Comments on: Got Growing Sweet Corn Questions?

By: andy

andy — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:28:55 +0000

How to avoid corn that is dry

By: carol

carol — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:44:34 +0000

Our corn seems to grow fine, but just as the ears start to develop, and if we have any wind it blows it down. Roots never seem to develop properly. Any suggestions??

By: Faith

Faith — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:51:46 +0000

When do you put a few drops of veggie oil on the ends of the ears to deter corn worms?

By: Ginny

Ginny — Sun, 29 May 2011 00:26:58 +0000

last year we dried sweet corn – pulled the husk back & hung upside down – can we remove the kernals & re-plant them this year?

By: Betty Carter

Betty Carter — Sun, 29 May 2011 00:23:27 +0000

Is there a special fertilizer and a certain time to fertilize corn? Mine is already about three feet tall.

By: Ted Rau

Ted Rau — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:34:28 +0000

I’ve got corn stalks about 12 to 18 inches tall and it looks like something is eating away at the leaf of the stalk and there seems to be bugs in the center of the stalks – what is the best pesticide to use on sweet corn.

By: William Barlow

William Barlow — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:43:37 +0000

I have planted Kandy Corn and the plants are about two inches tall now. They are on raised rows. We recently had 7 1/2 inches of rain in a two day period and my garden flooded. The rains began shortly after I planted and most seedlings were just breaking the surface. It has been a week now and the plants are between 1-2 inches tall. I have several plants that have begun to turn brown. The soil is still quite moist. One part of my garden is lower than the rest and that is where the majority of the water settled, but that is not where the majority of the plants have been that are dying. Yesterday I pulled up about ten plants that were brown and today there are about ten more.
I also lightly sowed the rows with 13-13-13 fertilizer about four or five days ago.
I have beans and peppers planted in the same garden that have undergone the same treatment, however, they all seem to be doing good.
Do you think it is from too much water or could it be from the fertilizer?
Also, I have my seed planted about two inches apart. Will I need to thin them out or is this fine?
Any help would be much appreciated.

By: Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:49:17 +0000

Hello,
My corn is growing wonderfully but seems too thick. Should we thin it out so it will have room to produce?

By: Jeff Robinson

Jeff Robinson — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:06:11 +0000

I live at a 7000 ft elevation in Guarne, Antioquia, Colombia. There is no sweet corn grown here. Can you tell me the resaon why and if I bring seeds from the USA, can I grow sweet corn here.
Thank You,
Jeff

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:54:48 +0000

I know it needs alot amonia here in Mississippi also to grow.