You will want to plant them 1.5" deep. Corn is kinda fussy on that. It is best to get thrm all the he same depth, all come out of the ground at the same time.
You would want thrm evenly spaced. You can put thrm in any row width, but from one seed to the next, it is good if you are fairly consistent.
You will need to control weeds. Corn is a grass, it comes out of the ground and grows to 4-5 leaves sticking out. Thrn it sits there, looks like it isn't growing, for a week or so. Actually it is feeding it's roots, making much bigger roots. But the top isn't doing much growth at all.
If you get weeds at this point, the corn will feel the shade, and change its mind. It will grow taller, trying to compete with the weeds. However it often loses because it wanted to not grow at this time. Even if it wins and grows taller, it will be a weak poor plant, baca use now its roots are spindly and weak. It is ruined for the rest of the year.
Many new corn growers do not understand that. The corn needs that week or two to sit undeserved by weeds. A very critical period for corn. Even if it has a taller corn plant beside it, it will mess itself up trying to grow taller instead of feeding its roots. This is why fairly even spacing and very even seed depth is iimportant - so all the corn emerges at the same time and is the same height.
Notice I didn't say anything about the type of seed you need, or fertilizer.... That all depends on your yield goals, and for a food plot you likely don't care all that much. Corn likes nitrogen, about .8 lbs of N for every bu of yield you want. Your ground can provide 40-100lbs of N maybe on its own. 30-50 lbs of actual P and K is always nice to add if you can.
Even seeding and weed control early on are the important steps in a good corn plot.
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