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Gardening

Emile

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3. Ambrosia sweet corn is a hybrid. I saved a few ears

Reply to TygrBright (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 18, 2022, 10:37 AM

Jun 2022

and dried them out in front of my dehumidifier last summer and stored the seed in a glass jar. Because it was a hybrid I wasn't for sure if it would come up or not when I planted it, but to my surprise it's looking great. It is the sweetest sweet corn I ever ate. Looking forward to eating this years crop.

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Amazing there are billions of tomato and strawberry seeds that slip through people's hands [View all] bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 OP

Sweet corn seed is very expensive too. Save a few ears this summer and allow Emile Jun 2022 #1

A lot of those seeds are sterile if they are from hybrid varieties. n/t TygrBright Jun 2022 #2

Ambrosia sweet corn is a hybrid. I saved a few ears Emile Jun 2022 #3

I'm not a fan of high-sugar corn. SharonClark Jun 2022 #4

Then you would love field corn. Emile Jun 2022 #5