Diagnose corn problems fast — earworm, corn smut, northern leaf blight and poor pollination gaps all have specific causes. Use our symptom-by-symptom table to fix your corn crop.
American corn (Zea mays) is one of the most nitrogen-hungry crops in the home vegetable garden, capable of pulling the equivalent of 1 to 1.5 pounds of nitrogen per 100 square feet from the soil in a single growing season. It towers over neighboring plants, requires block planting for reliable wind pollination, and produces a dense canopy that transforms the …
On a beautiful summer night, is there anything quite like the flavor of a newly plucked ear of sweet corn, glistening with butter? Many of us would say it’s absolute joy. Growing your own corn is a genuine gardening pleasure that delivers a taste of sunlight straight to your plate. Still, one of the first queries on every aspiring (and …