Sweet corn grown in lawn

 An amazing and audacious experiement, growing sweet corn in lawn.

My neighbour, who has the run off where I plant a crop of sweet corn every
season, has finally decided at 93 that it is time he moved in to a rest
home. The house is going on the market. No growing in his garden this year.

My existing raised gardens are fully at present.

So, I have grown sweet corn seedlings and planted them into the lawn.

First I scalped the grass with the lawn mower. I dug a slit into the soil,
like planters do when planting pine trees, and placed the SC seedlings into
the slit and then closed it back up.

The soil is loamy and because it was undisturbed lawn, has good structure.
The soil should be fertile and have enough nutrients in it.

It may need to be irrigated more regularly than in a garden but I can take
care of that.

Anyone have any comments or advice?

Rob

 

I think the new owners might have an opinion, especially if/when it's ready
to harvest.

Steve

 On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:48:02 +0100, "shazzbat"


A very tactful reply :-)

Pigeons have tried to do something similar to our lawn using seed from the bird
feeder and have failed miserably.
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Martin

 

There are no new owners. It is my lawn on my property and my crop. There may
be new owners when I depart the mortal coil. By then this season sweet corn
crop will be a distant memory of decades past.

rob

 

"The house is going on the market. No growing in his garden this year."

Is the house being sold, but not the garden?
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Martin