Best time to plant corn in Bathurst
Zea mays
Also called Maize, Sweet corn
Sow corn in Bathurst in Dec.
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 Bathurst
Bathurst, NSW is in the cool zone. The zone also plants in Jan, Oct to Nov, but Bathurst's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Bathurst
Frost usually arrives in Bathurst around mid April and finishes by late October. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late March or as late as late November, 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.