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Re: Corn Spacing

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Olin,

Please forgive my ignorance, once again...I am new to vegetables.

I didn't realize you could grow corn this late in the season.

I looked corn up in the book, and it says the last planting should be
planted 2 to 4 weeks before the first freeze.  I also read it takes longer
for the harvest the later the crop, about 12 to 13 weeks. Is this because of
the heat change?  I have always thought you needed heat for corn.

But of course if I  think it through, the Indians did have corn for the
Thanksgiving meal.  Hmm..is it too late for me to try some?

Are there better varieties to choose from?

Peg
-----Original Message-----
From: Olin Miller <millero@worldnet.att.net>
To: sqft list <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, September 13, 2019 4:58 AM
Subject: Re: Corn Spacing


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>Last Monday I planted 4 40" X 96" beds with Burpee's Ruby sweetcorn.
>Planted on an equilateral  triangular grid instead of squares to get
approx.
>1 ft spacing between plants.  Started coming up on Friday - all up today
>after a nice rain last night.  Works out to about 1.3 plants/sqft.  Should
>be ready by Thanksgiving Day.
>
>I've had good success with this spacing for medium height and for Bantam
>types but I find it is a bit too close for the taller varieties.
>
>Olin
>
>
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