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Re: SqFt Corn -- questions

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At 09:50 AM 8/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
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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
>
Se stands for sugar enhanced, and sh for shrunken kernel. Both are said to
be more tender and sweeter than most hybrid corns, and hold their sweetness
longer after picking. Sh corns must be isolated in distance or time of
planting (and this can be thrown off by the weather) to avoid crossing with
other corns, but se does not have to be isolated. I normally avoid hybrids
and genetically modified seeds, but I love this sweet corn and cannot
tolerate tough kernel skins getting between gums and teeth.  Margaret L


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