Sweet Corn
Other
60-100 days to harvestFrost Sensitive
Growing Requirements
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Full Sun
6+ hours
💧
High
Water needs
↔️
12"
Spacing
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5.8-7
Soil pH
Companion Planting
✓ Plant With
✗ Avoid Planting With
Growing Tips
- •Plant in blocks, not rows, for pollination
- •Heavy feeder - needs nitrogen
- •Silks dry and brown when ready — this is the EARLIEST signal, not the only one
- •MILK STAGE TEST (most reliable): peel back a small section of husk on an ear that looks ready. Pierce a kernel with your thumbnail. CLEAR liquid = too early. MILKY liquid = perfect, pick now. DOUGHY/STARCHY (no liquid) = past prime, kernels will be tough. Check every 1-2 days once silks brown.
- •Sugars convert to starch quickly - eat or freeze same day