Rural/Farm Life
Related: About this forumSo I posted this thread about growing an ear of corn, earlier this summer .....
https://www.democraticunderground.com/11822218But, turns out, a single cornstalk can grow an ear.....who knew?
marble falls
(62,378 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(28,478 posts)Love the prep, but, it turns out, too much else goes on around here, to pay attention to the garden.
dweller
(25,121 posts)You know how many silk there are ?
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OAITW r.2.0
(28,478 posts)dweller
(25,121 posts)for every kernel
aint Nature grand ?
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OAITW r.2.0
(28,478 posts)Thanks!
ret5hd
(21,320 posts)the way i understand things.
Frasier Balzov
(3,521 posts)I pull those all the time.
OAITW r.2.0
(28,478 posts)central scrutinizer
(12,441 posts)Seed companies would contract with a farmer to produce hybrid corn seeds for the following years planting. Thered be four female rows, then one male row, four female, one male, etc. Wed 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
OAITW r.2.0
(28,478 posts)This isn't your Mayan's idea of corn.....
central scrutinizer
(12,441 posts)The new GMO seeds have terminator genes that prevent you from saving seeds from this years crop to plant next year. They wont sprout, forcing you to buy more. Ive 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.
OAITW r.2.0
(28,478 posts)Thanks.
3catwoman3
(25,551 posts)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.
OAITW r.2.0
(28,478 posts)Yours is the most logical.