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50+ Honey & Cream Bi-Color Corn Seeds - Super Sweet - Hybrid


A longtime favorite sweet corn, Honey and Cream Hybrid combines the creaminess of white corn and the sweet goodness of yellow with a firm, old-fashioned texture. This bicolor is also so attractive sitting on a platter during summer picnics as well as when frozen and canned. The blunt-tipped, 7 1/2 -8 in. ears are filled with broad, deep kernels that you can really sink your teeth into. An (su) variety, Honey and Cream exhibits vigorous germination and is easy to grow. Because its sugars convert to starches quickly, we recommend eating or processing it shortly after harvest.

84 Days to Harvest!


How to Grow Corn

STEP 1

Timing

Direct sow in late spring. If the soil is not warm enough, seeds often rot before sprouting – especially when not treated with fungicide. Untreated corn seeds should be planted only when the soil has warmed up above 18°C (65°F) – warmer for super-sweet (sh2) types, and even warmer for a good stand. Use a soil thermometer. If spring weather is cold, consider planting in flats or individual pots, indoors with bottom heat, for transplanting. Seeds should germinate in 7-10 days. If it rains after planting and corn does not emerge, just re-plant the area.

STEP 2

Starting

Do not soak corn seeds prior to planting. Plant 2-5cm (1-2″) deep (shallower for sh2 seed or in cool soil). Sow seeds around 7.5cm (3″) apart, in rows 60-90cm (24-36″) apart.

Because corn is wind pollinated, plant in a dense block of at least 4 rows, rather than in single rows. This increases the chance of corn pollen, which emerges from male flowers at the growing tip, to fall down onto the receptive female silks that extend from each corn cob.

STEP 3

Growing

Ideal pH: 5.8-6.8.

Corn is a heavy feeder, so add manure or compost, and use 500g (1 lb) of complete organic fertilizer per 6m (60′) of row, mixing it thoroughly into the soil beneath each seed furrow. Thin to at least 20-25cm (8-10″) apart in the row. Large eared and double-eared varieties need to be 30cm (24″) apart. Keep free of weeds until knee-high, and then leave it alone.

STEP 4

Germination

Days to maturity: From direct sowing.

In optimal conditions at least 85% of seeds will germinate. Usual seed life: 2 years. Per 100′ row: 400 seeds, per acre: 87M seeds.

STEP 5

Harvest

When the silks at the end of an ear are a dry brown, the cob seems to start to droop, and the kernels release milky juice when cut.