I Need a Cornier Corn - Page 2

jennifer28 · July 20, 2013

I second the recommendation of buhl sweet corn. I got my seed from Lee Goodwin at J and L.

joseph · July 20, 2013

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:

livinonfaith · July 21, 2013

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!

goodwin · July 21, 2013

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

Tormato · July 22, 2013

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

joseph · July 22, 2013

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.

jennifer28 · July 22, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by goodwin

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

Hi Lee,

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!

goodwin · July 24, 2013

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

lurley · July 26, 2013

Try incredible. Sweet but corny.

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July 20, 2013	#16
jennifer28 Two-faced Drama Queen Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital Posts: 955	I second the recommendation of buhl sweet corn. I got my seed from Lee Goodwin at J and L.

July 20, 2013	#17
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	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
livinonfaith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Posts: 1,332	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
goodwin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Espanola, New Mexico Posts: 606	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
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,963	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 26, 2013	#24
lurley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 741	Try incredible. Sweet but corny. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2