PlantsVegetables & Roots
Sweet Corn
Zea mays
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Space-hungry summer grass
ModerateVegetables & RootsEdible
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 6–8 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Ears Aug
- How it spreads
- Annual
- What to buy
- Direct sow a block, not a single row.
- When to plant
- Sow mid-May, when soil is warm. Needs a block for pollination.
In the design
It will shade everything to the north. Put it on the north edge.
If you eat it
Ears
Eat the ears. Don't treat agricultural seed as food grain without knowing the treatment.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
