Giving Ambrosia sweet corn some tender loving care at planning time will reward you with a beautiful and sweet treat in a few weeks. The sugary yellow and white kernels provide a wonderful full corn taste. With some pampering at the beginning and moderate care throughout you should have a bountiful harvest.
The seeds can be ordered treated and untreated. Treated seeds have had a fungicide or insecticide applied to prevent usual diseases and insects from destroying the seeds before they can sprout. Generally, corn, as well as peas and beans will be offered this way.
The special care for this maize comes at planting time. The soil has to be warm or germination will be deterred or not occur. If using a treated product you can plant in soil that is a few degrees cooler than the 65 to 75 degrees recommended. As a rule plant when the soil will stimulate rapid germination.
Unlike its feed cousin, this eating variety just can’t take the cold soil. Where the eating and field variety can withstand a frost off and come back, if the growing medium is too frigid for the table variety, it simply will not germinate. The higher the sugar content, kernel size, and white and yellow color, the less forgiving any planting faux pas may be.
The Family, Genus, and Species of this variety is Poaceae, Zea, mays var. Rugosa. Ambrosia is the cultivator. Two letter descriptors give the gardener an idea of the sugar content of each variety. Normal sugary is noted with a su; sugary enhanced is labeled with se; and sh refers to a shrunken seed that produces an extra sugary variety.
Soil pH should be neutral ranging between a 6.6 and 7.5 reading. This is a hybrid and does not produce its own seed. Stalks grow between 1.8-2.4m/6-8ft tall and should be spaced 15-22cm to 22-30cm/6-9in to 9-12in apart. From planting to eating, expect to wait about 75 days.
Some gardeners have commented that they have produced good crops even when their care was less than perfect at the end of the growing season. Ambrosia is great for its ability to hold its sweetness for a period of ten days after picking. As this product is a hybrid, no cross contamination of seeds has to be dealt with.
For a truly beautiful cob and sweeter than normal taste the Ambrosia sweet corn variety may just become your default crop. When you want to extend this harvest keep planting each week until mid-July. By performing a simple online search you will find several good places to order your seeds.
Learn more about Ambrosia Sweet Corn Seeds. Stop by Dale Denton’s site where you can find information and Ambrosia Sweet Corn for your home vegetable and fruit garden.