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Gardening

mopinko

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13. great thread, thanks. DH demand corn this year.

Reply to Denninmi (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 02:45 PM

Jan 2012

our little garden is too small for corn, and the earwigs here eat the silks anyway. but now that we have a big plot we will be growing some this year.

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Do you have a favorite sweet corn? [View all] Denninmi Jan 2012 OP

Honey Select, which I buy from Rohrer Seeds locally. enough Jan 2012 #1

I'm going to do the fish line thing this year around my main gardens. Denninmi Jan 2012 #2

Silver Queen. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #3

The preferred corn to grow down here. in our sub-tropical clime. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #10

Oh, nostalgia...we can't grow good corn here like we did in PA. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2012 #4

Most of what we get around here (local, PA) is butter & sugar. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #6

Well, I like both groups, for different reasons. Denninmi Jan 2012 #7

Eastern shore (MD) Silver Queen is really the best - you can eat it raw. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #5

If you like the Ruby Queen Agony Jan 2012 #8

Candy Corn from (I think) Burpees is always super good. shraby Jan 2012 #9

I prefer the plain old fashioned yellow sweet corn. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #11

Golden Bantam is a classic yellow sweet corn that has been around since the early 1900's Agony Jan 2012 #12

great thread, thanks. DH demand corn this year. mopinko Jan 2012 #13