Thanks for the video, Harry.
I wish I had your corn, CW. The corn around here has been less than stellar. Probably due to the late frosts we were getting and the unusually dry summer. One of my ears had a worm in it
and the other two very small kernels. Hopefully the later plant will be better.
The rest was good though.
Kylie, some sweet onions and sour cream in the middle and those would be my tacos to a tee. I've gotta ask though... hard shells or soft?
That looks very nice, Pac!
Re: the corn. This year, the cobs are decent sized, the kernel set is excellent, and we are getting corn earlier than normal. This with the drought. We have been watering since about the 8th of July, not every day, but a good soaking every other day. We were also able to get the corn in much earlier than normal (our corn patch has been too wet to plant until late May for the past three years, so it was nice to get the corn in before the 15th of May this year). We have planted these varieties for three or four years. With the rainy summers, we would get small cobs, late in August, and lousy kernel set. We are happily surprised at the size of the cobs, the sweetness, and the kernel set. The DH described the cobs we ate with the wings as "market size." We could have a roadside stand and sell this corn--it is that nice. We don't fertilize the corn, but we did turn in chicken poo this year when we plowed that patch!
Harry--we do eat it raw when we are picking it--but I also only cook it for about 6 minutes, so it is not overcooked. I don't do anything fancy like grill it--I prefer it cooked in water to which a bit of milk and sugar has been added. I was told by a sweet corn grower to start the pot, run out and pick the corn, toss in some milk and sugar, and then the cobs, cover, and simmer for 6 minutes. He was a horticulturist and told me, whether it was true or not, I don't know, that by putting the sugar in the water, the sugar in the corn did not come out. He was from the Netherlands and grew acres of sweet corn. He also had a dairy farm and worked the seasoned cow poo into the fields early in the spring and again in the fall after turning the stalks under.
The success of the corn depends a lot on the soil, when you can get the corn planted, the nutrients in the soil, the weather (very much on the weather after planting, during the growth period, during the tasseling time, and the cob setting time), the amount of rainfall and when you get the rainfall during the growing season. If you miss the window of opportunity re: planting (soil temp right--I think we planted when the soil temp was 18C), rainfall after planting, days of sunshine after the plant starts to tassel, night temps, etc., corn can be a total wash out. It does take a lot of real estate. I have noticed we have a lot of stalks with two cobs each. That is great! And, the stalks are well over 6 ft, which is tall for sweet corn. We must have got something right this year (and the corn goddess must have liked our patch and the chicken poo)!
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" summers.we had a lovely "indian" summer in august/sept & it ripened nicely.i did just that,ate it raw off the cob.guess that's the beauty of organic gardening,quick rinse in the rainwater butt then sit in the sun eating what you've grown....life is good!!
