The waist high ear-set on the 6 1/2 foot tall plant makes picking easy. Pyrethrin, applied before silking, Monterey B.t. to silks. Harvest when kernels are full and milky. For best results, isolate from any other corn.
Arrange in blocks of at least 4 rows for proper pollination, which is needed for well-filled ears. Record the date on which about half the plants show silk. Delay sowing fungicide-treated seeds until soil temperature is at least 55-60°F/13-16°C.
Hybrid Status: Hybrid (F1)
Disease Resistance Codes: Common Rust, Stewart's Wilt
This is one of our favorite corns to grow for market! Providence is a TripleSweet bicolor sweet corn with excellent eating quality that is suited for roadside and farm market sales.
Increase this rate for untreated seeds. Packet: 150 seeds.Extensive crossing of super sweet varieties with non-super sweet varieties will cause tough, starchy kernels in both types.
Disease Resistance Codes: Common Rust, Northern Corn Leaf Blight
Use these figures to compare one variety to another, not to accurately predict maturity on a given day.(1) treated with fungicide seed protectants (T), or (2) untreated seeds. Best at latitude 38° and higher.
