https://bestcoolseeds.com/catalog/vegetables/sweet-corn/sweet-corn-yukon-chief-612
Smallish ears. Which will be perfect for the kids, if it makes. I ordered several packets to plant early next spring (it’s tolerant of cool soils so I hope to get it in sometime in March down here) as an interim for the kids before the ‘real’ sweet corn gets ripe.
It’s got ‘Gaspe Flint’ in its family tree which accounts for the extreme earliness. Supposedly the kernels of Gaspe have the tassel already formed in there early or something. I pulled a research paper on it and haven’t had a chance to read it just yet. This is the variety of corn the Micmac tribe grew in Southern Atlantic Canada near the town of ‘Gaspe’. Gaspe supposedly is seed to dry corn in 60 days. The catch is it’s only about 2ft tall LOL with 4” cobs.
I’m looking for a US supplier for the Gaspe though. It sounds like the perfect ornamental I can grow in the front yard and will look like something ‘non food’ that I can toss into the chickens when it gets done.
That sounds perfect for sq foot gardens or containers on the deck. It is edible - right?
I planted some sunglow early corn one year, and it did pretty well. I think it was 45 or 50 days - an early hybrid that was tolerant to cool soils of spring.
It tasted real good too, and the ears were around 6 or 7 inches. Most stalks had 2 ears, and I was able to plant about 3 or 4 per sq. foot.