Yield of Sweet Corn: In Relation to Distance and Rate of Planting (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Until about 1925, 42x42 inches was the most common planting distance for sweet corn, the stands averaging about 3 plants per hill, but at present 38x 38 inches with 3 to 4 plants per hill seems to be more popular than the wider distances. This trend toward closer Spac ing seems to arise largely from the use of improved farm machinery rather than from any demonstrated superiority in yield or quality from the corn so planted.

By 1932 the tendency toward closer planting reached the point where a spacing of 36 x 36 inches with 5 plants per hill was often used. In some instances even, fields were planted 32 x 32 inches with 4 plants per hill. It is self-evident that overplanting is poor farm practice, and that it may be even more disastrous to good yields than underplanting. As this trend toward closer planting coincided with the drouth cycle of 1930-1936, many growers were greatly disappointed in their yields, and consequently in the last few years planting distances have tended to be more conservative.

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