General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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July 20, 2013 | #16 |
Two-faced Drama Queen
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I second the recommendation of buhl sweet corn. I got my seed from Lee Goodwin at J and L.
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July 20, 2013 | #17 |
Tomatovillian™
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Yes, the corn gets darker the longer it stays on the stalk, and especially after it starts drying. I have selected for 3 generations for more color early in the fresh eating stage. The photo of the corn in the basket was at the fresh eating stage.
Here's a couple more photos: I open the husk, and evaluate color and taste while the corn is very young and still attached to the plant. If there is something with particularly good color or taste I put a flag on the plant so that I can find it later to harvest for seed. And a couple of cobs cooked, buttered, and ready to eat: |
July 21, 2013 | #18 |
Tomatovillian™
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Wow, Joseph! I never would have believed it would have that much color at the fresh eating stage! Dinner at your house must be a lot of fun.
There is not a good place for me to grow corn on my property. If there was, that is a corn that would be worth the trouble. Can't find that at your average grocery store! |
July 21, 2013 | #19 |
Tomatovillian™
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Joseph,
Those are beautiful. The pueblo people around here grow a red corn which can be eaten fresh at the milk stage. I grow it some years because it is very hardy and drought tolerant. Seeds of Change, which used to be here, offered a strain commercially. Jennifer, hello! I planted late, and my Buhl corn is just beginning to tassel. Is yours starting to set as well? Lee |
July 22, 2013 | #20 |
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I've tried many, and Buhl is my favorite OP.
Hawaiian #9 is my second favorite. With all of the OP corns I've tried, there is no third favorite. Gary |
July 22, 2013 | #21 |
Tomatovillian™
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My first crop of corn is about 10 days away from the fresh eating stage. It is LISP Ashworth, a yellow only sweet corn. It's the first corn I plant and the shortest season. The Astronomy Domine is just starting to tassel on a few plants.
This is what LISP Ashworth looked like about 2 weeks ago. |
July 22, 2013 | #22 | |
Two-faced Drama Queen
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I like your shout outs mid-post The corn is starting to tassel. I'm looking forward to it. I'm also looking forward to the banded amazon and copper currant! |
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July 24, 2013 | #23 |
Tomatovillian™
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hi Jennifer,
Good to hear that everything is going well. We'll have great, old-fashioned sweet corn at about the same time. I have a small plot of a Yukon cross growing and it is ready. It is a bicolor and the plants are small compared to Buhl. The flavor is good, though. Also, a few weeks ago a friend at the Santa Fe Farmers Market gave me a handful of seeds of a number of Hopi varieties of corn. I have a black, the red, the blue and a red-capped white. I'm hoping they all make so I have seed for next summer. Lee |
July 26, 2013 | #24 |
Tomatovillian™
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Try incredible. Sweet but corny.
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