That's sad.
Seven people used to have stands or provide it somehow , within a three mile radius.

This year ,only one.
And she planted half as much.

Do no garden fresh sweet corn for me this year.

Used to eat three ears a week all summer long.
We
Got cuc's, egg plant zucchini and tomatoes coming out our ears though.
The front yard stands are all kinds of full.

Hmmm...plenty of it around here. The soil in this county is quite sandy, so most farms are irrigated. The dry conditions haven't really affected the local crop.

Lots of corn around here in Southeastern PA

It started off not great since we basically didn't get a drop of rain the entire first half of the summer, but then that flipped and we've gotten a lot in the second half and the corn is good.

My new favorite way is to grill it, slather on some mayo, roll it in cotija cheese and a good sprinkling of chili-lime seasoning, AKA Mexican street corn.

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It started off not great...

You're not kidding. I planted twice about a month and a half apart. Second planting is almost as tall as the first with more fruit. First plant is only about 50% edible.

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Originally posted by PASig:

It started off not great...

You're not kidding. I planted twice about a month and a half apart. Second planting is almost as tall as the first with more fruit. First plant is only about 50% edible.

Farm stand down the road had their corn for sale about 6 weeks or so ago and they were mini-ears. I never saw anything so stunted before, they were literally 1/3 the normal size with tiny kernels.

Lately it's been really good big sweet ears. Amazing what rain can do.

Lots of it around here. It was a dry June, but we've had plenty of rain since and the corn is looking good. Supposed to get up to about 100 this week, which is gonna suck, but it's about time for the crops to start drying out anyway.

My wife has been making sweet corn several times a week since we got back from vacation. My only complaint is that my diabetic diet won't allow me to eat as much as I want, but I still usually indulge half an ear at dinner.

Shortage here. Usually about 4 ears per dollar. This year it’s about $1 per ear.

I planted some sweet corn and it never went past knee high with baby corn. The field corn around here is 8' tall but most gardens have only stunted sweet corn. Not entirely sure why one variety did so well but the other didn't. Perhaps the smoke had something to do with it? Most field corn is a lot more robust than the sweeter varieties found in gardens.

No shortage here either. Price is up to 7 bucks a dozen though.

Tons of it around here.

Stink Bugs got a lot of the early crops around here planted by the Mennonite's, who do not use any type of pesticides on their crops. Many had to turn under and start over and several burned their fields and started over. Corn was later than usual and cost slightly higher ($6.00 per dozen ears this year and was $5.00 per dozen previously) last year, but this corn is handed to us straight from the field (we go to the farm to pick it up based on when they are picking). Wife and I put up (creamed) 9 dozen ears (almost three bushels) so the freezer if full for our needs. We are blessed.

I planted my first season sweet corn in March, and was eating it from mid-June to early July.

About a month ago, I planted my second season of sweet corn and it's about waist high. If everything goes well, about 6 weeks from now I should be harvesting more sweet corn.

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Shortage here. Usually about 4 ears per dollar. This year it’s about $1 per ear.

How much is pirate corn?

Bucaneer.

I’ll be here all week. Try the veal, and don’t forget to tip your waiter.

When my wife and I had a two row planter we used to plant a Hybrid blended (white and yellow kernels) named G90. This was 15-20 years ago. We still buy blended corn because it creams up so well.

Can anyone who is planting corn now days advise if the G90 variety is still around and being grown?

Plenty of yellow or bi color corn here in Ga. but I haven't found any white corn.

I really like Silver Queen and similar white varieties.

Sweet corn festival in Normal next weekend and they will have lots of it for sale.

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Originally posted by sigarmsp226:
When my wife and I had a two row planter we used to plant a Hybrid blended (white and yellow kernels) named G90. This was 15-20 years ago. We still buy blended corn because it creams up so well.

Can anyone who is planting corn now days advise if the G90 variety is still around and being grown?

Ferry-Morse supplies a G90 hybrid. Good stuff, I grew it last year. I think the seed packaged as "Jackpot Hybrid" for Home Depot may be the same thing, but I can't confirm that.

Thanks Pace for responding - Thats what we planted.

We LOVED this variety and it seemed to be slightly more drought and bug tolerant when we planted it. Glad to hear it is still around.

I was in central NY a couple weekends ago and was shocked at the corn growth (though I believe it's mostly "cattle corn"). Seems like the last decade or so all I saw were stunted half grown (or less) fields, often they didn't bother bringing it in.
Lots of rain this summer. Growing like mad. I couldn't believe how high and lush it was for early August.

I bought some sweet corn on Sunday.....2 ears/$1.00. They were nice big ears, and delicious!! I do love fresh sweet corn on the cob.