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Re: Corn

In a message dated 97-06-06 10:49:09 EDT, you write:
 << I'm new to the list, but have been using the square-foot method for
<<  three years (ever since I bought my first house with a yard).  I
<<  saw an article in Organic Gardening a couple of years ago on using
<<  the square-foot method for planting corn, and I was wondering if
<<  someone could tell what the optimum spacing is.  Also,  any
<<  recommendations on fertilizer?  I understand corn is a heavy feeder.

'The Book' says to plant for 1 per sqft. But Mel wrote an article in the Feb
96 OG and said it could be grown 4 per sqft. I tried corn for the first time
this year and I planted them 4 per sqft. It was a dwarf variety (Hookers
Heirloom) and that grew to about 5 ft. I harvested them about three weeks ago
and I only had one cob that was fully pollinated. The others were about half.
So I planted a second crop with a modified spacing. I took an 18"x18" square
and planted four seeds. This is in between the spacing which is in the book
and the update which Mel gave in the Feb 96 article. I won't know the results
for a couple of months but I'll let the list know how it goes.

Anybody else have some input on this spacing issue?

Kurt McCullum
(Glendale, CA/Zone 9)

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