planting corn varieties together?
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Comments (5)What are you worried about? Both are plain "SU" types so the only thing that could happen if they would happen to cross is a few yellow kernels on some white Silver Queen ears. And I agree with other comments but if you are concerned you can also just remove the Early Sunglow tassels as soon as the first Early Sunglow silks start to darken. But their maturity dates are closer to 3 weeks apart so you really won't even have to anything. Just enjoy....See MoreCorn - isolating these varieties, and when to plant?
Comments (4)Corn needs warm soil to germinate, so I'd wait 2-4 weeks after the last frost is predicted to sow it. Those look like very interesting corn varieties! I found these DTM for the varieties, though only the last two are from the same seed source. Since DTM is a guesstimate anyway, maybe it's close enough. Black Aztec/Black Mexican - 70-95 days Trucker's Favorite - 80-100 days Bloody Butcher - 120 days Absent a lot of space, the best way to isolate corn varieties is to plant them so that each variety doesn't produce pollen at the same time any of your other varieties do. The recommended gap is 14 days. Basically, that means if you want to plant three varieties of corn with DTM of 65, 80, and 95 days, you can plant them all at the same time, because they'll mature more than 14 days apart, and the pollen shed won't cross-pollinate your other varieties. Another way to see it -- if you had three different varieties that ALL had a DTM of 70 days, you could sow them without isolating them if you sowed each variety two weeks later than the one sown earlier, say May 1, May 15, & June 1. So you'll need to work out the arithmetic! In your shoes, I think I'd plant the Black Aztec first, wait a couple of weeks to guarantee that it pollinated before the other two and plant the other two at the same time (which we know wouldn't result in cross-pollination). I THINK you'd avoid cross pollination on that planting schedule, but somebody may need to correct my arithmetic. I get confused when there is a date-range given, rather than one date!...See MoreCorn transplanting and a pepper variety question
Comments (7)Corn does not like having its roots disturbed, I would not attempt to transplant it, but you will never know for sure until you try it. There are several peppers, which are categoized as Hungarian stuffing peppers. Most of them are variations of the Hungarian Wax. Essentially a low heat, hot banana type. and yes they are red when ripe. Here is a link that might be useful: Hungarian Stuffing Pepper...See MoreCan you plant different varieties of corn next to each other?
Comments (1)That one will not work,if they tassel at the same time. They will cross, the popcorn won't pop properly, and the sweet corn will be more starchy. That said you can plant different varieties of sweet corn together as long as they are similar types. Supersweets (SH2) must be isolated, or eating quality deteriorates severely. Unless you have a farm, it is easier to isolate in time rather than distance. It is wind pollinated, and the pollen can ride the wind for 50 yards or more....See Morefusion_power
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