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Did you enjoy some good sweet corn this year?; It wasn't always like that
Topic Started: Oct 20 2014, 05:50 AM (129 Views)
Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/15/6982053/selective-breeding-farming-evolution-corn-watermelon-peaches
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Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
The only sweet corn I know will that will seed true to type is Golden Bantam.

The problem with the hybrids is that the seed you get will not propagate the same type plant and many times is close to useless. In a crunch situation, people may not be able to grow their own food from hybrid seed.

Another problem with the GMO is terminator seed. It's not legal, but that hasn't stopped people before.

Lastly, there is some debate about whether GMO plants are completely healthy for human consumption.

That's not to say I don't plant hybrid corn...we either plant Funk's G90 or Merritt.


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big al
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Just so there's no confusion, there's a difference between GMO crops and hybrid crops, although they're not totally distinct as naturally occuring mutations can be transmitted and selectively bred for without direct genetic manipuation.

Hybrid crops are for the most part a relatively recent innovation. The heirloom varieties now enjoying some revival are open-pollenated and so reproduce pretty much to type.

For many years, my favorite sweet corn was Iochielf, but it's pretty much disappeared in favor of some of the newer varieties that are sweeter and/or that keep their sweetness longer. I gave up growing sweet corn some time ago because I couldn't keep the deer and raccoons from eating eating it before me. We did freeze a good quantity of corn this year that we got from my sister and brother-in-law. While they have some trouble with deer as well, there are enough alternatives like hayfields on their farm to limit the deer damage to their garden plot.

Big Al
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Jolly
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big al
Oct 20 2014, 06:28 AM
Just so there's no confusion, there's a difference between GMO crops and hybrid crops, although they're not totally distinct as naturally occuring mutations can be transmitted and selectively bred for without direct genetic manipuation.

Hybrid crops are for the most part a relatively recent innovation. The heirloom varieties now enjoying some revival are open-pollenated and so reproduce pretty much to type.

For many years, my favorite sweet corn was Iochielf, but it's pretty much disappeared in favor of some of the newer varieties that are sweeter and/or that keep their sweetness longer. I gave up growing sweet corn some time ago because I couldn't keep the deer and raccoons from eating eating it before me. We did freeze a good quantity of corn this year that we got from my sister and brother-in-law. While they have some trouble with deer as well, there are enough alternatives like hayfields on their farm to limit the deer damage to their garden plot.

Big Al
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