I can't help you with the Blue Jade as have never grown it but apparently neither has anyone else here. I'm not clear what you mean by "small". Shorter plants, small ears?

Actually most any variety can be grown in a raised bed and most choose variety based on flavor (sweetness). I have had very good luck using Peaches n' Cream (6' tall) in a raised bed. Golden Bantam grows to only 5' if shorter plants is what you want.

Then there is a variety of Burpees that I have read about but never tried called King Kool (?sp) that supposedly only gets 3 to 4' tall.

Hope this helps.

Dave

Thanks, Dave. By small, I did mean shorter plant. My assumption (know what that means) was that shorter plants could be planted closer and therefore better fitted to a raised bed.

What spacing is recommended for raised bed gardening? I have heard differing info that varies from 4" to 9" spacing. I think one web site even suggested taller corn be planted at 12" spacing.

What determines spacing is access and amount of nutrients provided, especially nitrogen. I use 12" spacing because of the way I feed it. But you can go closer (I wouldn't go below 6" spacing) IF you can still access all the plants for side dressing/fertilization/picking/pest control and IF you really amp up the nutrient levels at each stage of feeding.

JMO

Dave