I wouldnt worry much about cross-pollinization of different sweetcorn varieties, after all, they are all sweet. You do want to keep it away from fieldcorn however. If you plant 65,72, and 85 day varieties all at the same time they will not cross-pollinate because they tassle at different times. When you plant a faster variety later than a slower variety you can get some mixing of the two, but again, it wont hurt nothing. I stick with slower maturing varieties for later plantings since they tend to be better tasting anyhow. I also mix up the ground my corn is planted on, rotating (2) years clover, (1) year corn. That minimizes fertilizer needs for the corn.
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I dont know because I have never tried "gottahaveit".
If you can find the seed, try a few rows and see what you thing. But it is the best sweetcorn I have tried.
I Like the corn to be sweet and large/full kernals. That is why I dont much care for silver king, which is what my grandparents always used to plant.
I and another one that a friend gave me some ears that was pretty good was something like "peaches and cream". It was pretty good too.
Tried "Gotta Have it" for 2 years. First year I only got 3 awesome, VERY sweet ears. I planted twice as much last year and didn't get one ear(very hot summer)?! I planted end of May in TN, so soil was warm, decent germination also...just couldn't get plants to thrive. This year I am trying another Gurney's variety.....maybe will try putting some leftover Gotta have It also, the corn varieties cross pollinate OK. I haven't tested my soil, its clay type and field corn is grown in the area? I did try some fertilizer but, but maybe I need more? Soil testing this year-hopefully.
This will be my second year for "gotta Have it" I've never run into a sweeter corn that last as long in the frig as this. also have a patch a good distance away with some "Ruby Queen" and "Northern extra sweet" for a bit of variety.
Glad to see there will be some other reviews of "gotta have it" this year is my first with it looking forward to some good sweet corn!
I seeded one double row (75 x 2) 150' total on the 3rd of April (a week or so early for here) and just germination checked that row Monday the 11th and I have germination so I expect by the end of the week to see plants above ground. :thumbsup:
I have 2 more double 75' rows sitting bare I plan on seeding at 2 wk intervals so as I can have a for sure supply of product. I am in Kansas btw.
I seeded one double row (75 x 2) 150' total on the 3rd of April (a week or so early for here) and just germination checked that row Monday the 11th and I have germination so I expect by the end of the week to see plants above ground. :thumbsup:
I have 2 more double 75' rows sitting bare I plan on seeding at 2 wk intervals so as I can have a for sure supply of product. I am in Kansas btw.
Pollination is generally better if you plant in square blocks, rather than a couple of rows. If you find you have ears where the kernels are not completely filled in, it is usually due to poor pollination.
I agree. I usually try to plant no less than 4 rows wide at a time, no matter the length. the long rows are easier to manage but I end up with uneven pollination if I plant less than 4 rows at a time. I've planted rows at 36" for years and have had very good results, but this year I am trying 28" rows to see if I can get a 2 row cultivator to work. Time will tell if that affects my pollination.
Yeah ray I thought about that after the fact and I agree, in fact I had a brain freeze at the last minute when I decided to do the 2 week thing and could have done a third of the 3 rows then at once anyway thanks for the advice!
I think the other 2 rows will get the block treatment. I will use 2 rows just 1/2 of each for my 2 week planting schedule we will see how it goes!
charlz
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Fertilization is key to good corn production. I have followed a corn fertilizing schedule of: some at planting (over 2 inches and down 2 inches from the seed), some at 8 inches tall and some at 18 inches tall. I have used 16-16-16 followed by 46-0-0 and 46-0-0. I don't broadcast it, I actually use my little Earthway planter to 'plow' it in next to the rows. I use the beet plate and this method uses very little fertilizer and gets it into the ground where it does the most good. Soil tests are $38 here so I just 'play it by ear' and try to avoid over fertilization by using the planter method.
charlz
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Yeah ray I thought about that after the fact and I agree, in fact I had a brain freeze at the last minute when I decided to do the 2 week thing and could have done a third of the 3 rows then at once anyway thanks for the advice!
I think the other 2 rows will get the block treatment. I will use 2 rows just 1/2 of each for my 2 week planting schedule we will see how it goes!
You can always do some hand pollination on those first rows. When it is time just walk around taking pollen off the tassels and dropping it on the silks.