Cyclonemom
Veteran Member
Sweet corn in WI is a struggle. I am surrounded by corn fields, so isolation, unless I get lucky with different pollination times, is hard.
The biggest struggle though, is just getting it to germinate! The soil temp in the 2 patches I have set aside for sweet corn (not raised beds for sweet corn, one is a classic garden area, the other is a bastard version of a sheet compost/back to eden) never gets to 60+ degrees most years until mid June, some years early July!
Anyone have any recommendations for the best sweet corn variety for short season (65 days, preferably less) AND good cool soil germination?
The biggest struggle though, is just getting it to germinate! The soil temp in the 2 patches I have set aside for sweet corn (not raised beds for sweet corn, one is a classic garden area, the other is a bastard version of a sheet compost/back to eden) never gets to 60+ degrees most years until mid June, some years early July!
Anyone have any recommendations for the best sweet corn variety for short season (65 days, preferably less) AND good cool soil germination?