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Posted by drscott 7a maryland (My Page) on

Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 22:12

Have harvested succession crops of Vision and Montauk so far with Mr. Mini Mirai and Xtratender 277A still to come.

The vision was the early crop and germination and growth were fair. The taste was wonderful and sweet but the ears were not large and the kernals were fairly shallow. No pests as is usual on the first crop.

Two successions of Montauk have been great. Large ears, deep kernals, very sweet taste. Taste holds well with only minimal loss of sweetness at one week in the refrigerator crisper. No Ear worms!!!! which is unusual for this late in the season. Not sure if there aren't any of the pests around this year or Montauk has tight sealing at the silks?

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Posted by vgkg 7-Va Tidewater (My Page) on
Thu, Aug 28, 14 at 10:04

Just finished harvesting the last Ambrosia bicolor, se, corn plot #3. All 3 plots were delicious and productive. Some earworms in this last batch but that's expected in the late season. Biggest pests were squirrels during the day, and opossums at night. Had to fence in and net this last batch or all would have been lost. I find that planting corn any later than July 1st here results in small ears and less per stalk, most likely due to the shortening day length.

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