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Old-fashioned corn?
ginnywhiskers
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in Fruit & veg
Where can I find seeds for corn on the cob that isn't one of the 'super-sweet", "sugar-enhanced" varieties? They seem to have taken over completely from the old-fashioned kind in seed catalogues.
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And here
http://www.realseeds.co.uk/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks very much for the swift replies, people. They both look hopeful; Realseeds only has one, but it seems to be the best of all. Have you tried any of them?
I've not tried their sweetcorn, but I've used other of their seeds which have always been of really good quality
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Real seeds are very good, always fresh seed.
I had two crops last year by sowing seeds 4 weeks apart
Realseeds and Vegetableseedstore don't sell them, presumably because they're modern F1 hybrids, but here's a link to people that do:
http://www.vegetableseeds.net/Sweet_Corn_Minipop_p/scn06.htm
They sound rather good - I'll give them a try if I have any money or garden space left after ordering from realseeds ...
That's a good price for minipop and they usually only come in packets of 30 seeds.
If you do decide to grow minipop and it's a windy spot it's better to plant them in a trench and earth up as they grow, gives them a deeper root system and anchours them into the ground. I plant small pumkins to wind in amoungest the minipop plants along with dwarf beans, similar to the 'three sisters' principle although the beans being dwarf aren't trained to climb up the minipop plants , it works well and keeps down the weeds.
Thanks for the advice Zoomer44. It's not terribly windy - I'm in Dorset - but your plan of corn with pumpkins and beans sounds very attractive. I prefer climbing beans though ... just need to think of a way to arrange things so that the beans don't get in the way of the pollination of the corn ...