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How to grow Beautiful Corn in your Backyard In 7 Easy steps


Corn - Living History Farms, Iowa | learning-fields

1. find a sunny place the right size. Clear any obstructions.

2. Pour fireplace ash on the ground to fertilize the soil (natural source of potassium), If you have compost you can use that also Moderately soak.

3. Put 2-3 seeds 24cm apart from other seeds. No more than 3 tho because this will force you to have to thin them.

4. In 5-10 days there should be little sprouts with 2 leaves that are hugging each other

5. Water every 2-3 days with a medium soaking

6. Once the corn is about 120cm if you are growing less than 30m2 you will probably want to make a system with rope to protect your corn from being rotated 90 degrees by the wind. I learned this the hard way. 

7. The corn will start to make cobs eventually. With sweet corn You want to harvest the cobs when the corn silks start to turn brown.
   Every corn kernel needs to be fertilized by pollen.
   The pollen comes from the wheat looking things on the top of the plant (called tassels). When the corn gets knocked over it loses a lot of pollen. That's why you build the rope thing from step 6.  You wont get fertile ears if there's not enough pollen to fertilize every kernel.


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  1. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2021 at 1:51 PM

    I liked how you explained that you need to make a rope system in order for the kernels to get fertilized by pollen. I have one question. If I wanted to start a garden about the same size as yours, how much rope do you think I would need?

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2021 at 2:12 PM

      I think i used like 200 ft of rope for 70 sq ft

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  2. Inga ScottJanuary 14, 2021 at 2:03 PM

    I really enjoyed reading about how to grow corn. I didn't know that pouring ash on the ground when I plant will help it grow.

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  3. Ms. ColleyJanuary 14, 2021 at 7:28 PM

    Wow! This is a very detailed list; I feel like I could use this to plant corn tomorrow if I wanted to! I never would have thought to put fireplace ash on the corn to help it grow, and I didn't realize it had to be watered 2-3 times a day! Great work on your post.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2021 at 10:15 AM

    This is so detailed! All of this is very interesting, and i want to grow corn now!!!

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