Posted by jdemaris on March 24, 2010 at 12:12:56 from (67.142.130.45):
In Reply to: Sweet Corn posted by NY 986 on March 24, 2010 at 11:18:14:
I'm in an area of NY with worse weather then you (hills of Otsego County). I've tried many different things to get early corn. Transplanting, planting in deep furrows under plastic, pre-germinating, etc. Nothing has ever worked better then just planting later when the soil is warmer - AND - using some good, cold-soil early maturing versions like Seneca (Horizon and Wardance) or Sprite for the first sweet corn. Most of the time, same-variety corn planted three weeks later than some experiment, did much better later on.
Picking the correct varities is the most important thing in areas like our's with short growing seasons and frost to the middle of June (sometimes). To be techinical, we've had frost here every month of the year on rare occasions. Had one once in august, and wasn't sure if we should call it a "late spring" or "early fall" frost. When corn is still in the two-leaf stage, it handles frost pretty well. Gets burned but comes back stronger. But. . . if more mature then that when it gets hit, it never seems to fully recover. At least not here.
By the way, if you want to try a fantastic white corn that seems to love crappy NYS weather, try Silver King. It is an amazing producer, gets huge ears that look like the old standard Silver Queen, but tastes much better and has a very long pick-window of time once ripe. It outdoes and out-tastes many bi-colors. Also once of best freezer corns I've ever grown. Matures 2-3 weeks before Silver Queen. Only dowside is that ear-worms love it. So, it's best not to grow it too long in the same soil patch.
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