How To Plant And Grow Corn In Your Backyard Garden

There are few summer flavors more nostalgic than corn on the cob. Nothing beats husking fresh farm stand corn over an outdoor ...
AgWeb

Understanding Corn Vegetative Stages: From Corn Germination to Tasseling

Understanding corn’s early growth stages will help you stay one step ahead of pressures from weather, pests and diseases. Corn growth stages correspond to the number of leaf collars developed (V1 = ...
Florida Today

Sally Scalera: Here's an easy, fun way to germinate seeds in a paper towel

Growing plants from seeds is an easy, inexpensive and fun thing to do. When you learn how to start plants from seeds, the variety of plants that you can grow increases dramatically, but not the ...
Idaho Statesman

Corn processing byproduct halts crabgrass, and adds nutrients to the soil

It takes as many growing degree days for forsythia shrubs to burst into bloom as it does for crabgrass seeds to germinate. If you don’t want crabgrass in your lawn, those blossoms mark the perfect ...
The Spokesman-Review

In the Garden: Grow corn to indulge in summer’s favorite treat

Eating corn on the cob is one of my favorite summertime treats. It’s pretty hard to beat a sweet, freshly picked ear that has been cooked and topped with melting butter. Sweetcorn has been a mainstay ...