Giving Ambrosia sweet corn some tender loving care at planning time will reward you with a beautiful and sweet treat in a few weeks. The sugary yellow and white kernels provide a wonderful full corn taste. With some pampering at the beginning and moderate care throughout you should have a bountiful harvest.
The seeds can be ordered treated and untreated. Treated seeds have had a fungicide or insecticide applied to prevent usual diseases and insects from destroying the seeds before they can sprout. Generally, corn, as well as peas and beans will be offered this way.
Another reason for using treated products is that planting can be done at an earlier date. These sugary ears need to have warm soil to germinate properly. With a coating, the soil can be up to ten degrees cooler than when planting an untreated product. While gardeners differ slightly, the Zea mays var. Rugosa likes its rich bed at a nice 65 to 75 degrees.
Unlike its feed cousin, this eating variety just can't take the cold soil. Where the eating and field variety can withstand a frost off and come back, if the growing medium is too frigid for the table variety, it simply will not germinate. The higher the sugar content, kernel size, and white and yellow color, the less forgiving any planting faux pas may be.
The Family, Genus, and Species of this variety is Poaceae, Zea, mays var. Rugosa. Ambrosia is the cultivator. Two letter descriptors give the gardener an idea of the sugar content of each variety. Normal sugary is noted with a su; sugary enhanced is labeled with se; and sh refers to a shrunken seed that produces an extra sugary variety.
Harvest will take about 75 days from planting to picking. With good conditions and a pH soil reading in the 6.6 to 7.5 range will give the best results. Expect the stalks to reach from six to eight feet high. Plant them with enough room between plants.
Reports have mentioned less than stellar watering practices and attention has not affected the quality of the harvest. This type can keep its sweetness for up to ten days after picking from the stalk. Since the plant doesn't have seeds, it does not have to be isolated to prevent cross contamination.
When at all possible, give the Ambrosia sweet corn warm soil and good attention at the beginning of the growth cycle and you can expect a good reward at the end. Stagger planting for an extended harvest. This can be done into midsummer in most places. A quick search should lead you to many reputable seed sellers.
The seeds can be ordered treated and untreated. Treated seeds have had a fungicide or insecticide applied to prevent usual diseases and insects from destroying the seeds before they can sprout. Generally, corn, as well as peas and beans will be offered this way.
Another reason for using treated products is that planting can be done at an earlier date. These sugary ears need to have warm soil to germinate properly. With a coating, the soil can be up to ten degrees cooler than when planting an untreated product. While gardeners differ slightly, the Zea mays var. Rugosa likes its rich bed at a nice 65 to 75 degrees.
Unlike its feed cousin, this eating variety just can't take the cold soil. Where the eating and field variety can withstand a frost off and come back, if the growing medium is too frigid for the table variety, it simply will not germinate. The higher the sugar content, kernel size, and white and yellow color, the less forgiving any planting faux pas may be.
The Family, Genus, and Species of this variety is Poaceae, Zea, mays var. Rugosa. Ambrosia is the cultivator. Two letter descriptors give the gardener an idea of the sugar content of each variety. Normal sugary is noted with a su; sugary enhanced is labeled with se; and sh refers to a shrunken seed that produces an extra sugary variety.
Harvest will take about 75 days from planting to picking. With good conditions and a pH soil reading in the 6.6 to 7.5 range will give the best results. Expect the stalks to reach from six to eight feet high. Plant them with enough room between plants.
Reports have mentioned less than stellar watering practices and attention has not affected the quality of the harvest. This type can keep its sweetness for up to ten days after picking from the stalk. Since the plant doesn't have seeds, it does not have to be isolated to prevent cross contamination.
When at all possible, give the Ambrosia sweet corn warm soil and good attention at the beginning of the growth cycle and you can expect a good reward at the end. Stagger planting for an extended harvest. This can be done into midsummer in most places. A quick search should lead you to many reputable seed sellers.
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