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Post by circumspice on Oct 17, 2012 6:03:45 GMT -5
I am also trying to decide which corn would be best to grow. As far as flavor, I think that a mildly sweet, chewy, 'corny' flavored corn would be more to my liking than a super sweet. I want to grow a very productive corn because I won't be able to devote much space to it. (I don't own a tiller & I will be limited by the amount of garden bed that I will be able to prepare by hand. Another reason why I am leaning toward raised beds for most of the rest of my garden.) So... Any suggestions? (hot, dry climate; 1300 ft elevation; thin layer of alkaline soil over clay & limestone; approximately 200-240 frost free days annually.)
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Post by Drahkk on Oct 17, 2012 12:03:20 GMT -5
What you're describing sounds like regular (su type) sweet corn, and that's exactly what I would suggest you start with, as su corns tend to be more drought resistant, less nitrogen needy (for a corn; they are all greedy) and easier to grow in general. Merit and G90 are dependable, and readily available here. They taste very similar. Merit is easier to clean. What varieties does your local co-op stock in spring?
MB
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Post by 12540dumont on Oct 17, 2012 12:09:48 GMT -5
Spicy Girl, This year I grew a flour corn called Tohono O'odham from Native Seed Search. It did really well here. I know it's not a sweet corn, but some of their desert corns might do really well for you. Like the Mountain Pima Maize Dulce. Just remember to get 2 packages if you are going to save seed, as their packs are small. It seems to me as the sweet corn takes a lot of work and is gone in a day or two. I took half the sweet corn I grew this year and roasted it and dried it. I'll fool around with recipes later. But 200 ears is a lot for even my CSA. Attachments:
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Post by RpR on Oct 17, 2012 13:38:52 GMT -5
Try Six-shooter. It regularly produces multiple usable cobs on each stalk which is why it is called Six-shooter.
I get it from Shumway's but I am sure others may sell it also.
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Post by circumspice on Oct 17, 2012 14:39:16 GMT -5
What you're describing sounds like regular (su type) sweet corn, and that's exactly what I would suggest you start with, as su corns tend to be more drought resistant, less nitrogen needy (for a corn; they are all greedy) and easier to grow in general. Merit and G90 are dependable, and readily available here. They taste very similar. Merit is easier to clean. What varieties does your local co-op stock in spring?MB What local co-op? There are none.
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Post by circumspice on Oct 17, 2012 14:45:11 GMT -5
Good suggestions folks! It gives me something to think about this winter. Thanks!
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Post by Drahkk on Oct 17, 2012 15:32:23 GMT -5
What local co-op? There are none. I see a Feed & Seed in Bulverde, and another in New Braunfels. They shouldn't be any further than my job in Vicksburg is from my house. MB
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Post by circumspice on Oct 17, 2012 16:08:26 GMT -5
What local co-op? There are none. I see a Feed & Seed in Bulverde, and another in New Braunfels. They shouldn't be any further than my job in Vicksburg is from my house. MB Yeah, the Bulverde store is about 25 miles from my home. Because we are within 50 miles of 2 major cities, all the local businesses are dying. Our last 'real' hardware store closed its doors about 2 years ago. (the kind that sold everything from hardware & cast iron cookware, hunting & fishing licenses, tractor parts & major appliance parts to seeds & garden implements, even deer corn & live traps) We have a couple of small feed stores in the county, but they only have a standard rotating seed rack with mostly hybrid varieties. I'd probably do better getting seed online.
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Post by Drahkk on Oct 17, 2012 17:26:17 GMT -5
That's exactly why I'm 30 minutes from anything. I have Vicksburg south of me and Rolling Fork to the north (not that I'd call either a "city", but they're bigger than us), and all that's left in Valley Park is a grain elevator, a tiny one room post office, a few houses and a lot of corn fields.
I don't usually encourage begging, but if it's great tasting OP corn you're looking for, the best I've EVER grown came from Joseph...
MB
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Post by steev on Oct 17, 2012 22:38:12 GMT -5
'Kay, I need to bitch about the loss of community businesses. The ones that carry stuff not because it shows up on a computerized inventory as selling "X" units per square foot of shelf space per month, but carry stuff because they can get half a dozen wholesale and Bob (from over by the river) comes in every couple years to buy one, because that's the kind that does the job he needs done better than other stuff on the market.
No offense meant, Drahkk, but Home Despot doesn't carry the broom I want, nor does any other store I could find after the one I bought from for years went out of business. Eventually, I found the factory online and bought the half-dozen they'd sell me. Cost me twice what I'd paid for one, so now I have probably enough brooms to last me until I quit the business, at a considerable discount, but I have to store them, and the small business is gone. The space it leased has been empty 2 or 3 years, now. The local community is poorer for the vacancy and the factory may be gone in the (unlikely) event that I wear out my supply of brooms before I wear out my desire to be in business. 'Kay, I'm done bitching.
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Post by Drahkk on Oct 18, 2012 4:42:53 GMT -5
None taken. I never said it was made of gold.
I try to protect the ones still in Vicksburg. Every day I send customers to Katz Brothers, Cook Tractor, Magnolia Tractor, Sefco, Irby, Wells & LaHatte, Rebel Welding, Faulks Feed, Watkins nursery, Southern Pipe, McCoy's, Midsouth Lumber, etc., if I think they can get better products or service. It's the right thing to do.
MB
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Post by spud on Oct 26, 2012 18:49:41 GMT -5
I liked a se variety called seneca dancer, not to sweet and good taste, much better than ambrosia but it is no longer produced.
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