What sweet corn do you use?

[journey11]

This is the first year I've grown corn, so I have no point of reference. I am trying Kandy Korn.

 

[bid]

I have been growing silver queen for the last few years. I have grown the golden bantam and liked it as well.

 

[curly_kate]

I did golden bantam the first year, and wasnt happy with it. It might have just been a bad year, but it was way too chewy. Last year we did Big Buns and Ambrosia which we got from a friend who grows corn for a roadside stand, and they were delicious! We're growing a sweet corn from Baker Creek this year, but I can't remember offhand what it's called.

 

[Southern Gardener]

This is the first year I've grown corn, so I have no point of reference. I am trying Kandy Korn.

Ditto. I'm growing (and it looks awesome ) hybrid bi-licious sweet corn. I picked up some seeds at my feed store.

 

[kcsunshine]

We sell at the Farmers' Market and grow "Gotta Have It" and Ambrosia. Seems like everyone around here likes Peaches and Cream, but we've steered them away. Now we have customers coming back asking for the "Gotta Want it" corn.

 

[seedcorn]

My family, friends quit using open pollinated sweet corn (golden bantam) in the 60's. We switched to Illini extra sweet. Now I've switched to Providence--more hardy plant, like flavor better.

Side question, do you know anyone using open pollinated sweet corn?

Personally I don't like the xtra sweets. All I taste is sweet, not corn. In almost every blindfold taste test of open pollinated corn Silver Queen (not the hybrid) comes out ahead but some folks are turned off by the white color. Golden bantam tastes great and has the advantage of less blowover in a rain storm.

It's interesting people's tastes. I like the SE varieties, microwave it, fresh butter--I also let it go out of "prime". Silver Queen, golden bantam taste like field corn to me--I get enuf of that walking corn fields. Not real fond of bicolor's either.

Where my folks retired in KY, they hated SE varieties as they used silver queen in area. In Illinois where I grew up, it had better be sweet or it got through out.

 

[HunkieDorie23]

I grew "Gotta Have It" last year it was OK. This year I am trying Kandy King. Supposed to be ready in 73 days. I like an early corn. I have no patients.

 

[Rosalind]

I agree w/ hoodat, not a huge fan of the extra-sweets. Of course, I was raised to get the water boiling on the stove first and then go out and pick the corn. If you get the corn in the boiling water in under 20 minutes, and boil for exactly 7 minutes, it'll be plenty sweet.

I liked Triple Play for a while, just because I like corn that isn't white or yellow. Dunno why, just do. Then Seeds of Change discontinued it for a few years, although I understand it's back now. This year I'm growing Clem Bennett, Pease Crosby and Stowell's Evergreen, just to try them and because, well, it's often difficult to convince your family and friends that yes, I know, it LOOKS like Indian corn but you CAN eat it like regular corn, no you CAN, yes, honestly, really, just try some please, see it's sweet, well I think it's pretty, fine, you don't have to eat it I guess.

Might go back to Rainbow Inca or Anasazi next year, though, I miss having the brightly colored corn. But like digitS, I want to have sweet corn for more than a couple of months, that was why I chose those three for 2010. Also, my popcorns are all colorful (Blue Pop, Fireside, Chocolate, Redbird) and I like it when DH can tell the difference--that way I can tell him, "Go get us some corn for dinner" and he'll have a decent chance of picking the right one.

 

[seedcorn]

So at what stage is everyone picking their sweet corn. As stated, I let it (for most people) go out of prime so I get that "corn" texture. I don't like it when it "pops" and you get fluids. Might be why I like the SE varieties and the not-as-sweet taste like field corn to me.

I never boil my sweet corn as all the flavor goes in the water to me. My MIL thinks boiling water is the only way. I've never grilled sweet corn, will this year.

 

[Greenthumb18]

So at what stage is everyone picking their sweet corn. As stated, I let it (for most people) go out of prime so I get that "corn" texture. I don't like it when it "pops" and you get fluids. Might be why I like the SE varieties and the not-as-sweet taste like field corn to me.

I never boil my sweet corn as all the flavor goes in the water to me. My MIL thinks boiling water is the only way. I've never grilled sweet corn, will this year.

I pick corn until when i place my thumb over one of the kernels and puncture through it, if it looks milky then it should be ready to pick.

Yeah i prefer corn grilled outdoors than boiled, it definitely has more of a taste in my opinion.