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Sweet Corn

ذرة

Needs ground space and a block layout, but home-grown corn is a different food.

💧 Summer water

Daily

💧 Winter water

Every 2 days

☀️ Sunlight

Full sun

🔥 Heat

Mild heat OK

🌱 Difficulty

Moderate

⏱️ To harvest

70–90 days

🪴 Containers

Needs open ground

📅 Best sowing

Oct, Nov, Feb, Mar

Planting calendar (UAE)

Jan

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Mar

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Sep

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Nov

Dec

Deep and regular; water stress at tasselling ruins the cobs.

Full sun, no compromise.

Ground or a very large bed; heavy feeder — compost plus a nitrogen feed at knee height.

When silks brown and kernels squirt milky when pressed — eat within hours of picking.

◆Plant in a block of at least 4×4, never a single row — corn is wind-pollinated and a row gives empty cobs.