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Post by canadamike on Feb 11, 2008 13:20:22 GMT -5
I want to play with Alan corn, but I would like the smallest plant possible. What is the smallest plant of sweet corn you ever saw? The shorter the better. Dwarf would be great.
Michel
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jason
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Post by jason on Feb 11, 2008 15:00:56 GMT -5
I think alan has the blue jade sweet corn in the mix and those a pretty small. I think.
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Post by Alan on Feb 11, 2008 19:38:41 GMT -5
Blue Jade and Black Mexican are both very dimunitive, also there was a local heirloom called Millersburg Red in the mix which is a pretty small type. Blue Jade is the smallest I have ever seen, it can actually be grown in pots, I've had two stalks to a 3 gallon nursery container a few years ago which produced well. The taste in the small varieties may be a bit lacking due to a smaller surface area for photsynthesis but Blue Jade is not a bad corn at all. If your looking for it for breeding stock I believe that SSE still carries it though I'm not sure.
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Post by canadamike on Feb 11, 2008 20:01:45 GMT -5
Thanks all. I ordered some.
And now, the smallest white one pleeeeease!
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Post by Alan on Feb 12, 2008 0:01:53 GMT -5
Small and white, hmmm, that's a hard one friend. Does it need to be OP or can it be a hybrid? Either way it's a long shot because most white varieties are late season and huge, though I'm sure I can stumble upon something for you. I'll look around and let you know.
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Post by canadamike on Feb 12, 2008 0:23:07 GMT -5
I'like an SE hybrid (homozygous) if possible. I would like a small very sweet corn. Are the dwarf genes dominant?
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Zone 4, acidic soil, and sandy loam that I have worked on for 4 years. Fixing the bad stuff.
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Post by peapod on Nov 11, 2008 23:14:08 GMT -5
Here is what I have if you are interested.
Its called Baby Orchard. Its a sweet corn. It grows 2.5 feet to 3 feet tall. I dint know the meters. Maybe a meter?
The ears are of course small. Its not the most practical of foods to eat. But my little one loves it. She can do her own harvesting of corn.
Its a yellow corn.
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Post by johno on Dec 6, 2008 17:54:22 GMT -5
Mike, I saved all the corn from small ears this year - from Astronomy Domine, and from a mass cross of Rainbow Inca/Silver Queen/Stowell's Evergreen. Want it all?
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Post by canadamike on Dec 6, 2008 18:17:51 GMT -5
 ;D
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Post by johno on Dec 8, 2008 11:15:25 GMT -5
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Post by johno on Dec 8, 2008 11:16:17 GMT -5
Cool - it worked!
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;D