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Re: too late for corn?

At 11:39 AM 5/24/98 -0500, Sophia Hansen wrote:
>Help! 
>
>My son wants to plant corn, (as well as cabege, carots, green baens,
>tomatos & potatos.)  I thought I'd try the carrots, beans, cabbage &
>potatoes in the fall but was hoping I could sqeeze in a couple squares of
>corn down here in zone 7 (Nashville, TN.)  Are we too late?  Am I just
>setting us up for failure??  I haven't heard of too many success stories
>re: corn in a square so if you have any--pls advise!!!  We have some sorry
>looking fish in an aquarium that I'm going to empty anyway--should I make
>like an indian and plant a fish under the seed??  The boy might enjoy
>learning about the circle of life thing/practical chemistry...
>TIA
>Fia

In zone 7, i don't think timing is your problem here.  The problem is that
you can't just plant one or two corn plants; you need to plant several rows
in order to get adequate pollination.  I heard of a trick using paper bags
if you don't have that many corn plants; perhaps someone else can fill you
in on that process.

Green beans do not like fall weather, so you would need to plant them right
now.  If what you have are bush beans you can stagger-plant another set
every couple of weeks until late summer.  Potatoes require special growing
techniques, and i think they are also summer plants.

Carrots and cabbage do like fall weather.  You would need to plant them
during the summer to give them a good head start.  Late summer would be good
for the carrots.  You can count back a couple of months from your expected
first frost date.  Cabbage takes a lot longer to grow.  What you can do is
start the seeds in trays between now and July and then transplant them into
the garden later in the summer.  (Don't look for cabbage seedlings in the
nursery in late summer; if my experiences in Boston are typical, the
nurseries stop selling vegetables after the spring rush.)
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