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11 Jan 11, Charis (Australia - temperate climate)

I'm a first time grower, our corn plants were growing so well, but once the actual corn started growing it stayed small, the silk went brown and everything seems to be dying, we have had a lot of rain this summer, could that be a problem? We were really looking forward to harvest and the kids and hubby are so disapointed. Is it too late to try again? or wait till next time? Is corn meant to be easy to take care of?

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11 Jan 11, Russell (Australia - temperate climate)

My corn has turned out realy well, I have got 2 cobs off each plant, do the plants re- shoot or do I pull them out and plant new seedlings

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26 Nov 10, Pru (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I found out the hard way that transplanting seedlings is not worth it. They were pale and stopped growing. A month later I planted seed next to the seedlings and now the seed I planted is as bigger and looking healthier than the transplanted seedlings. The transplanted seedlings still look sickly pale. I'm going to pull them out. If the cobs are not forming properly, this means that pollination was not completely successful.

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23 Nov 10, Bev Joannou (Australia - temperate climate)

My corn is about 4' high and the leaves have opened up to reveal the immature green corn cob, it isn't encased in it's protective leaves, what is going wrong?

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24 Nov 10, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)

Can you give us a bit more info plz. Need to know how long they have been in and where u sourced the seeds/seedlings from because it sounds like either wood beetles have stripped your corn (very rare) or the seeds are for ornamental corn one way or another if it were me i would pull them up and start again. For temperate climate now is the ideal time to start your corn.

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30 Nov 10, Bev Joannou (Australia - temperate climate)

I planted the kernals in trays in September and transplanted them in the garden in October, the seeds I used were a Digger's Heirloom variety. Yes I will pull them out and start again, thank you for your advice.

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15 Nov 10, WogBoy (Australia - temperate climate)

re mel, 8 Nov, try not to water at the base of the plants but around them once they are establish. i have my corn in rows anbd i water in between the rows so water goes both sides of the plant. the base of the plant stay dry and you can fill the middle trench with straw to keep the ground wet and minimise evaporation

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11 Nov 10, Leah (Australia - temperate climate)

Thanks Chris - it's amazing what a difference just a few warm days in a row and some seaweed can make . . Will put in another batch of seedlings once these first lot take off.

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08 Nov 10, Mel (Australia - temperate climate)

My corn is growing well, I have noticed that there seems to be roots showing at the base of the stalk, should I build the soil up?

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29 Jan 12, Bryan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Mel, the roots you refer to are not feeder roots, they are mainly to stabilise the plant stalk.

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