Quantity
About 75 seeds
Exposure
Sun
Discover the plant
Family
Poaceae
Type
Vegetable
Cycle
Annual
Yellow sweet corn is a summer garden classic, cherished for its golden, well-filled, and deliciously sweet ears that immediately evoke the bountiful harvests of the warm season. This variety of Zea mays captivates with its sweet flavor, pleasant crunch, and the incomparable freshness it offers when picked at the right time. In the garden, its vigorous and slender stalks create a structuring, almost majestic presence that adds dimension to the vegetable patch while contributing to the generous ambiance of summer crops. When grown in blocks, it promotes good pollination and yields uniform, tender, and juicy ears, highly sought after for the family table. Its traditional association with beans and squash also contributes to a vibrant and harmonious nourishing garden, where crops intelligently complement each other. It thrives in fertile, well-drained, and warm soils, as well as regular watering to support ear formation. Harvested when the kernels are well-developed and milky, it offers remarkable taste quality, both for fresh consumption and for certain preservation preparations. Productive, flavorful, and easy to integrate into a large vegetable garden, yellow sweet corn remains a sure bet for summer harvests.
Planting guide
From plantingto establishment.
Planting depth
2 to 3 cm (0.8 to 1.2 in)
Establishment temperature
16 to 30 °C (61 to 86 °F)
Establishment time
5 to 12 days
Soil and care
The rightconditions.
Exposure
Sun
Soil
Fertile and well-drained
Watering
Regular
Bloom and dimensions
The completeprofile.
Bloom periodJuly to August
Harvest75 to 90 days after sowing
Garden associations
What to plantwith it.
Good companionsPumpkin, squash, shelling bean, bush bean, parsley, climbing pea
Avoid planting withSwiss chard, beetroot, ground cherry, mint, rosemary, tomato
Fresh corn, storage, summer meals, family vegetable garden
