The corn plant (Dracaena fragrans) is a tropical African evergreen tree. They grow fairly slowly, from thick canes or stems that produce long, narrow leaves like stalks of corn, growing upward.

Ferrie details six agronomic factors to keep in mind, if you’re new to growing continuous corn, that can help you achieve ...

Alternatively, if you forgot to grow plants earlier, you can still grow corn by planting seeds directly into the soil in late spring and early summer. Use a dibber to make 2.5cm holes and sow two ...

There is more than one way to plant a field, and soon, seeing corn and soybeans planted together won’t sound odd, Dowdy says. “The monocrop corn I’m seeing is 100 bu. less than where they ...

Plant further apart (45cm) if you want to try for a smaller second cob, too. Water when the cobs start to form and the silks appear on the ears of corn. At this time it is also a good idea to shake ...

“Seeing how tall corn can grow comes down to internode length and quantity,” Karl explains—in other words, the number of leaves a stalk has and the distance between those leaves. He learned early on ...