Zowie that looks good!

Are you trying to torture us?

Sorry, just trying to let people know it can be done! lol It's one of those veggies probably worth growing at home, since it is quite a bit better than store bought I think.

Hi, when do you plant corn? That looks awesome and something I have not yet tried to grow!

Corn will not tolerate frost at all, so for me that means it goes in around the end of February. I recommend Vegetable Gardening in Florida by James Stephens for planting date info. Corn is a favorite target for army worms, use organic pesticide Spinosad to solve that problem. That will be a must do. Corn needs lots of nitrogen and water too. Other than that, it seems to love to grow here.

Probably early September. We have grown so many successive corn plantings in the past that we start to get tired of it. My third planting of this year is just starting to come into tassels. I will most likely take a break until August and may then plant corn again. The middle of summer here is tough for vegetables.

Doc - The corn looks delicious! How big of a patch of corn do you plant for each successive planting? Are you spacing them 2 to 3 weeks apart?

I grew corn a dozen years ago and never tried again because a critter ate it after only me getting only one ear. You evidently don't have that problem. After seeing your harvest it makes me want to try again.

Christine

Typically we plant 8 groups of 3 plants, 3-4 feet apart, total of 24 plants at a time. Yep, 2-3 weeks apart time wise. We have had critter problems too. This can include RATS! at night especially if you or your neighbor puts out bird feed. When I saw rats on our bird feeders at night we changed our bird feeding habits.

I didn't expect you to mention rats but I can surely believe it since we have gotten rats in our chicken coop looking for corn in the chicken feed.

As far as I know we don't have rats but squirrels ate my entire crop of corn plants when they were about three feet tall earlier this spring. We fenced that bed area as it also includes my tomato plants, eggplants and green beans - also squirrel favorites. It cost about $100 for the wood and chicken wire. I could buy a lot of veggies for that price but not as good as what I grow. I replanted the corn but it will probably get too hot before it produces. I plan to replant this fall.

Isn't very pretty but it accomplishes its goals. You coul also use a solar or electric fencer but our garden is small and it was more cost effective to fence it this way than with a fencer. On the other hand if yours is large, say 20x20 or larger a fencer would be better. That's what I had when I lived in KY in the middle of nowhere and had to protect my 24x40 garden from deer, raccoons, chipmunks and squirrels .

I love corn and we eat a ton of it during the summer..unfortunately,I've had terrible luck growing it and I'm pretty sure it's the same variety you have there.....it starts off really good and then just doesn't make it..