Overview

Alkarty Corn Seeds are high-quality seeds that yield sweet, tender, and nutritious corn cobs. Suitable for both home gardening and commercial farming, these seeds grow into healthy plants under the right conditions and produce delicious corn ideal for fresh eating, boiling, or roasting.

Uses

• Culinary: Used in salads, soups, snacks, curries, or consumed boiled or roasted. Also used to make corn flour and cornmeal.
• Nutritional: Rich in carbohydrates, fiber, and B-complex vitamins. Offers energy and aids digestion.
• Industrial: Used in livestock feed and processed food industries.

How to Grow

• Climate: Best grown in warm climates with temperatures between 18–35°C.
• Soil: Fertile, well-drained loamy soil with good organic matter. pH between 5.8–7.0.
• Sowing Time: Spring to early summer (February to June depending on region).
• Sowing Method: Direct sowing in rows. Avoid transplanting.
• Sowing Depth: 2.5–3 cm deep.
• Spacing: 20–25 cm between plants and 60–75 cm between rows.
• Germination: 5–7 days.
• Sunlight: Full sun (6–8 hours/day).

Care Instructions

• Watering: Keep soil moist, especially during flowering and cob formation. Avoid waterlogging.
• Fertilizing: Use nitrogen-rich fertilizer. Apply compost or cow manure before planting and NPK (10:10:10) during growth stages.
• Weeding: Regularly remove weeds to avoid competition.
• Pest Control: Watch out for corn borers, aphids, and armyworms. Use neem-based pesticides or biological controls.
• Support: Ensure proper spacing and hilling up soil at the base to support tall plants.

Harvesting

• Harvest corn cobs 80–100 days after sowing (depending on variety).
• Check if silks turn brown and the kernels are plump and milky when pressed.
• Twist and pull the cob downward to harvest cleanly.

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