Corn mazes
Corn or Maize mazes are utterly huge mazes that are cut into fields of corn during the summer months. They seem to have been inspired by the mysterious emergence of crop circles and also by Mayan and chalk hillside figures, and as well as appearing regularly as tourist attractions, they have been created in many place to celebrate local centenaries and as part of competitions to bring people into the countryside. They can cover anything from one to ten acres with paths covering more than two miles.
Normally a corn maize is planted in May in the UK, and by the end of the month the two to four inch corn seedlings will be ready to be marked out into the design. Often this is done by using a Global Positioning System and a paint sprayer to mark the plants to be removed, which can mean weeding out up to 200,000 plants by hand. More recent attempts have involved laying out the corn seed, painting the design on the ground and then spraying the field with systemic weed killer so that the corn is killed before it germinates where paths are required. The risk with this approach is that if the herbicide is blown around by the wind, it can kill the wrong seedlings, alternatively, if it rains, the herbicide can be washed away before it has the required effect.
By July the corn will be three feet high and continue growing at around six inches a week until it has reached a maximum of eight feet tall.
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