I usually plant corn at 2 to 3 week intervals until it gets too late for it to mature. Never had any problem with it not germinating because of the heat. Corn likes hot humid weather. I'd go ahead and plant it. The seed isn't that expensive. Give it a try. Just make sure it has enough moisture.

Thanks for the encouragement. What the heck, I'll give it a try!

you can always germinate it inside and transfer it when it has a small tail.

A small tail? Is that gardener's lingo for a short stalk? I thought corn didn't transplant well. But perhaps it would be better than trying to plant it in the heat.

I planted some yesterday. Not sure what the temp. was but it was plenty warm. It might not have time to mature but it was last years seed so it probably wouldn't be ant good by next year anyway. We are getting some rain right now so it will probably be coming up by Wednesday.

We've been having 95 plus for high temps for over 2 weeks - about the time I planted my 3rd corn crop (Honey Select).. No problem with germination. I just needed to make sure the ground had enough water to germinate the corn.

The problems with planting mid summer corn are keeping the ground watered, and dealing with the various (corn) insects that are abundant during the summer.

Very glad to hear that, grandad! I spent the morning today preparing the beds for planting. The Silver Princess corn seed arrived in the mail today. Tomorrow is planting day, and it'll be a hot week ahead, so wish me luck. :)

Corn got planted yesterday afternoon. I soaked the seeds in a container of water for seven hours to hydrate them before planting. For ease of planting, and to assure that each seed gets ample moisture, I planted each kernel next to a drip line emitter in our raised beds, which are spaced 18" apart. I've read I can go as close as 12", but thought that I'd rather give 'em some room and adequate moisture than try and eek out a few extra plants. I'll report back as things evolve.

While I'm thinking about it, I'd like to give a shout out to Seeds and Things, where I ordered my seeds via Amazon.com. The seeds were well packaged, and they were generous with the quantity. They also included packets of carrot seeds and verbena seeds as an added bonus. Plus, since it's late in the season, I paid for expedited shipping and my seeds arrived all the way from Virginia in two days. Very happy with the purchase.

One curious thing -- the seeds themselves looked like they had a coating of red paint or something on them. I presumed they were some kind of preservative to keep them fresh, as I've never seen red corn kernels before. It just added to the fun, as I told my eight-year-old son who was helping me plant that they were "magic seeds." Good times in the garden. :)

Good luck I hope you have a good crop. Mine is coming up also, at least what didn't get covered up in the downpour we had over the weekend. I planted turnips too and they are coming up also. My corn will be pushing the limits of the weather here in the Midwest but what the heck, I tried. Here's hoping for a late fall.

Glad to hear your corn's coming up too, prput68. A day later and the corn seems to be growing vigorously. 100% germination in one of the three beds, about 95% in the other two so far. Yeah, here's to a late fall. :)

Good for you for persevering despite the naysayers at that nursery Raymondo! Keep us posted.