• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Nancy Reading
  • Carla Burke
  • John F Dean
  • Timothy Norton
  • r ransom
  • Jay Angler
  • Pearl Sutton
stewards:
  • Devaka Cooray
  • Leigh Tate
  • paul wheaton
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • M Ljin
  • thomas rubino
  • Megan Palmer

Best OP sweet corn?

 
Posts: 130
Location: Quebec, Canada - 4b/5a
5
hugelkultur cat forest garden fungi trees woodworking
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hiya folks!

Best sweet corn for zone 4b/5a?

By best... sweet, good yield, open pollinated?

Yep.
That.
Thanks
 
out to pasture
Posts: 13082
Location: Portugal
4134
goat dog duck forest garden books wofati bee solar rocket stoves greening the desert
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Have you seen Joseph's Lofthouse Astronomy Sweetcorn?



I wanted to grow some last year but my husband confiscated the packet and grew it in one of his gardens, but where the wild boar could reach it.  And they destroyed the lot.

I kept half the seeds back though and this year I'll be planting it where I can guard it a bit more closely.
 
pollinator
Posts: 2790
Location: RRV of da Nort, USA
854
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Charles,

Don't know how easy it is for you to get seed from outside of Canada, but the following was bred just south of your border in the Red River Valley (south of Winnipeg):  https://www.victoryseeds.com/corn_sunshine.html

That 'Sunshine' variety has worked well for us....can't compete in yield and sugar content to the modern hybrids, but it's reliable and good tasting.  You may wish to look at the other open-pollinated varieties they offer as well.  Good luck!
 
Villains always have antidotes. They're funny that way. Here's an antidote disguised as a tiny ad:
12 rocket mass heaters documentary - 37 minutes
https://permies.com/wiki/108970/rocket-mass-heaters-documentary-minutes
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic