Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Golden Bantam Corn
Zea mays · Golden Bantam Corn
Vegetables · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Golden Bantam is a yellow-kernel heirloom sweet corn with relatively short ears.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Water deeply during dry spells, especially at tasseling and silk emergence.
Soil & drainage
A warm, fertile bed with good drainage.
Fertilizer
Prepare the bed with mature compost. This crop benefits from adequate nutrition during active growth; follow a suitable vegetable fertilizer label and your soil test rather than adding an arbitrary dose.
Temperature
Frost-tender crop: start with warmth and move outside only after cold weather has passed.
Planting
Direct sow once soil warms. Plant several short rows in a block for wind pollination, rather than one isolated row.
Harvest
For sweet corn, pick ears when silks brown and the kernels give milky juice when pressed.
Through the seasons
Keep different corn types separated in space or flowering time when cross-pollination affects eating quality. Poor pollination leaves gaps in ears.
When your plant needs help
- Harvest at the milky-kernel stage and use promptly; keep incompatible corn types separated in flowering time or space.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.