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I work in the vegetable seed industry and I am not aware of any complete listing of all sweet corn varieties and thier maturity dates. Also, the maturities listed on many varieties can vary depending on where the seed company is…"
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Figuring out relative maturities of sweet corn
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Before moving to insect protected corn several years ago, I used to plant Trinity, Ambrosia and Delectable, 67, 75 and 82 day maturities. If planted on the same day, these varieties were ready one…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark Willis May 10, 2012.
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Matt replied to Toby Brown's discussion Figuring out relative maturities of sweet corn"No, not really, but I find rust is temperature dependent. I tend to NOT plant later in the season. When I do it is 277a (ok so I do grow other than 274a). It is usually just smaller amounts and only to the farmers markets. I…"
Stephen replied to Toby Brown's discussion Figuring out relative maturities of sweet corn"Matt,
Do you have trouble with 274 and rust?
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Matt replied to Toby Brown's discussion Figuring out relative maturities of sweet corn"I don't think you will get ACCURATE numbers from ANY company. Growing conditions vary everywhere. Extra heat, lack of heat, water stress, etc. can swing maturity by WEEKS. What you see in catalogs from various seed companies…"
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Before moving to insect protected corn several years ago, I used to plant Trinity, Ambrosia and Delectable, 67, 75 and 82 day maturities. If planted on the same day, these varieties were ready one after another perfectly. After my initial planting of all three, I mainly stuck to delectable unless a rain held me out, then I could make up the gap/delay with a planting of ambrosia. I switched to Rogers BC0808 and BC0805 and found them to work pretty much the same way, with 77 and 82 day…See More
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