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Article: The secrets to growing delectable sweet corn.(The garden)
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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There are as many opinions on what makes a delectable tasting ear of sweet corn as there are silks on that ear. Corn perfection, it seems, is a matter of opinion. There are, however, some tried and true cultural methods for gardeners who wish to seek sweet corn superiority. To discover those you might ask Mack Ehrhardt, of Albert Lea Seed House, what's most important when planting sweet corn and he'll remind you it's warm soil.
"What's the second most important thing?" the aspiring sweet corn gardener might ask the Albert Lea, Minnesota seedsman whose catalog carries some 20 sweet corn varieties for Midwestern gardens and farms.
"Warm soil at planting ...