Sweet corn is an annual that grows to at least 75 cm - 1.7 m, with male tassels and female ears (cobs) borne on the same plant. Cobs can be golden, white or bicoloured white and yellow. They can be eaten cooked or raw when they are young.

For a full development of this plant are necessary 70-110 frost-free days after planting and temperatures between 16 to 35 Celsius degrees (61-95 F). Sweet corn is a shallow-rooting plant and can grow on a wide range of fertile, well-drained soils with medium nitrogen levels. In warm climates you can grow sweet corn in an open site and in cool climates you can grow early-maturing cultivars in a frost-free, sheltered site.

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