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Post by canadamike on Apr 12, 2009 0:33:41 GMT -5
In preparation of the season, I filled 15 288 cells of corn to get early corn. I put them in a very dry soilless mix, and I stacked them 10 high for the Miraï and four high for the other one, Merlin.
I did that a couple of weeks ago. To my great surprise, tha Mirai have all germinated in that dry mix and are healty 2 inches babies, even if they were stacked. I just can't believe it. There was of course some residual moisture in the mix, but really not much, it made dust when I emptied the bags... Even stacked, they are perfectly healthy. They probably picked up some moisture from the garage, but it is heated and frankly pretty dry.
The other corn is quietly waiting for moisture and very happy laft alone. Same garage, same soilless mixture.
Gosh, I wonder if that corn is not drought resistant, being able to do good on such little amount of water. And the seeds are 3 years old...
Has it happenned to anybody here?
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Post by grungy on Apr 12, 2009 2:10:14 GMT -5
My guess very drought resistant. Sounds like a fantastic corn to me. Haven't had that kind of luck with anything that I have preseed. Hopefully you plan to plant an isolation patch so that we can hit you up for seed, come fall.
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mostlypurple
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SE Michigan, Kitchen garden, Z 5b-6a
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Post by mostlypurple on Apr 12, 2009 10:19:46 GMT -5
Crazy...when is your plant-out date?
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Post by canadamike on Apr 12, 2009 10:42:24 GMT -5
In 5 weeks Now I have to figure out a way of keeping them alive. I just built a green house, but I will build another one just for them, that's a lot of plants...
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Post by bunkie on Apr 12, 2009 12:55:56 GMT -5
very interesting michel! is Mirai a hybrid?
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Post by canadamike on Apr 12, 2009 19:57:11 GMT -5
Yes, it is a hybrid, there are many Mirai, this one is the 62 days bi-color
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Post by grungy on Apr 13, 2009 3:08:17 GMT -5
Look at it this way, Michel, you will definitely have the earliest corn crop around and can get premium prices for it.
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Post by ottawagardener on Apr 13, 2009 8:29:53 GMT -5
You could do the outside in the greenhouse at night, inside during the day. I guess the danger is root crowding. I wonder if you could plant them out a couple weeks early with a lot of protection like a green house covered in frost clothes, surrounded by water bottles (why am I suggesting all this work eh?) or hope for good weather fast.
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Post by canadamike on Apr 13, 2009 14:29:25 GMT -5
yeah, as if I have time to put 3000 plants in the ground these days, and 2 monts in advance
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