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Post by reed on Oct 3, 2014 5:36:20 GMT -5
Flint corns are hard and glassy looking (popcorn is an example also especially #19 an #42 in recent photos.) Most of the cobs from the recent photos are flints. There was also some dent corn in the photos, for example #21 and #26. Flour corns are easily crushed (Painted Mountain is an example) I don't see anything in the recent photos that looks soft enough that I'd call it a flour corn. I'll add the crush test to my evaluations. I do need to start over and keep good records. I don't think I've tried 21 & 26 yet but the ones that taste so good are the big red and pink ones from #s 4, 5 and especially # 36. Some of them try to pop, they don't puff up like actual popcorn but they make an audible pop noise and a little bit of white pushes out. #36 has the best flavor. Speculation is building here that I have lost my mind. Cutting corn kernels in half and examining their innards, cooking and eating corn, one kernel at a time and now I'll be sitting around trying to smash them with a pliers. Questions about aleurone, is it just a thin membrane layer and not visible to the naked eye? Does it contribute to color?
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Post by blueadzuki on Oct 3, 2014 7:35:58 GMT -5
Yes it is quite thin usually only a few cells thick (though a few corn have more than one, so presumably on them it's thicker), If you peel the pericarp off a kernel by hand (you can do this if you give it a quick soak in hot water) to get access to the aleurone, you can bas9ically scratch though the whole thing with one swipe of your fingernail. if it is colorless then yes, you probably won't be able to see it with the naked eye.
That being said, the aleurone does contribute a LOT of the color. The different colors in corn kernels come from different places. The pericarp usually is responsible mostly for reds, pinks, purples, oranges, browns, and chinmarks (stripes of the previos)The endosperm itself covers white and yellow, respectively (there are corns with purple in the endosperm, but they are pretty rare). The aluerone is where more or less all the other colors show up, the blues, the magentas, purples again (different type of purple than either of the other two), green (blue over yellow) orange (mangenta over yellow)and so on.
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Post by blackox on Oct 3, 2014 12:51:11 GMT -5
So was the plan T farm successful? From what I just read, it definitely sounds like it was!
I would be interested in some of your cowpeas and perhaps some winter squash. Much of my trade list consists of P. Vulgaris, but perhaps you'll find something interesting?
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Post by blackox on Oct 3, 2014 12:53:56 GMT -5
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Post by steev on Oct 7, 2014 23:16:07 GMT -5
PlanT Farm successful? Well, it ain't failed, yet. Is that successful? I think at this point, I can ensure year-round nutrition (if I'm on-site) for several people, given their willingness to eat what is available.
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Post by steev on Oct 27, 2014 21:48:29 GMT -5
Something ate all the close-to-mature kernels on the one puny cob of the White (spotted cucumber beetles, I think); the Blushed is trying to cob now that it's cooling; don't think there's any pollen for it; that train left the station over a month ago.
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