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WANTED: Baby corn seeds
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Posted by gill_didsbury S.A. (My Page) on Mon, May 16, 05 at 22:42
Hi All,
I am looking for baby corn seeds.
They grow many corn cobs on each stork.
Does anyone know where these are available?
Thanks
Gill |
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RE: WANTED: Baby corn seeds
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Hi Gill
I am not aware of a Baby Corn variety...I cannot see how it would propogate without having mature seeds ...I suspect that what you are looking for is a variety that produces many cobs per stalk and as far as I know they will all do that if you continue to pull the cobs of when they are immature....some of my Balinese this year had many stalks and some had many cobs ...many of which were immature at the time of harvesting...it helps if you plant them late.ha
If you know of a specific variety that has the trait you are searching for let me know
Or if I am ignorant of the plant you are looking for let me know too
cheers
Peter |
RE: WANTED: Baby corn seeds
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New Gippsland Seeds is selling Baby Corn - Petite Hybrid
"Expect 5 or 6 cobs of true baby corn when harvested young. Ears must be picked regularly before the silk appears". But, in fact, as Peter said, most corn can be harvested at the immature stage and used as baby corn. The tricky part is to find the right time to harvest as the cobs mature very quickly once they start to form. (BTW, any growing instruction that tell you to do something BEFORE something else annoy me almost as much as MEANWHILE in recipes... How do you know that it is the right time if you have never seen "silk appear" or broccoli flowers starting to open!).
Rose-Marie |
RE: WANTED: Baby corn seeds
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Hi Guys
The silk begins to show about 10-14 days after the tassles appear...the tassels are the male flower that has the pollen...it grows out the top of the stem...the silks are the female receptors that show as fine threads out of the end of the cobs and each silk is a receptor for one kernal (bump)on the cob...each kernal is one corn seed when dried
Anyway ...you can pick them anytime from when they begin to grow until the silk appears (as I mentioned above it will then begin to set seed)
If the cob is pulled before the silks show then it will not develope seeds (yellow bumps on the cob) and can be used in your stirfries etc because the whole cob is very soft at this stage
Sometimes cobs will grow one or more side cobs which usually never mature and can also be eaten as above
All corn plants can have their cobs picked at that stage and in my experience all plants (except stunted plants of course) will produce 5 or even more of these cobs...the taller the stem the more cobs can be expected...one from each axil
cheers
Peter |
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