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Johannian said: Yes, I'm new to corn too. I'm not going to be planting a ton of it this year, but I want to plant four or five stalks. I've been looking at a lot of different corn varieties, and I think I've decided on 'Queen's Silver' (although my packet says 'Queen's Silver Hybrid'). 'Country Gentleman' and 'Golden Bantam' are top choices as well. To be honest, I was pretty much decided on 'Golden Bantam' at first, but changed my mind after reading some great reviews on 'Queen's Silver' both here and other places online.

What do you think? Is 'Queen's Silver' a good one with which to start? Or do you just say 'Aw heck, corn is corn; just plant a variety, keep the critters away from it, and you'll have a harvest.'
Thanks!

Golden Bantam, Country Gentlmen and Silver Queen are all very, very old timers and produce well if given good care and soil.
I have planted all three, and did Country Gentlemen again last year.
With four stalks of corn, germination is possible but a poor yield is a strong possibility.

If you do all three, a 4x4 block with three rows and seeds planted 8 inches apart should give you a decent yield.
Make sure you prepapre the soil deeply and fertilize with a fertilizer HEAVY on Nitrogen, plus corn need a lot of water.
As the Golden Bantam is an earlier corn , plant it in a plot inbetween the other two though cross breeding is not really a problem, so what you would have is one plot of corn, 12 ft. long and 4 ft. wide, containing three types of corn.