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Ornamental Multi-Color Corn Growing Guide

🌤️ Growing Season in India

Ornamental multicolor corn thrives in warm climates and does not perform well in cold regions.

• Best Sowing Time: Summer & Rainy Season (March–August)
  
• In South India, corn can also be grown successfully during winter due to mild temperatures.
  

🌱 How to Grow Multicolor Ornamental Corn at Home

Direct sowing is the best method, as corn does not tolerate transplanting well.

• Ideal soil temperature for germination: 22–30°C
  
• Use big pots or grow bags for best results.
  

🌾 Ornamental Multi-Color Corn Sowing Method

1. Sow seeds 2–2.5 cm deep directly in soil.
   
2. Maintain 15–22 cm spacing between each seed.
   
3. Water gently using a watering can.
   
4. Seeds germinate in 7–14 days.
   
5. After germination, keep the plants in full open sunlight.
   

🌿 Fertilizer for Ornamental Corn

• Before sowing, mix organic manure into the soil in a 2:1 ratio (soil : compost).
  
• After 60 days, add a handful of vermicompost around each plant.
  
• You may also apply aged manure or organic fertilizer every few weeks for better growth.
  

🌼 Ornamental Corn Plant Care Tips

• ☀️ Sunlight: Needs 6–8 hours of direct sunlight daily.
  
• 💧 Watering:
  
  
  Summer — water regularly
  
  Winter — water every alternate day
  
  
• 🌱 Soil: Well-drained, fertile, loamy soil
  
• 🌡️ Temperature: Best range — 21–32°C
  
• 🐛 Pests: Snails, aphids, earworms
  
• 🍂 Diseases: Grey leaf spot, rust, downy mildew, ear rot
  
  
  ✔️ Use neem oil spray at early signs of infection
  

🌸 Flowering & Pollination

• Corn plants begin flowering in about 2 months.
  
• They produce:
  
  Male flowers (tassels) at the top
  
  Female flowers (silks & ears) below
  
• Pollination occurs mainly through wind, but cross-pollination is also possible.
  

🌽 Harvest Time

• Ornamental corn is ready to harvest 90–120 days after sowing.
  
• Harvest when:
  
  Ears turn dark green
  
  Silks become brown and dry
  
  Usually 3 weeks after tassels appear