Corn Growing starts with deciding which type of corn to plant: standard, sugar-enhanced, or super-sweet. Standard sweet corn varieties (sometimes called “normal sugar”) have old-time “corny” flavor. ‘Golden Bantam’ is a classic yellow-kernel standard sweet corn, also ‘Country Gentleman’ (white kernels), ‘Silver Queen’ (white) and ‘Double Standard’ and ‘Honey and Cream’ (both bi-color kernels). Sugar-enhanced…
Cereals & Grains
How to Grow Corn
Corn is a warm-season annual that is best planted after the soil temperature reaches 60°F, usually two or three weeks after the last frost in spring. Corn planted in cold, wet soil is unlikely to germinate. • Corn grows best in air temperatures from 60° to 95°F. • Corn can take from 60 to 100…
Baby Corn: Kitchen Basics
Baby corn fresh picked is sweet and crunchy. You can eat it whole out of hand–yes, kernels and cob together, add it raw to salads, or cook it quickly in stir fries. Fresh baby corn among crudités is a summer-only delight. But fresh-picked baby corn–not the baby corn out of a can swimming in a…
Sweet Corn: Kitchen Basics
Here are the directions for serving sweet corn on the cob: First, place a large pot of water on to boil. Then rush to the garden plot and select the perfect ears—creamy and solid with little pearl kernels at the tips. Rush back to the kitchen and strip off the husks and rush the corn…
Sweet Corn Basics
How do you like your corn? The answer probably says a lot about where you are from. If you prefer mixed yellow and white kernels in each ear, you are probably from New England. Your favorite varieties are likely ‘Bi-Colored’ or ‘Butter and Sugar.’ If you prefer all white kernels in each ear, you are…