Catalogue Vegetable seeds Sweetcorn Megalodon F1

Megalodon F1

Megalodon F1

Features of the hybrid

It is a late-ripening super-sweet hybrid of super-sweet corn sh-2. Forms 1-2 cylindrically conical cobs 24-25 cm long.

Advantage 

It is resistant to temperature drops! Gives reliable products of late ripening! Large grain!

Spatial isolation

From corn and sweet corn (su-, se-types) more than 300m

Main characteristics
Hybrid type simple, sh-2
Ripeness group medium-late ripe
Vegetation periods, days 84-86
Using direction Fresh market (consumption), freezing, canning
Morphological and agriculture characteristics
Sugar content 22%
Length of ear 22-25 cm
Shape of ear cone-cylindrical
Color of grains yellow
Grain type super sweet
Depth of grains 9 mm
Numbers of ears per plant 1,5
Resistance to diseases and stress factors
Corn Smut (Ustilago maydis) 0
Recommended density on harvesting time
Woodland (thousand plants / ha) 65-70
Forest-steppe (thousand plants / ha) 60-65
Steppe (thousand plants / ha) 55-60
Yield structure
Grain rows number 18-20