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'Early Sunglow' Corn |
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Normal (su)
Early Season
Yellow kernel
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Hybrid, early-season, normal (su), yellow corn with 6- to 7-inch ears with 12 rows of kernels. 5- to 6-foot plants.
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| Days To Maturity: |
68
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| Seed Sources: |
Lake Valley Seed - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)
Taste: (3.6 Stars)
Yield: (4.2 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.2 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 5
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 06/27/2021 by
TheFluffyOne
- An experienced gardener
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Kane, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Easiest corn to grow I have encountered. Actual old fashioned corn taste with just enough sweetness(modern corn are beginning to taste like sugar, not corn). Ripens early and ripens late. Works well for succession planting. Short corn, two per stalk. In my are 4.5 - 5 ft tall. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nAt this point in my corn growing life, this has become THE corn I plant. It is not that this is the greatest corn on the planet, but it fits my needs. Simply put, this is an extremely undemanding corn to plant, and the hardiest variety I have grown to date. But most importantly to me, it is a great height for growing in an area plagued by critters. I face deluge of foxes, coyotes, squirrels. possums, and racoons. I have tried all sort of barrier methods over the year and most fail after a season of two as the critters figure them out. I always swear I am going to build a 10 foot high chain link fence with a chain top, but never get around to it. A more practical solution is to use a 5 foot high metal fence around 4x4 squares with a piece strapped across the top as ceiling. Early Sunglow is just the right height to be caged easily, and is a size that allows you to reach into the cage and tend the corn to protect it from worms etc. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nTaste wise I prefer Silver Queen, Sugar Dots, Ruby Queen,,Peaches & Cream but they do not readily lend themselves to a 5ft cage. Early Sunglow has good flavor, you can succession plant it and it shakes off early and late frosts. The seed is ungoshly tough. I am writing this in 2021 and I am still using sees from 2010. My germination rate is still 90%. I soak the seeds overnight and then plant them out. I plant them both 2 or 3 to the square foot. I plant them 3 to the square foot for the first two plantings and then 2 per square foot for the last two plantings in 4x4 blocks. The reason I change the number per square foot simply has to do with watering. I hand water from a watering can and find it is hard to keep up with the water needs of 3 per square foot once the dog days of August hits. Each stalk generally yields two ears. So I get 32-48 5-7" ears of corn per 4x4 square. |
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Reviewed on 06/27/2021 by
TheFluffyOne
- An experienced gardener
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Overall
Taste
Yield
Ease
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Kane, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Easiest corn to grow I have encountered. Actual old fashioned corn taste with just enough sweetness(modern corn are beginning to taste like sugar, not corn). Ripens early and ripens late. Works well for succession planting. Short corn, two per stalk. In my area 4.5 - 5 ft tall. \r\n\r\nAt this point in my corn growing life, this has become THE corn I plant. It is not that this is the greatest corn on the planet, but it fits my needs. Simply put, this is an extremely undemanding corn to plant, and the hardiest variety I have grown to date. But most importantly to me, it is a great height for growing in an area plagued by critters. I face deluge of foxes, coyotes, squirrels. possums, and racoons. I have tried all sort of barrier methods over the year and most fail after a season of two as the critters figure them out. I always swear I am going to build a 10 foot high chain link fence with a chain top, but never get around to it. A more practical solution is to use a 5 foot high metal fence around 4x4 squares with a piece strapped across the top as ceiling. Early Sunglow is just the right height to be caged easily, and is a size that allows you to reach into the cage and tend the corn to protect it from worms etc. \r\n\r\nTaste wise I prefer Silver Queen, Sugar Dots, Ruby Queen,,Peaches & Cream but they do not readily lend themselves to a 5ft cage. Early Sunglow has good flavor, you can succession plant it and it shakes off early and late frosts. The seed is ungoshly tough. I am writing this in 2021 and I am still using sees from 2010. My germination rate is still 90%. I soak the seeds overnight and then plant them out. I plant them both 2 or 3 to the square foot. I plant them 3 to the square foot for the first two plantings and then 2 per square foot for the last two plantings in 4x4 blocks. The reason I change the number per square foot simply has to do with watering. I hand water from a watering can and find it is hard to keep up with the water needs of 3 per square foot once the dog days of August hits. Each stalk generally yields two ears. So I get 32-48 5-7" ears of corn per 4x4 square. |
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Reviewed on 12/23/2008 by
Kell
- An experienced gardener
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Franklin, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Even though I now also grow Bodacious(holds longer in field) , I have grown Sunglow for years and find it one of the best tasting(though short harvest period) yellow corns. It is very cold tolerant and one of the few that can be planted safely here in the north country. Bodacious is great but in its prime Sunglow is its match |
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Reviewed on 05/06/2006 by
farmerdill
- An experienced gardener
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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This is the best of the early cultivars that I have tried. Very prolific in both Virginia and Georgia. It is a small ear and a yellow corn. Certainly not as tasty or as tender as the white corns. But it holds its own with the Su yellows |
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Reviewed on 01/19/2006 by
Nancy Strasser
- An experienced gardener
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Pulaski, Virginia, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Not very tasty, in my opinion. Perhaps the time between under-ripe and over-mature is just very short; and I have let the corn go too long before picking? Anyway, when I can grow Silver Queen with no trouble, I won't bother planting Early Sunglow again. |
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