Mini sweetcorn Snobaby - Zea mays
Mini sweetcorn Snobaby - Zea mays
Mini sweetcorn Snobaby - Zea mays
Mini sweetcorn Snobaby - Zea mays
Mini sweetcorn Snobaby - Zea mays
Zea mays Snobaby
Maïs, Blé d'Inde (Canada)
all the seeds have sprouted; healthy seedlings
Joelle C., 18/08/2018
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Description
'Snobaby' is a breakthrough variety of baby sweetcorn that is very early-cropping. It produces tender white kernels with a delicious sweet flavour. Ideal for oriental cuisine! Sow in spring and harvest as soon as the ears measure between 5 and 10 cm long.
Sweetcorn (Zea mays), is a form of maize that has a particularly high sugar content due to a naturally occurring genetic mutation. It belongs to the Gramineae family alongside wheat, barley and rice. It is highly nutritious, containing more protein and five times more fibre than rice. It is also an excellent source of B vitamins, vitamin C, minerals and trace elements. It has a low glycemic index.
Sweetcorn likes deep, light, damp soil that is rich in organic matter. It is a heat-loving plant that needs plenty of sunshine to grow. It can be used to create attractive borders around your vegetable garden and individual plots whilst providing valuable shade for vegetables such as lettuces or cabbages.
Harvesting: Sweetcorn is harvested 80 to 120 days after sowing depending on the amount of sunshine and water it has received. The ears are ready to be picked when the silks start to turn brown and the kernels are well developed. Check for ripeness by piercing a kernel with your fingernail - it should be tender and milky. When harvested too late, the sugars turn into starch and the skin becomes tough.
Storing: after harvesting, remove the green husk that is wrapped around the ear. Use quickly, the fresher the better! Sweetcorn can also be cooked and frozen or preserved in jars for later use.
Good to know: Traditionally, maize crops were grown alongside squash and bean plants in Central and South America in a system known as Milpa agriculture. Beans would enrich the soil with nitrogen, squash plants would act as ground cover and maize plants would provide support for the beans to scramble up. Start out by sowing your maize plants. When they are about 10 cm tall, sow 2 bean seeds and 2 squash seeds around each young plant.
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Zea
mays
Snobaby
Poaceae
Maïs, Blé d'Inde (Canada)
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Corn thrives in the sun, in loose and rich soil. Add compost in the previous autumn.
In spring, between April and June, corn can be sown in rows or in holes. The soil must be sufficiently warmed (12°C). In colder regions, sowing in holes of 3 to 4 seeds can be done in pots, indoors, with seed compost and a little compost. The most beautiful plant will then be transplanted in the ground around May-June.
Sowing in rows: stretch a string and dig trenches a few centimeters deep, spacing the rows 70 cm apart. Sow one seed every 10 cm, cover with fine soil and gently press down with the back of a rake. After germination (about ten days), thin out to keep one plant every 20 cm.
Sowing in holes: sow in holes of 3 or 4 seeds (25 cm along the row and 80 cm between rows). Germination occurs about ten days after sowing. Thin out when the seedlings have 4 leaves to keep only the best-developed plant.
Sow at intervals (every 15 days for example) to spread out the harvest.
When the corn reaches about 30 cm in height, mound it up 10 cm high to promote anchoring in the ground.
Hoeing and mulching will be necessary. Make sure to hoe the surface as corn roots are shallow. Corn needs to be watered regularly, about once a week if it doesn't rain. The rotation between 2 corn crops is about 4 years.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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