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Hello friends
In today's episode we will take a look at growing a corn variety that's called Silver
n Gold
This is a hybrid corn variety that produces kernels that are white as well as golden in
color
So the planting medium that we're using here is a whisky barrel container
Whiskey barrel containers are nice and wide containers that we've used to grow corn successfully
in the past
And this is a great container size because it gives you a lot of area as well as a lot
of soil for the corn plants to grow well
Now as far as planting mix goes the planting mix or potting Mix we're using is called the
5-1-1 mix
And if you haven't read about this potting mix, do click on your screen right now and
you can see the details on how to prepare this mix
So planting the corn seeds itself is child's play really as you can see here
And this is an early variety of corn
Which means that it will produce corn within months of planting
So although its August here and you might be wondering why are we planting corn so late
It still gives us some time till October
And we're having higher temperatures here in Southern California all the way till end
of October
So this plant should be able to give us corn till the end of October
So at about 10 days you can see that the corn seedlings have germinated
And at this stage we will go ahead and thin the seedlings
So as you can see here our aim is to keep one plant per location
So that the plants have ample room to grow
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And as you can see here you now have perfectly spaced corn seedlings that are ready to grow
So 30 days later you can see that the corn plant has grown pretty well
It has nice leaves and good stalks
And at this stage if you haven't used a slow release fertilizer with your planting mix
Its best to go ahead and give your plant a boost of Nitrogen fertilizer
And any fertilizer high in Nitrogen is a good option
And what this does is it lets the plant at this stage grow into very healthy plants
They will have nice green leaves and also a nice thick stalks
Which will contribute to the overall health of the plant
And as you see here these are the corn flowers or the corn silks which will eventually form
the corn cobs
So 50 days later you can see that the corn plant has a lot of female as well as male
flowers
And at this stage to ensure that the corn is forming good kernels
You might want to do something called manual pollination
What this means is that you shake the plant a little bit
And what that does is it lets the pollen from the male flowers go on to the female flowers
Which you can see here
The silk on the top of the cobs
And that let's the plant produce a lot of kernels
Now the best time to do this is early morning thru afternoon
And make sure the day is nice and dry and you do not have any rains
So 66 days later we will be harvesting our first corn
And remember that some of the signs to look for when harvesting your corn
Is that the silks the corn silks on the top should have been dry
And also the corn should show a little bit of volume when you touch it
So that means that it has nicely formed kernels by that time
So as you can see here this corn produces kernels that are white and yellow
Hence its called silver and gold
And this is a great early corn variety that you can grow in you garden
So the silver and gold hybrid variety of corn is a very prolific corn variety
It produces a lot of corn cobs as you can see here
And the kernels are silver and gold which is white and yellow in color
And its a type of sweet corn
It produces delicious corn that is sweet
So if you like sweet corn that you can grow very quickly within about 66 days, you will
love this corn variety
So there we have it
That was our video on growing this corn variety called silver n gold
And let us know if you've tried growing this corn variety
or which other corn varieties are your favorites to grow
I'll see you again soon
Happy Gardening!!