Vegetable / Warm season

Golden Bantam Sweet Corn

Block plantings in larger gardens with wind-pollination space.

Old-fashioned sweet corn flavor with yellow kernels.

Seed spacing and maturity

Days to maturity
80
Germination temperature
60-95F
Seed depth
1 inches
Spacing
12 inches
Row spacing
30 inches
Start method
Direct sow

Frost-date timing

Direct sow
14 days after last frost
Succession interval
repeat every 14 days

Growing profile

Sun
Full sun
Water
Deep water during tasseling and ear fill.
Soil
Warm, fertile soil; plant in blocks for pollination.
Watch
Single skinny rows pollinate poorly.
  • grass-family
  • block-planting
  • summer
  • heavy-feeder

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Source: UMN planting the vegetable garden