Home-Grown Corn: How Sweet It Is!

Recent breeding enhancements has given us sugar enhanced (often labeled SE or SE+) and supersweets (marked by sh2, which refers to the shrunken kernel size of their seeds). These types start out sweeter and stay sweeter much longer than regular sweet corn. If you really like sweet corn, go with these new types. Be aware, though, that the supersweets require warmer temperatures for germination, which shouldn't be a problem in most parts of California this time of year.

Some popular supersweet hyrbids have names like "Kandy Korn," "How Sweet It Is" and "Super Sweet." Personally, some of these supersweets are even too sweet for my sweet tooth. Other more traditional varieties include: "Silver Queen" and "Golden Jubilee." Check out seeds at the nursery or mail-order catalog. Thanks to our extra-long growing season in California, there's still plenty of time to plant a summer crop.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more tips on growing home-growing corn, check out the Extension Horticulture Information Resource.

The North Dakota State University Extention Service also has information on corn .

For some corn production facts, try the Ohio Corn Marketing Program.

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