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Silver Queen Corn Seeds
The most well known name in sweet corn.
Item Number: 52506A
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Silver Queen is the popular late-season variety with tenderness and flavor worth waiting for. Large ears, 8 to 9" long, have 14-16 rows of white kernels, and plants grow to 8 ft. Proven tops for productivity, flavor and wide adaptability, its ready to harvest in 92 days. Garden-fresh sweet corn is summers greatest pleasure. Plant corn in blocks at least four rows wide for cross-pollination and well-filled ears. A packet contains 200 seeds, enough for four 15 ft. rows. Seeds are not treated.
F1 Hybrid
An F1 hybrid is created by crossing two different parent plants to combine their best qualities.
Key Attributes
Light Requirement
The amount of sunlight this product needs daily in order to perform well in the garden. Full sun means 6 hours of direct sun per day; partial sun means 2-4 hours of direct sun per day; shade means little or no direct sun.
Full sun
Lifecycle
This refers to whether a plant is an annual, biennial or perennial. Annuals complete their life cycles in one year; biennials produce foliage the first year and bloom and go to seed the second year; perennials can live for more than two years.
Annual
Sow Method
This refers to whether the seed should be sown early indoors and the seedlings transplanted outside later, or if the seed should be sown directly in the garden at the recommended planting time.
Outdoor
Mature Spread
The width of the plant at maturity.
12 in
Days to Maturity
The average number of days from when the plant is actively growing in the garden to the expected time of harvest.
92
Mature Height
The typical height of this product at maturity.
96 in
Fruit Size
The average size of the fruit produced by this product.
9 in
Variety
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