I've got to try growing corn! I have no idea how easy or difficult it is to grow and harvest corns in my backyard, but I would not know unless I try, right?
The seeds. They are, er, just super-dried corn kernels.
4 days after seeding, seedlings emerged; however, I forgot to take pictures of them, sigh (they were little spikes). A day later, the spikes already grew this big as you see in the picture above.
6 days after seeding, corn seedlings were about 2-inches tall.
11 days after seeding, and 5 days after the above picture, my corn plants got even taller. In this picture, the plants are about 3 inches tall.
A few days later, I planted them in the ground because the roots were showing from the bottom of the cell tray. I felt kinda guilty to leave them in small spaces.
Once they were planted in the ground, corn plants started to grow rapidly. They must like the nutrients in the soil and full sun.
37 days after seeding. Leaves were getting long and starting to spread.
12 days after the above picture, the leaves are large, and the stalk started to get thick. The stalk in this picture is about 1/2-inch in diameter.
Look how tall it is getting! In this picture, the largest one is about 2-ft tall. You can also see a smaller one in behind. Maybe the sun is blocked by the large plant?
Next day (60 days after seeding), flower buds started to show. I found out that these are 'male' flowers, and 'female' flowers should emerge at the base of leaves soon. I don't know how the female flowers look like, so I will pay attention to find them.
SEED INFORMATION:
Seeds I bought: Ferry Morse's SWEET CORN - Kandy Korn Hybrid
Seeds bought from: Home Depot
Origination of the seeds: USA
According to the package:
* Days to germination: 7-10 days - Mine took about 7 days to germinate
* Days to Harvest: 89 days
* Plant height: 8 feet
* Grows best: N/A
* Recommended planting season for San Diego: March - August - I planted in March.
