About Corn

Corn

Add ⊕

1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

1.2 Type

Vegetable

1.3 Origin

Hybrid origin, North America, Central America, South America

1.4 Types

Field Corn, Sweet Corn, Baby Corn, Indian Corn

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Clay soil areas, Loamy soils, Sandy areas

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

Not Available

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-5

1.8 Sunset Zone

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Upright/Erect

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

120.00 cm

Rank: 92 (Overall) ▶

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

60.00 cm

Rank: 96 (Overall) ▶

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Not Available

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

White, Yellow, Light Yellow, Peach

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Green, Dark Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Long Linear

2.4 Thorns

✔ ✘

2% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Indeterminate

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

66% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Needs watering once a week, Never Over-water, Over-head watering

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium, Well-rotted manure

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Insignificant

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Not Available

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

✔ ✘

60% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

65% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

45% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

18% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

34% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

22% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

35% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

No - List of Vegetables Garden Plants has it ! ▶

5.6 Foliage Texture

Coarse

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Glossy

5.8 Evergreen

✔ ✘

2% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.9 Invasive

✔ ✘

1% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.10 Self-Sowing

✔ ✘

78% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.11 Attracts

Not Available

5.12 Allergy

Asthma, Diarrhea, Headache, Nausea, Runny nose, Skin rash, sneezing, Vomiting

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Good for skin and hair, Improve hair condition, Improve skin condition

6.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

98% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Food for animals, Food for birds, Food for insects

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Anemia, Antioxidants, Diabetes, Improve heart health, Indigestion, Nutrients

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Fruits

6.2.3 Other Uses

Economic Purpose, Employed in herbal medicine, Oil is used as an industrial solvent, Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

✔ ✘

31% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

✔ ✘

All - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.5 Garden Design

Edible, Herb, Vegetable

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

ZEA mays

7.2 Common Name

Maize

7.2.1 In Hindi

मक्का

7.2.2 In German

Mais

7.2.3 In French

Blé

7.2.4 In Spanish

Maíz

7.2.5 In Greek

Καλαμπόκι

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Milho

7.2.7 In Polish

Kukurydza

7.2.8 In Latin

corn

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Streptophyta

8.3 Class

Liliopsida

8.4 Order

Poales

8.5 Family

Poaceae

8.6 Genus

Zea

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots

8.8 Tribe

Andropogoneae

8.9 Subfamily

Panicoideae

8.10 Number of Species

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

1 27800

Properties of Corn

Want to know the properties of Corn? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Corn is a flowering plantalso, its flowers are non fragrant. Many garden plants possess some allergies. One should know everything about before planting. It has allergic reactions which are Asthma, Diarrhea, Headache, Nausea, Runny nose, Skin rash, sneezing and Vomiting. Corn Benefits are as follows:

Medicinal use: Anemia, Antioxidants, Diabetes, Improve heart health, Indigestion and Nutrients
Part of plant used: Fruits

It is always necessary for every botanist to study and know all the characteristics of every plant. Scientific classification which includes kingdom, clade, genus, tribe and order are important parameters to understand for every botanist. The gardener must know the properties like the kind of soil required, the amount of water needed, fertilization and pruning required for respective plant. All these properties differ according to plant.

Vegetables » More

» More

More Vegetables

Corn Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Corn. Physical information includes the exterior appearance of the plant. The appearance of the plants is well considered factor, especially when you want your garden to be very attractive. Learn about color of leaves and flowers which differs even from the same species of plants. Corn physical information is as follows: 120.00 cm tall and 60.00 cm wide. Its leaf shape is Long Linear. Also it has following color specifications:

Flower color: Not Available
Leaf color: Green and Dark Green

Care of Corn

Taking Corn Care is very important. Pruning, fertilizing, timely watering is very important care factors of any plant. If proper care is taken, results are refreshing and green plants which have a healthy life. Hence every garden plant care should be taken properly. Care of Corn include pruning, which should be done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Full Sun for its proper growth.

Compare List of Vegetables » More

Indian Corn and Bottle Gourd

Indian Corn and Cleome serrulata

Indian Corn and Siberian Tomato

» More

More Compare List of Vegetables

Season and care of Corn

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Corn is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Annual plant. Corn is a very important plant from . There are Not Available varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: Field Corn, Sweet Corn, Baby Corn, Indian Corn. This plant's habitat is Clay soil areas, Loamy soils and Sandy areas and it comes in the hardiness zone Not Available. If you want to keep your garden blooming for all year, grow different plants which blooms in different seasons. Also, understanding habitat of plants is necessary to know, it helps to adjust the environment of the plant like the type of soil and temperature needed for it, according to region it originated from.