Corn (Zea mays)

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Duration: Annual Native to: Southern MexicoEdibility: FruitStatus in Yard: Garden

In the spring of 2016, I attempted to grow corn in my new raised beds, but there still wasn't enough nutrition in the soil, or at least that's my hypothesis. The plants grew some but never got very tall and never produced any corn.
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A tassel (the male, pollen producing part of the plant) on a corn plant on July 4, 2016.
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