Delicious types of vegetable corn for the garden
The most famous and most popular variety of vegetable corn is probably the golden bantam. This variety forms large cobs with firm, sweet grains. In addition, Golden Bantam is very productive, especially if during the growth phase diligently poured and fertilized will.
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Colorful instead of golden yellow
However, if yellow corn is too boring for you, why not try growing colorful corn varieties, which, like golden bantam, can be eaten as vegetable corn. These species mostly come from South America. An old and very popular variety is Bloody Butcher, for example, which develops fiery red, very sweet grains. Because of its sweetness, this corn is more of a sugar corn than a vegetable corn. Another very old variety is the green Oaxacan Green, which can be eaten young as vegetable corn.
Especially for popcorn lovers
For popcorn, you should use special types of popcorn, such as B. Use strawberry corn or the classic type of golden butter. Popcorn corn - unlike vegetable corn - should be on let the plant mature.
Optimal species for a balcony cultivation
For a balcony cultivation, low-growing or small varieties of corn are preferred, otherwise it can quickly become tight. Well-suited varieties are:
- Strawberry corn
- different types of ornamental corn (the plants are usually only approx. 1.20 meters high)
- black pop corn (e.g. B. Dakota Black, is only about three feet high)
Of course, normal high sweet corn or Corn plants thrive on the balcony. However, then a deep vat or Bucket necessary as maize is deep-rooted. In addition, these species can reach heights of up to three meters.
Botanical classification
It is estimated that there are currently 50,000 different types of corn in the world. These differ in height, in their demands and, above all, in the size and shape of their cobs and the size, shape, arrangement and color of their grains. Not all varieties are suitable for human consumption. Eaten sugar or Vegetable maize varieties, while grain maize, on the other hand, is used as animal feed. There is also hard, soft and toothed corn. Both hard and tooth maize are also mostly used as animal feed, while soft maize is used to make maize meal.
Tips & Tricks
Baby maize is not a special variety, just sugar or sugar. Vegetable corn, the ears of which are harvested at a length of about 10 centimeters. These flasks are particularly delicate.