Best time to plant corn in Charters Towers
Zea mays
Also called Maize, Sweet corn
Sow corn in Charters Towers in Jan to Mar, Sep to Nov.
Corn is a big, sturdy grass whose female flower clusters become ears packed with kernels, the part that gets eaten. Sugar-rich sweet corn is the type grown for the table, while field corn goes to livestock and into products such as cornmeal. Most modern kernels are white or yellow, though other colours exist.
When to sow in Charters Towers
Charters Towers, QLD is in the tropical zone. The zone also plants in Apr to Aug, but Charters Towers's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Charters Towers
Frost usually arrives in Charters Towers around early July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid June or as late as late August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 4cm
- Plant spacing
- 60cm
- Row spacing
- 76cm
- Height
- 290cm
- Germination
- 5-15 days, in soil above 12°C (18°C for supersweet types)
- Time to harvest
- 75 days
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.