Sweetcorn ( Zea mays saccharata ) thrives in warmth, sunshine, and fertile soil. You can start by growing it under glass or sow it directly in the ground. This cultivation sheet provides a quick overview of all the important growing information.
🌱 Sowing & planting
- Sowing depth: 3 cm
- Pre-cultivation: sow in pots of ± 12 cm under glass
- Germination temperature: around 21 °C
- Germination time: 🕒 7–16 days
- Planting distance: 70 cm between rows, 20 cm between plants
- Plant out: when the plants are about 20 cm high and the night temperatures remain around 15 °C
📅 Growing times throughout the year
- Pre-cultivation (under glass): sow from mid-April to mid-May, plant out outside from mid-May, harvest from mid-August to mid-September.
- In situ (open ground): sow outdoors around mid-May, harvest from late August to September.
Start cultivation (sowing)
Harvesting
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
🪟 Pre-cultivation
On site
🏠 Indoor / in house
🪟 In greenhouse / conservatory
Outdoor / open ground (on site)
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