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Grain

Corn

📍 Tunisia

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

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Sow Harvest
Sow
Mar – Apr
Harvest
Aug
Growing period
Varies
Seeding rate
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Harvest — this part of the plant

Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .

Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .

Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.

Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
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Where Corn grows in Tunisia

hill mountain

Kroumirie - Mogods

It is a mountain range that spans the north. C 'is a continuation of the Tell Atlas coastal. The greater part of the area consists of acid clays and sandy rocks. This is the wetland with annual rainfall of 800 to 1200 mm per year. In this area, the slopes are steep and irregular (exceeding 8%) and poor soil.

hill mountain

North East and Cap Bon (semi arid with mild winters)

The North East is a mosaic of hills and plains with fertile soil and significant groundwater resources, allowing to practice intensive and extensive agriculture. The average annual rainfall is between 400 and 600 mm

hill mountain

Semiarid fresh winter

The Ridge is characterized by its hilly terrain and plains with fragile soils. The eastern part is dominated by vast mountains separated by plains. These plains are irrigated and the mountains are covered with forests and Alfa (Stipa tenacissima). At the base of the mountains there are calci soil-encrusted magnesian limestone and brown shades. These soils were formed in more arid climatic conditions, they are poor in organic matter, rocky, and often eroded. The average annual rainfall is between 400 and 600 mm

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