What is growing here?

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  1. Kavacca

    Kavacca Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi, i would just like your help in identifying what is growing here. My first guess is sweetcorn but on closer inspection a fair bit of the crop is yellow and dead as far as i can see, or maybe just weeds? Any help would be much appreciated!

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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Might Be Maize.
     
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    I was thinking that, considering it is about 2 feet off the ground currently, how long would it take to reach 5 feetish from now? Thanks for your time!
     
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    Looks to be a farmers field of maize, it's very weedy though. It shoots up very quickly, by mid-summer it will be 6ft.
     
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    More likely maize for silage.
     
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    So by the end of July perhaps 6 foot? Even if the soils bad/weedy?


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      It will outgrow those weeds, probably 6ft by mid-August :blue thumb:

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      Its a neighbours field i use for walking in and was just wondering when it would be unwalkable :) Not long it seems!
       
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