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Can corn be planted in summer solar terms?

Corn can't be planted in summer solar terms. Corn is suitable for long summer and small full planting. May is the preparation period of summer corn, and the key work is corn preparation. During the summer solar term, corn can be planted in Henan. Corn is a thermophilic crop, which needs higher temperature during the whole growing period.

Little summer is the eleventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar and the fifth solar term in summer, which marks the official start of the last month of summer. When the sun reaches longitude 105 degrees, it is called the solar term.

Summer heat, which means hot, is a little hot, not very hot. It means that the weather is getting hotter, but it is not the hottest, and most parts of the country are basically in line with it. Crops all over the country have entered a vigorous growth period, and it is necessary to strengthen field management.

Before and after the summer heat, agricultural production was mainly busy with field management except winter and spring wheat harvesting in Northeast China and Northwest China. Early rice is in the late filling stage, and early-maturing varieties should be harvested before the heat, and the field should be kept dry, moist and dry.