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Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:45 pm
by greenheadgrimreaper
If you could have ONE sweet corn variety what would it be? Silver Queen is out. I planted it last year I'm wanting to go with a se or sh2 variety. Smart booty comments are welcome.

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:06 pm
by redneckway
i dont kknow the variety but the corn i get from Holly Ridge is the sweetest you will ever find

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:20 pm
by brandon327
obsession (sp?) fine as it gets. I bet you can't eat just one ear. Good luck on finding the seed though. You have to order it and order it early.

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:26 pm
by MSDawg870
Sweet G90

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:40 pm
by dukmisr2005
sweet G90, bodacious is what we sell. used to sell some meritt too.

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:53 pm
by greenheadgrimreaper
where do you get it from brandon?

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:33 pm
by cbath
I agree on the Holly Ridge as good as it gets price not bad and no worms

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:51 pm
by SWAG
I like Merit and Silver Queen. Merit will hold longer if pulling ears has to be delayed. The ultra sweet varieties is just too sweet for me. I like Merit on the cob and Silver Queen when you are doing fried or cream corn.

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:46 pm
by greenheadgrimreaper
More than likely I am going to go with an se variety. They're not super sweet, but are alot sweeter than the su varieties like Silver Queen and Merit. I grew silver queen last year and have always liked it for that old time corn taste, but I want to try something else that is a little sweeter.

Where can I get this Holly Ridge from?

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:54 pm
by Mouzon290
I ate some of the best corn last year, farmer said very hard to find the seed, but he called it peaches and cream ( this might be the farmer slang name ) but if you can find it is well worth the price.

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:13 pm
by brandon327
Our county extension agent was getting it for us. The g90 is good too if you can't get the obession. If you look online you can find alot of different varietys.

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:25 pm
by ducman77
G90

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:04 am
by olduckhunter
Mouzon290 wrote:I ate some of the best corn last year, farmer said very hard to find the seed, but he called it peaches and cream ( this might be the farmer slang name ) but if you can find it is well worth the price.

peaches and cream was what the first bi-colored sweet corn was called. now there are several bi-colored brands out. if you can find the "old" peaches and cream it is very good as is just about any of the bi-colored ones. sweet g-90 is one of them. back in the 60's field corn was good.

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:53 am
by dukmisr2005
i will have sweet g90 and obsession this season. obsession will be limited supply from me. dont know prices yet. i will have 5lb bags.

Re: Sweet Corn-vegetable guys

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:42 am
by brandon327
dukmisr2005 wrote:i will have sweet g90 and obsession this season. obsession will be limited supply from me. dont know prices yet. i will have 5lb bags.
Do you know why it is so hard to get? I know that they sell it per seed not per pound the way we get it.