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So I posted this thread about growing an ear of corn, earlier this summer ..... (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 OP
Three if you're a farmer. You have to have a serious sized garden to grow enough corn, but that looks nice. marble falls Sep 2024 #1
Not a farmer....4 ea. 4' x 16' x 3' raised beds. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #15
Look at that cornsilk dweller Sep 2024 #2
I would need a hit of Owsley's Blotter acid to attempt that task. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #5
There's 1 silk dweller Sep 2024 #6
I did not know! I learn something new everyday that I read this board. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #8
one for each (potential) kernel ... ret5hd Sep 2024 #7
That's a weed. Frasier Balzov Sep 2024 #3
LOL.... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #4
One of my first jobs as a kid was corn detasseling in Nebraska central scrutinizer Sep 2024 #9
Better corn thru science! OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #10
Absolutely not central scrutinizer Sep 2024 #11
Important post. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #12
Very interesting about the silk. 3catwoman3 Sep 2024 #13
Eventually the truth comes out about eating an ear of corn. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #14

marble falls

(62,378 posts)
1. Three if you're a farmer. You have to have a serious sized garden to grow enough corn, but that looks nice.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 07:46 PM
Sep 2024

OAITW r.2.0

(28,478 posts)
15. Not a farmer....4 ea. 4' x 16' x 3' raised beds.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:58 PM
Sep 2024

Love the prep, but, it turns out, too much else goes on around here, to pay attention to the garden.

central scrutinizer

(12,441 posts)
9. One of my first jobs as a kid was corn detasseling in Nebraska
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:07 PM
Sep 2024

Seed companies would contract with a farmer to produce hybrid corn seeds for the following year’s planting. There’d be four female rows, then one male row, four female, one male, etc. We’d go down the female rows, pulling out the tops before they became mature enough to produce pollen. The male plants had some characteristics that they wanted to introduce to the gene pool. $0.95/hour

central scrutinizer

(12,441 posts)
11. Absolutely not
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:18 PM
Sep 2024

The new GMO seeds have terminator genes that prevent you from saving seeds from this year’s crop to plant next year. They won’t sprout, forcing you to buy more. I’ve read that these terminator seeds are disrupting the corn culture in Mexico because the pollen can travel on the wind a long ways and infect other fields. Different strains of corn are important in ceremonies and they may be in danger of being exterminated.

3catwoman3

(25,551 posts)
13. Very interesting about the silk.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:29 PM
Sep 2024

I'm a methodical corn-on-the-cob eater. I like to eat 2 rows at a time to savor it longer, but have to start with 3 rows because it easier to get my teeth around 3 rows for the first "trip" along the cob. Then, 2 rows at a time until the cob is almost bare. There are always 3 rows left.

I find this intriguing, because it means there are an even number of rows of kernels on the cob - such symmetry in nature.

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