Our soil can be late warming up, which can mean in a short summer that we don't get a crop
Most of us start corn in the warmth of house or greenhouse, and some of us think chitting can help
That's very interesting! When do you typically get to plant corn there and when does the growing season end? What types of corn do you use to accommodate your particular growing times?
Most of us plant in April. I haven't even started mine yet as I have an unheated greenhouse. I will chit them indoors them move them to the greenhouse. They usually get planted out into the ground around the end of May.
Varieties sold here are bred to deal with the short growing season, but you can early and late season types. I grow both. You can be eating the early stuff by August in a good year and I was harvesting the late season stuff into October. I'm right down in the south of England, so its worth taking a chance with a late season crop
Here in this part of the states we normally sow directly around Mid-May to late May, down south they can sow in April. I usually don't bother with the short day corn, which many in these parts do, but harvest in August/September. I don't mind a late harvest as I've got tons of other things to put in the jar in August and would rather not deal with corn right then.
Last year was the first time I had trouble with corn sprouting...tried a new kind. Went back to the old tried and true this year, as the section I had planted with it last year sprouted just fine while the other did not(Peaches and Cream). Bad seed, that other. I plant Ambrosia sweet corn and am never disappointed with the sprouting or the yield, no matter the weather conditions it always seems to give a crop.
Thanks for being patient and explaining....it's always a learning process to find out how folks do things in other parts of the world.