[Sneeky]

I dearly love sweet corn. I have limited growing area, so I only grow one variety. I love the taste of Silver Queen but it doesn’t last long once picked and takes a long time to mature - like 88 days.

I like real corn taste - not just super sweetness but real corn flavor.

What’s your favorite sweet corn variety and why ?

 

[TekGremlin]

it doesn’t last long once picked

The sweetest corns never really last long once picked but I had a friend when I was kid who lived on a farm and his mom would always serve the most amazing sweetest corn even in winter. I once asked (imagine I was like a 12y old boy with no interest in growing anything and this corn was so good I asked) her the secret. She said it was to freeze the corn in the husk as soon as you pick it.

I have never tried it that as all my attempts to grow corn have so far ended in disaster, but I leave that tip just in case maybe it helps.

 

[BigSkyFarmer]

Incredible, Bodacious, Illini, are the varieties I grow. Can't really tell the difference between. They are a little faster to mature also.

 

[memtb]

Our favorite, which we haven’t seen in several years, was “Peaches and Cream”! memtb

 

[Magilla]

Our favorite, which we haven’t seen in several years, was “Peaches and Cream”! memtb

I haven't either. That was the best I've ever had. I wonder what happened to it?

 

[BigSkyFarmer]

Peaches and Cream”

You can get seeds from most of the major vendors.

 

[memtb]

You can get seeds from most of the major vendors.

Thanks....I’ll give it a look! memtb

 

[Atomic Inc]

My parents always raised bodacious and trinity. Good stuff

 

[Aceoky]

Check this out:

Best Sweet corn

 

[Sneeky]

I’ve planted silver king once in the past and it was very good.

I don’t like the super sweets as to me there is more to good sweet corn than sweetness, it has to have that corn flavor as well.

I think I’ll try silver king again.

Now for potatoes……

 

[Weedinhoe]

I do Silver Queen every year but have also done an early corn called Spring Treat (67 days) to get a jump on the season. It can germinate in slightly cooler than normal soil. Then I'd plant the Silver Queen about 10 days later to insure no cross pollination. This year I'm doing both Silver Queen and Incredible to compare the two.

 

[BigSkyFarmer]

I start all of my corn inside in trays then transplant. I have a heated propagation room on the back of the greenhouse. I can start early to get it established using a clear dome on a 10x20 tray in the 85 degree room, and have never had any problems. It takes a little more time to transplant into the rows, but usually no more than 2-3 hours for 1000 plants. A corn stalk in every hole. No gaps.

 

[francessanne]

The sweetest corns never really last long once picked but I had a friend when I was kid who lived on a farm and his mom would always serve the most amazing sweetest corn even in winter. I once asked (imagine I was like a 12y old boy with no interest in growing anything and this corn was so good I asked) her the secret. She said it was to freeze the corn in the husk as soon as you pick it.

I have never tried it that as all my attempts to grow corn have so far ended in disaster, but I leave that tip just in case maybe it helps.

i just read yesterday that the way to get good tasting corn in the cooking is to boil with a stick of butter and a cup of milk mixed in the water. havent tried it yet

 

[waterboy_75]

So e of the best sweet corn I have ever had was bodacious and incredible….and th8s was in the fall and winter. Old timer taught us how to blanch and freeze these two varieties…just as good as straight off the cob…unfortunately our is never as good as his was when he was alive…it’s really good, just not his. Peaches and cream straight from the garden is good.
He also swore the quality of the corn had to do more with ground temp when planted than anything else..he had it down to an exact science….in his mind anyway and you couldn’t argue the result.

 

[saln]

Anyone eat it raw? Most all corn is sweeter that way, juicer too.

 

[Sneeky]

Time to start thinking about spring planting! I did Bi-licious last year. It was very good. Grew well. Gonna try peaches and cream this year. I looove sweet corn.

 

[dmas]

AnswerLine • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

blogs.extension.iastate.edu

Corn continues to improve and there are many new cultivars.

 

[Sneeky]

Many new ones indeed. But newer isn’t necessarily better. I’ve found the super sweets to have tons of sweetness indeed but less corn flavor.

So far I prefer the Se types as a happy medium, but it is hard to get samples of too many types.

 

[Kloyiod]

I have limited growing area, so I only grow one variety.

What’s your favorite sweet corn variety and why ?

I need to know what's so limiting about your area that you can only grow one variety?
For me? I grew up on that bright yellow mid-western corn belt corn, "Illini super sweet" is what I go with!

 

[Sailorsam]

I'm like OP. Silver Queen has been the gold standard.
I think they have an updated that won't go bad as quick.