Can sweet corn be grown as a fall crop?
Sweet corn will grow well in the fall, but the insect pressure makes production a money losing proposition.
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Field corn is harvested after it has dried sufficiently, which means the husks are brown, not green like the husks of fresh sweet corn. (Photo by Kevin Hudson)
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Just as Good Friday signals the time to get the spring garden in the ground, August's heat is the indication that it's time to plant the fall garden.
By Norman Winter
MSU Horticulturist
Central Mississippi Research & Extension Center