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How to plant and grow corn in your backyard
Jennifer Babcock
Rasmussen College
Author Note This paper is being submitted on February 21, 2014, for Virginia Knox for B080 Reading and Writing Strategies course.
How to plant and grow corn in your backyard Planting corn has many factors that come into consideration, such as planting location, corn varieties and planting depth and time. Growing corn in your own backyard can be done if the environment conditions are favorable. First you need to pick a planting site. This site needs to be a well-draining soil and full of sun. It is important to all gardeners to test the soil in the planting site to ensure the proper conditions for the corn. Remember that corn is a heavy feeder and needs to be fertilized with a specific fertilizer just for corn. Planting time is a crucial step in growing corn in your backyard. You must make sure that the soil is warn enough and waiting is the key to growing corn. The most common time to plant corn is from April to June, but some less sweet varieties can be planted earlier. Do not plant corn during a very rainy period; starting corn in a wet soil is not the best. The temperature of the soil needs to be above fifty-five degrees. The sweeter the variety of corn the warmer the soil needs to be. Planting depth is the next step to make sure your corn grows. The depth of the corn is based on the variety that you chose to plant, but on average, two inches deep will be suffice. Do not plant any corn seeds shallower the one and a half inches deep. Controlling the depth leads to a successful germination and increases the optimum growth of the corn. Corn varieties come in the dozens, from waxy corn to sweet corn to dent and flint corn. Choosing the variety you want to plant is the last step in this easy and productive process. Yellow corn can be planted early in the season and has tough, large kernels. Corn
Jennifer Babcock
Rasmussen College
Author Note This paper is being submitted on February 21, 2014, for Virginia Knox for B080 Reading and Writing Strategies course.
How to plant and grow corn in your backyard Planting corn has many factors that come into consideration, such as planting location, corn varieties and planting depth and time. Growing corn in your own backyard can be done if the environment conditions are favorable. First you need to pick a planting site. This site needs to be a well-draining soil and full of sun. It is important to all gardeners to test the soil in the planting site to ensure the proper conditions for the corn. Remember that corn is a heavy feeder and needs to be fertilized with a specific fertilizer just for corn. Planting time is a crucial step in growing corn in your backyard. You must make sure that the soil is warn enough and waiting is the key to growing corn. The most common time to plant corn is from April to June, but some less sweet varieties can be planted earlier. Do not plant corn during a very rainy period; starting corn in a wet soil is not the best. The temperature of the soil needs to be above fifty-five degrees. The sweeter the variety of corn the warmer the soil needs to be. Planting depth is the next step to make sure your corn grows. The depth of the corn is based on the variety that you chose to plant, but on average, two inches deep will be suffice. Do not plant any corn seeds shallower the one and a half inches deep. Controlling the depth leads to a successful germination and increases the optimum growth of the corn. Corn varieties come in the dozens, from waxy corn to sweet corn to dent and flint corn. Choosing the variety you want to plant is the last step in this easy and productive process. Yellow corn can be planted early in the season and has tough, large kernels. Corn