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Okla/Kans Bill
06-22-2003 20:08:18
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Re: Country Gentleman sweet corn in reply to Gary The Rookie Farmer, 06-22-2003 14:43:42
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Hello Gary the Cookie Farmer---Yes, It means you can save the kernals for seewd for next year. BUT, the old timers never saved the seed from 1, if desperate, and preferably 2 ins from the butt and the tip of the ear. They wanted the full kernals. They would either cut the butt and end with a corn knife and then shell the center of the ear, or either shell the whole ear and the grade tthe corn through the long winter months, which seems a way to have the family colse together, and be (in a way) keeping in toudn, in the winter, with the activities that would be going onnext spring. NEXT. I dont know where you live, but that notice LONG GROWING SEASON means just that, and if you live up in the north, youll need around a month of frost free days longer than the number of days needed to grow the corninto ears. Check with your extensioon agent to see how many days average of frost free weather you have in your area, and remember, that nmber can change dependfing on wheather you live up on a hill, or down in a ravine, how much sunlight your garden gets a day to promote growth.
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