On 31 Oct, 04:01, "George" wrote:
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message

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Rob *wrote

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?

The only problems I can foresee are keeping the lawn cut below/ between
the sweetcorn, and getting the plants up once they are finished.
Took me a while to realise your are in NZ, was a bit confused about
planting sweetcorn now (in the UK). It's an age thing. :-)

I forgot to add I intend to put a raised garden in the spot once corn crop
is finished so shading, stalks etc isn't so much of a concern. Once I have
harvested the crop & built the garden frame, the corn residue can go into
the garden to rot down over the cooler months. I think I have given the corn
enough of a head start so not to be out competed by grass. I anticipate I
can trim or stomp the grass around the rows. I did see the grass acting as a
natural ground cover. The only big issue I can see with the grass is
competition for water however I have a plan to regularly water the area with
a supply I have onsite.

Ultimately the evidence of success will be about Feb-March next year.

Still, if I am missing anything, I will welcome it being pointed out.

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Sweet corn IS grass.