Message: I am growing sweet corn in my garden and it was coming on lovely but now all the silks at the top of the cobs seems to have been eaten, will this affect the actual cob itself

Name: Janet
E-mail: katluvr52@aol.com
Date posted: July 29, 2011 - 11:43 am
Message: I have corn growing in my flower garden under my patio, the corn stocks are huge. I did not plant them they just started growing. I also have a stock coming up through a small crack in the cement. The soil is mostly clay I added potting soil to cover the bottom of the stock. Should I do anything or just let it grow?

Name: terry
E-mail: carper1976@yahoo.co.uk
Date posted: June 29, 2011 - 04:48 am
Message: hello i am growing cobs for the first time but am i bit worried it has not worked the flowers at the top are releasing there spores but there are no hairs coming out of the cobs please can you help terry fishlock

Name: qwertyuiop
E-mail: qwertyuiop
Date posted: May 24, 2011 - 01:41 pm
Message: qwertyuiop

Name: Ginny Rose
E-mail: ooohginny@hotmail.com
Date posted: November 03, 2010 - 03:54 am
Message: I live on the beach in Nayarit, Mexico, and am unable to grow sweet corn.

HELP!!!

The weather is correct, hot, and a little humid......

There is NO sweet corn available and I want some!

Name: omen jone
E-mail: omensjones@yahoo.com
Date posted: October 06, 2010 - 12:52 pm
Message: wat hecters of land will yield corn which can serve 150 million population, the manuel for the fast growth