Sweet corn and popcorn are popular vegetable garden crops with a rich history of cultivation in North America. They are closely related to each other, to flint corn and flower corn, to the starchy ...

Sweet corn fresh from the garden makes a tasty addition to a summer picnic, but gardeners need to plant sweet corn soon to enjoy this tasty treat throughout the summer. In this article, ...

Sweet corn is showing up everywhere. It’s that time of year! Sweet corn can be difficult to grow in the home garden, if you expect beautiful filled out cobs. Some crops are well suited to small areas, ...

Recent cool weather and rainy days may have prevented gardeners from planting sweet corn by the recommended start dates of early to mid-May. But you can still plant by June 15 to enjoy sweet corn late ...

Sweet corn harvested fresh from the home garden and cooked soon afterward is one of life’s great treats. If you have never had that experience, now is the time to plant sweet corn in the garden. Sweet ...

Iowa is the nation’s top corn grower, with more than 13 million acres devoted to the vegetable, but some Iowans are planting their first small crops of -sweet- corn this spring. Aaron Steil, consumer ...

Soil conditions, temperatures and weather outlook are finally aligned this week in much of Illinois and other parts of the Midwest. “Let the big dogs run, and keep the planters running until you’re ...

Sweet corn ripens from 60 to 100 days after planting depending on variety. For a continuous harvest plant early, mid- and late-season varieties or make successive plantings of the same variety every ...

During a Strategic Farming webinar hosted by the University of Minnesota Extension on March 25, Jeff Coulter, University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist, offered numerous considerations for the ...

You want maximum yields this year, so that means more plants in the ground, right? As with most questions related to crop production, that depends. Several factors can influence the yield response of ...