Hi there! I am somewhat new to vegetable gardening, and I want to plant corn. I live in Central Florida, so I think I need to get it into the ground soon. My question concerns succession planting. I have read that it is a good idea to sow new corn seeds two weeks apart in order to have a crop that lasts longer, but I know pollination is vital. Can you plant corn rows every two weeks and still expect them to pollinate each other?
Thanks in advance.
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According to the things I've read, corn puts out millions upon millions of pollen grains over a several day period. One article suggested that poor seed set is rarely an issue of too little pollen but is often an issue of poor timing between the release of pollen and the emergence of silks. That would agree with the previous comment debunking the notion that corn needed to be planted in blocks for good cross pollenation. The timing issue gives an added reason to use succession planting, where some of the corn will almost certainly have adequate pollenation.
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