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When will the corn be planted?

Generally, corn seeds can germinate at 6 ℃-7℃, so sow in early spring suitable for agriculture and harvest when the ear of corn is yellow and the upper seeds are hard.

Suitable farming time. Corn seeds began to germinate at 6℃ ~ 7℃, but they germinated slowly and were easily infected by germs, pests and herbicides. Generally speaking, the standard for the start of the suitable sowing period of spring maize is that the ground temperature of 5 ~ 10 cm soil layer is stable at 8℃ ~ 10℃. Pre-soil preparation and good soil preparation are the premise of timely sowing. During spring sowing, the temperature rises rapidly, and the best sowing date is generally only about 10 day.

Corn belongs to the genus Panicum. Alias: Corn, Bonzi, Baogu, Mi Bao, Baosu, Hosta, Corn, pearl rice, and Su, which are called pearl grains in northeast Liaoning dialect, coix seed in Chaozhou dialect, millet in Cantonese and Fanmai in Minnan dialect.

Corn is an annual monoecious cross-pollinated plant with tall plants and stout stems. It is an important food crop and feed crop, and its total output ranks first in the world. Its planting area and total output are second only to rice and wheat.