Bodacious, corn
20g approx 120 seeds per packet
Sweetness enhanced sweet corn.
Bodacious ears are large at 20cm (8") and very sweet and tender. The husk is an attractive dark-green colour and kernels are bright yellow and tender. Bodacious corn seeds are highly recommended for home grown corn on the cob or freezing, and it keeps its fine flavour and sweetness for several days after harvesting. This is a late maturing variety that can grow to 2.1m (7') tall. This variety features high resistance to Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus, with intermediate resistance to Stewart's Wilt. Be sure to wait until the soil is 17°C (64°F) before planting our untreated corn seeds.
Matures in 80 to 90 days. (SE Sugar Enhanced hybrid seeds)
(se) Sugar Enhanced
Large 20cm (8") cobs
Highly recommended for freezing
Very sweet and tender
Matures in 80-90
Start indoors recommend for our area. Start indoors two weeks before plant out date.
If the soil is not warm enough, seeds often rot before sprouting – especially when not treated with fungicide. Untreated corn seeds should be planted only when the soil has warmed up above 18°C (65°F) – warmer for super-sweet (sh2) types, and even warmer for a good stand. Use a soil thermometer. If spring weather is cold, consider planting in flats or individual pots, indoors with bottom heat, for transplanting. Seeds should germinate in 7-10 days. If it rains after planting and corn does not emerge, just re-plant the area.
Starting
Do not soak corn seeds prior to planting. Plant 2-5cm (1-2″) deep (shallower for sh2 seed or in cool soil). Sow seeds around 7.5cm (3″) apart, in rows 60-90cm (24-36″) apart. Because corn is wind pollinated, plant in a dense block of at least 4 rows, rather than in single rows. This increases the chance of corn pollen, which emerges from male flowers at the growing tip, to fall down onto the receptive female silks that extend from each corn cob.