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Re: Baby Corn

In a message dated 97-03-27 07:29:51 EST, you write:

<< Hi everyone

<< I'm a new subscriber and I would appreciate some help regarding growing
<< baby sweetcorn.  I live in the southern part of the UK and have grown
<< corn before, but our climate isn't particularly well suited to it.  In a
<< bad summer it is difficult to get it fully ripened before we start to
<< run out of sun.  The family love it and I'm hoping that baby corn will
<< be more reliable.

You should look into a short season variety. I am growing Hookers Sweet Corn
right now at a spacing of 6". It is a "baby corn" which grows to be 4-5 feet
tall. I have a long season so the first seeds I planted are already 2 feet
high. I don't have the packet near by so I can't give the exact number of
days it takes to grow this variety. I am told that this is an excelent short
season variety.

<< Firstly, should I plant a normal variety (l'll pick and F1 early
<< variety) or a variety which is claimed to be specifically for baby corn.

I am partial to non hybrid varieties but that is just my opinion. Most of the
baby corn I have seen is the short season variety.

You might want to check out the Seeds of Change web site. I bought my corn
from them and I was very pleased with what I received. They have a large
selection of both short and long season varieties.

"http://www.seedsofchange.com"

Hope this helps.

Kurt McCullum
(Glendale, CA / Zone 9)
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