How close together do YOU plant corn seeds?
Does corn variety effect seed spacing?
Corn takes up a lot of garden space next year I want to grow 200 plants in the smallest space possible. I drive country roads inspecting farmers corn field crops seed spacing is about 2" to 3" apart with 32" row spacing, corn 8ft tall. Can sweet corn be planted that close together?
This year I planted 5 rows 32" apart, 6" seed spacing. If I can do 3" seed spacing the same crop will take up 1/2 the space.
Lots of online information about growing sweet corn but nothing about seed spacing?
PS. I learned to plant corn rows parallel to prevailing wind so corn does not blow over in a high wind thunder storm.