Corn like really really rich soil. (As in, really rich. You can't fertilise it too much.)
It needs to be planted in blocks because - as someone else noted - wind pollination. Also, this year, I had "asshole corn" where the pollen stamens opened up and got fluffy about 2 weeks before any of the corn silks even showed their heads. I ended up having to harvest the pollen and hand-pollinate them, so the harvest was a bit sketchy this year.
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Date: 2017-04-28 12:18 am (UTC)It needs to be planted in blocks because - as someone else noted - wind pollination. Also, this year, I had "asshole corn" where the pollen stamens opened up and got fluffy about 2 weeks before any of the corn silks even showed their heads. I ended up having to harvest the pollen and hand-pollinate them, so the harvest was a bit sketchy this year.