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seeds on top of corn plant Top HatZea mays## HOW TO GROW CORN, SWEET Sweet corn takes about 14 days to emerge from 50F soils but only about 5 days to emerge at 70F. Direct sow in mid May in the Midwestern U. S., in mid April in milder climates. Direct sow as early as mid February with row cover in mild temperate climates. In regions with short growing seasons, start indoors two plants per cell 2 4 weeks before last frost, plant out 02 weeks after frost. Some soak seeds in water tepid
Zea mays##
Days from maturity calculated from the date of seeding. Average 120–156 seeds per ounce, about 10–15 pounds per acre. Average 29M seeds per acre, ranges from 28M to 45M per acre. Federal germination standard: 75%. Usual seed life: 5-10 years. Isolation distance for seed saving: 2 miles.
Planting Depth 1-2”
Soil Temp. Germ. 55–65˚F
Days to Germ. 4-14
Plant Spacing 8”
Row Spacing 30”
Days To Maturity 82
Full Sun, Moist Well Drained
Top Hat Seed Count
.25 Pound ≈ 580 seeds
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Open-pollinated super sweet yellow corn with 7-1/2” ears, bred by the late seed breeder, Jonathan Spero of Lupine Knoll Farm. Delicious freshly steamed or boiled. Jonathan Spero wrote about the “Top Hat corn story: Nearly all of the improvements in sweet corn in the last half century or more have been bred as hybrids. Open pollinated (OP) varieties, ones from which you can save seed, are way behind. Fortunately, this should not be too hard to remedy.
One of the simplest methods to make a more modern OP variety is to choose a good hybrid and “de-hybridize” it. This is done by growing out the seed and saving and replanting the best for several generations until it is reasonably stable.
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This is Open Source Pledged Seed (OSSI). By purchasing this seed you are a part of the Free The Seed movement. This variety is registered as an OSSI-pledged variety and seed. “You have the freedom to use these OSSI-Pledged seeds in any way you choose. In return, you pledge not to restrict others’ use of these seeds or their derivatives by patents or other means, and to include this pledge with any transfer of these seeds or their derivatives.” To learn more, visit: www.osseeds.org/about/.
Tags: Type: Sweet, Color: Yellow, Size: Large, Heritage: Heritage: New Variety, Heritage: Open Source OSSI, Season: Summer, Certification: Organic.##Feral Farm##Certified Organic by CCOF##Seed grower since 2015##//cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0129/8922/files/Feral-Farm-Photo-small.jpg?3##I started growing seed commercially as an apprentice at the Organic Farm School in the Puget Sound in Washington. I already loved growing vegetables, but taking a plant all the way through its life cycle felt like a special kind of honor, and I quickly saw the value in sustaining organic, important, and rare plant varieties and participating in sustainable food systems in this way. I moved to Oregon in 2015 and have been growing my organic seed farming business over the last four seasons by renting land from existing farms and slowly taking on higher volumes and more varieties. I’m currently growing 1.6 acres of certified organic seed crops and heirloom garlic.
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