How Do You Use Corn As A Companion Plant?
Corn is a wonderful addition to just about any garden, and you can use it in so many recipes, you’ll never run out of ideas on how to cook your bounty. Corn also helps other plants grow better, which is what companion planting is all about. Here is how to use corn as a companion plant. Plant four seeds at a time. They should be about 12 to 15 inches apart; thin to two plants in each group after they come up. Harvest your corn about three weeks after you first see the silks. You can tell if it’s ready by pressing your fingernail against a kernel; the sap should look milky white. Know that corn has a lot of friends in the garden, especially beans. Beans help increase the yield of your corn crop and help control fall army worms, as well as leaf hoppers on beans. You can plant beans in rows between your corn, or you can plant pole beans to climb on corn plants. Corn also likes sunflowers, because they keep away fall army worms, too. Be aware that corn only has a few enemies, including quac
