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3. Will you need commercial fertilizer to make your crop a success ? 



What kind and how much ? W-VG : 432. 



4. Prepare a statement of the various manures and fertilizers you 



will need. 



5. Planting. — In the production of a profitable crop of sweet 

 corn, early planting is generally an important factor. Some 

 growers place so much emphasis on early planting that they take 

 considerable risk of the seed rotting because of a cold soil and 

 the plants being killed by spring frosts. If the first planting is 

 lost, it is a simple matter to make a second. In most parts of the 

 North sweet corn may be planted with comparative safety be- 

 tween May 1 and May 10. Subsequent plantings should be made 

 at intervals of two weeks until July, provided the Season is long 

 enough for the ears to reach the roasting ear stage from the latest 

 plantings. 



Though the crop is often grown in hills, it is more economical 

 to plant in drills with a seed drill, the spacing of which will depend 

 mainly on the height or vigor of the varieties to be grown. For 

 tall sorts, such as Stowell's Evergreen, the rows should be about 

 three and one-half feet apart and the plants about a foot apart in 

 the row. Early varieties may be planted in rows three feet apart or 

 closer and the plants do not need so much space in the rows. 

 Sweet corn is generally covered with about two inches of soil, but 

 the earliest plantings should not be covered with more than an inch. 



1. When should sweet corn be planted in your community ? 



2. To what extent should the date of planting be regulated by the 



variety used ? 



3. What are the proper planting distances for the variety you have 



selected? W-VG : 433. C:225. Wi:19. 



i. How deep should the seed be covered ? Wi : 19. 



