Short Season Corn Varieties?

[897tgigvib]

That was how I grew it in Montana. It grows shorter, but still very nicely. About 5 feet instead of its 8 feet it can grow to. I was using 5 gallon size. Some of those containers were then placed in ornamental clay pottery.

 

[thistlebloom]

Oh! Hey, I betcha I could use it as an ornamental container plant for one of my customers who likes unique patio plantings! I have been thinking about what to do for her this year. Thanks for germinating that idea Marshall!

 

[ninnymary]

You mean you can grow corn in containers? Darn, how come no one told me about it! Does it produce enough corn for eating fresh? How many plants do I need in a container for pollinizing?

Thanks
Mary (who wishes she could grow everything) :/

 

[897tgigvib]

Mary, I'll be right there to your house with some tractors and equipment.

We'll be fixing your roof top up with 3 feet of soil on it, and this way you can have a rooftop garden!

uh ohhh, im on a late lunch break and getting into tall tale mood. Someone stop me from having any more espresso! Please!

But wouldn't a rooftop garden be cool?

 

[ninnymary]

Marshall, I've seen pictures of a rooftop garden in San Francisco. I think it's grown by the San Francisco Chronicle. They even have bee hives on it and extract honey.

So your idea doesn't sound too far fetch. The only problem is I have a tall, small victorian with a very pitched roof and I'm afraid of heights! :/

Mary

 

[baymule]

SeedO, do you ya'll mill your own cornmeal? I use a Family Grain Mill and it will not mill flint corn without damaging the grinding burrs. I ordered Painted Mountain and it looks like a flint corn, but I am going to use Thistle's recipe for cornbread found here, plus a whole lot about Painted Mountain corn.
http://www.theeasygarden.com/threads/painted-mountain-corn.9009/page-6#post-167474

 

[thistlebloom]

Bay, from what I've read about it, Painted Mountain is a flour corn.

 

[baymule]

Well, I'm sure gonna grow it and find out. No matter, I will either use my mill or use your soak-it-first method. Maybe both. I extended a bed a little (over the property line, but who's looking?) to plant the seeds in.

 

[bobm]

Mary, I'll be right there to your house with some tractors and equipment.

We'll be fixing your roof top up with 3 feet of soil on it, and this way you can have a rooftop garden!

uh ohhh, im on a late lunch break and getting into tall tale mood. Someone stop me from having any more espresso! Please!

But wouldn't a rooftop garden be cool?

OK, when one adds 3 feet of soil onto a roof, then add a sprinkle or two of water out of a hose, then add some Bay area fog and that garden will suddenly deposit a mud salad onto the kitchen table whether one is ready or not. Or if the roof is steep, one will have a nice mud slide off it to make mud pies with in your front/ back yard.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

SeedO, I'll add some Gaspe Flint corn to what I'm sending to you.

Yahooo! Thanks Marshall!