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Corn Spacing

Some of you may remember that there was a discussion about corn spacing about
a month ago. I wanted to give everybody an update on how the new spacing
worked for me.

I read the Organic Gardening update that Mel wrote Feb 96 and I decided to
try his corn spacing. I planted my corn 4 per sqft in mid-late Feb. I just
harvested it on Sunday and I was not happy with the results. I harvested the
first of 3 squares which I planted and I only got one complete corn cob. I
used a dwarf corn (Hookers Sweet corn) which I didn't think would be a
problem in the 4 per sqft spacing. Each plant had 2-3 cobs on them and the
pollination of these was very poor. Less than half of each cob was
pollinated. I re-planted in another area using a spacing of 9 in a 2x2 square
which gives them a bit more spacing. If this doesn't work then I'll go to 1
per sqft which the book has listed.

Keep in mind that I planted very early in the season because my location made
it possible. Hope this helps those of you who are thinking about trying this
spacing new method.

Kurt McCullum
Glendale, CA (Zone 9)

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