Sweet corn seeds wth...
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Mrcopier
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In Virginia?
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skyhightree1
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Yep
greybeard
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Cheap, at 1/2 the price..
Mrcopier
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Yikes!
Dave
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I haven't even thought about garden seed yet. I hope that is just a regional thing for the east coast.
redcowsrule33
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If that is the price per pound it's about half of what the catalogs are asking.
farmerjan
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Son said that corn seed this year is higher... he is planning on planting 12 acres for silage... to fill the bunker...and we do not plant the real expensive stuff... afraid to ask what it will cost...
I saw onion sets at the co-op yesterday and they said seed potatoes were coming in Monday...
Not ready for gardening yet... it is only Feb and we will get some more real cold yet here in the western part...
I saw onion sets at the co-op yesterday and they said seed potatoes were coming in Monday...
Not ready for gardening yet... it is only Feb and we will get some more real cold yet here in the western part...
Logan52
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The price for sweet corn seed went up about ten years ago, and has stayed high. They cross it in so many ways it is hard to know which ones to grow.
I use to grow sweet corn to sell at a local Amish auction and $4 to $5 a dozen was the norm. With the advance of varieties that were resistant to worms and tolerant to herbicides (GMOs?), I watched the price come down as bigger growers got in. No money in it for someone like me.
I still grow the old kind for family use, the kind you must spray and cultivate with a hoe.
I use to grow sweet corn to sell at a local Amish auction and $4 to $5 a dozen was the norm. With the advance of varieties that were resistant to worms and tolerant to herbicides (GMOs?), I watched the price come down as bigger growers got in. No money in it for someone like me.
I still grow the old kind for family use, the kind you must spray and cultivate with a hoe.
farmerjan
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Anyone grow "Country Gentleman"... white shoepeg corn? It is pretty good for an old open pollinated variety.. doesn't get quite as starchy as fast as other old varieties...
And the older "Peaches and Cream" bi-color... was my mom's favorite...
And the older "Peaches and Cream" bi-color... was my mom's favorite...
coachg
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Silver queen , Peaches and cream ,G-90, Silver King are the varieties I plant. I have packs of each in the freezer from last year . Haven't priced any this year . Still early.
A lot in the garden you can buy for what you can grow it or less. No way can I grow tomatoes and broccoli for what I can buy it. They want to much for those little plants and then all the work and chemicals needed to make the crop. I am beginning to wonder about potatoes as the seed keep going up and what is needed. It is a shame all the gouging going on in the economy. Walmart/TSC last year had one plant trays for $4.99 each. I noticed most went unbought.
I bought a bag of seed potatoes, fertilizer, spray, a couple lime bags, and the total came out to over $90. For what I eat I can buy cheaper.
I bought a bag of seed potatoes, fertilizer, spray, a couple lime bags, and the total came out to over $90. For what I eat I can buy cheaper.
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greybeard
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But can you buy better tasting than what you grow?
The last really good tasting tomatoes I bought had a little sticker on them that said they came from................Canada.
I bought a tray of jalapeno plants and so far, that's about it. Gave up on tomatoes after last year's heat evidently prevented the blooms from making fruit and the dang deer ate up everything else.
The last really good tasting tomatoes I bought had a little sticker on them that said they came from................Canada.
I bought a tray of jalapeno plants and so far, that's about it. Gave up on tomatoes after last year's heat evidently prevented the blooms from making fruit and the dang deer ate up everything else.
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skyhightree1
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I have started buying pigs and hogs I sell and only raise ones I eat .. I buy and resell it's easier. I don't think I will raise any labor intensive stuff like beans and peas after this year.
Charbrangus
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Best sweet corn I have raised is I plant 1 row of Silver Queen and 1 row of Golden Queen. It cross pollinates and makes bigger ears, also taste really good. The gold will stay gold but the silver will have silver and gold kernals.
farmerjan
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Interesting....
I mix cow manure in the garden when i start it, we start all plants by seed, even tomatoes. We planted a long row of them last year and we would bring in 1 - 2 five gallon buckets full of them almost everyday for months. They kept going until I think late Oct. or Nov. Green beans were the same.
I canned over 150 quarts of green beans last year and for perfect tomatoes at $10-12 a box I can't justify growing many tomatoes. I have started them by seed (still have a lot of the heirloom large tomato seed) have 90 cows with plenty of cow patties and it still is not worth my time. It doesn't hurt that I live close to Granger County TN where they have over 40 acres of tomato in hot houses about year around. Late in the year when they have an overrun, I have bought them as cheap as $6 a big box. At $30 for 5 big boxes by the time I spray for blight, deal with the weather, physically pick and carry out I will stick to maybe 10 plants. The same with broccoli as every year they start out nice and then a short dry spell and it stunts the heads. You can buy it at Walmart for less than I have in it. I have used Cow poop which chicken poop is better and if you get it too rich you will have big green vines with very little fruit.
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Here is some of the tomatoes I bought for real cheap late last fall.
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greybeard
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Is that a garden I see out the window?
Yes
