Re: About the corn and SQFT gardening

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• Subject: Re: About the corn and SQFT gardening
• From: V* C* <v*@ACTIVE.CH>
• Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 09:38:04 +0100

>     I tried four seeds of early sunglow sweet corn in a bed of 4' by 5'. I
>got one ear of eatable corn. Maybe it was too hot or they did not get
>enough water or fertilizer - I don't honestly know. In the earlier
>discussions it was noted that the large number of plantings reduced
>production for few people.
>     I guess I will try only 2 - maybe 3 seeds per square foot of an open
>pollinated variety this next year.



If you want to know what scientists found out in their trials
with sweet corn (no SQFT), here the references and some comment:

Nichols, M.A.: A plant spacing study with sweet corn.
New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture 2, 377-379 (1974)
Comment: "...maximum yield being obtained at 5.6 plants per square meter."

Mack, H.J.: Effects of population density, plant arrangement and fertilizers
on yield of sweet corn. Journal of the American Society of Horticultural
Science 97, 757-760 (1972)
Comment: 14 plants per square meter in Oregon was optimal.

This translates to 0.5 to 2 plants per square foot.
So one grain per square foot is correct, 4 per square foot
is maybe trying to correct nature.



Andreas

Samstagern, Switzerland, corresponding to zone 8)

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