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Post by Alan on Apr 24, 2010 16:35:54 GMT -5
Another new Hip-Gnosis project.
A grex of all available SH2 inbreds and a few hybrids this year. Should be interesting to say the least, I'm not a very big fan of supersweets but since that is what is demanded in Indiana it is high time I make inroads into "coping" with my dislike for it's overly sweet taste and non tender texture. Perhaps it can be "improved" or otherwise brought into line with my expectations.
Seed will be available this fall.
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Post by canadamike on Apr 24, 2010 19:16:24 GMT -5
I ordered sh2 from GRIN but got nothing yet. I too, like you, am not a fan of them, but we have to...submit to the peoples' verdict.
On the topic of sweet corn, I have isolated red seeds from our AD mix that have an even much gigher protein content ( read giant germ).
A researcher of the canadian government loves this corn and many others I grow, he is a specialist of animal nutrition, strongly organic oriented ( he even drives his bike to work, just so you know), so we will have access to in vitro artificial rumen technology.
Like he says, this is not a technology to make a final decision on one corn, but it is the hell of a helper to select
Cows need to spend a lot of energy to process amylose, the usual most common starch we see in corns. Real flour corns, as an example, are much better to the usual dents they have to feed the cows. The corn breeders sure have the good recipe, but they much prefer to sell gazillions of average seeds than two thirsd of it that is more efficient for the cows. We are talking 3 kilos of corn feed instead of 5 here, a huge loss of profit for many but the farmers...
But as breeders, we also have access to high amylopectin corns ( read waxy) that are digested more easily by the cows, hence more milk, and WITH less trans fats, the chemical reaction going on in the cow's rumen not needing to add an hydrogen molecule.
Basically, we, as a group, already have in our hands much superior corns for animal feeding, the industry does not like them, they will have to sell less of them.
The farmer always end up paying, and they love him when he pays....
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Post by spero on May 17, 2010 21:41:45 GMT -5
I have some sh2 kernels picked out in the f2 or f3 from a cross between Painted Hills and How Sweet it Is. Let me know if you want some. They are from corn that has been through frost, but when I planted the sh2 kernels out early and in cold soil, they didn't come up. I wanted to see if the sh2 kernels would be frost tolerant, but they do not seem to be. I do not plan to carry the sh2 further. - JS
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