Planting of sweet corn
After a bad experience in the implementation of this culture in the 60s, many had the impression that in central Russia maize matures. But it is not. If the corn is well fed, it will yield in all weather conditions. At the gardens planted exclusively sweet corn, ears of a clean breast to the stage of ripeness. When grown on narrow ridges that stage of maturity on the cob reach under all circumstances, even when sown early maturing varieties of dry seeds.
Corn seeds are sown in mid-May or planted seedlings. Seeds germinate at 10 ... 12 °, but slowly, shoots appear in 12-15 days, not always harmoniously, in the case of a prolonged cold snap during germination, some seeds are killed, and some of the wells are empty. To appear more friendly shoots, planted germinated, and even better - hardened seeds. Quenched them in the process of germination, exposing seeds soaked exposure variables plus temperatures - the day of 20 °, night 6 °, for which seeds are placed on the bottom shelf refrigerator. To speed germination and protect them from frost ridge after seeding cover with plastic wrap. Corn shoots do not die under short-term frosts to -2 ... - 3 °, but the leaves are damaged at the same time.
As in the case of other crops, for growing sweet corn seedling preferred method. When planting in the late second or third decade of May 20 to 30-day precipitation hardened seedlings of plants does not occur, and provides earlier and higher yield. To get full ears, you should leave on the plant for not more than 3 cops, and other break out immediately after the occurrence of wc. In the middle zone of maize flowering duration of approximately 10 days, and milky ripeness cop comes in 25-30 days after flowering. The optimum temperature during the formation of ears 20-23 °.
Those who grows corn for the first time on your site, good to know that at the stage of milk ripeness ears badly stored. In the fridge you can keep for several days, but in the case of a large number of grain products better preserve the collection immediately after the cob. Filmed with a knife Grain bars or frozen canned in glass jars after heat treatment.
Category: Vegetable gardening on narrow ridges