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Re: SqFt Corn -- questions

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Margaret --
>Patricia, it makes a big difference whether your hybrid corn was sh or se.
>If sh type, it would cross with any corn grown within 150 feet, and you'd
>not have the sweet benefits of the corn you planted. If it was an se corn,
>it wouldn't cross. Seed catalogs can tell you what varieties are sh and
>which are se. 

What do sh and se stand for?

The varieties were Golden Cross Bantam and Breeder's Choice -- basically,
what we found in a local store when we realized we had to plant NOW or not
at all this year. One is a late season variety. The stalks (of each) are
basically all different sizes.

>As for the raccoons, when the ears get large, fasten them to the
>stalks with shipping tape (a wide Scotch tape). If the raccoons can't pick
>them, they won't eat them. Good luck, Margaret L

Well, they've taken many of the stalks completely down, so the tape wouldn't
be very helpful since a broken stalk doesn't make ripe corn. I'd heard they
only went after ripe corn, but  that's not correct. I just double-checked
with DH and he said he's positive it's racoons -- deer would have made a
bigger mess of the garden, and he's seen their scat as well.

I'll check out Southern Exposure

Patricia


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