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Post by DarJones on May 17, 2012 23:42:56 GMT -5
Joseph, there are many sources of natural fungicides available around you. The strobularin mushroom would be an excellent possibility. Neem oil inhibits fungals. I haven't tested it, but pokeweed berries are probably antifungal. You might try some of them and see what happens.
DarJones
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Post by mnjrutherford on May 19, 2012 8:41:44 GMT -5
I've got plenty of poke weed here. We try to keep it to a minimum since we don't use it yet. I want to have SOME, just don't need a tone. I'm interested in having it around for ink. Let me know if you want me to gather and send germplasm.
Come fall, can I get some Frosty seed? I'd also like to work in some of the other SE+ varieties. I THINK I need to look for drought resistance. However, this season has been good with rain. To date that is. Mike says it is shaping up to be a la nina season so maybe the rain is going to stop? Who knows.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on May 19, 2012 23:32:45 GMT -5
I'll look into natural seed treatments.
So far this spring I have planted two sets of seeds that are supposedly se+. The first set of 18 seeds was planted on April 3rd, a month earlier than my typical su corn planting date and two months earlier than my typical se+ planting date. One plant is currently growing.
The second set of about 100 seeds was planted on 2 May: A few days before my normal su planting time. It is just starting to germinate. One seed has sprouted so far.
My average last frost date is about decoration day (last week of May).
I'm hoping to self them this summer and test for homozygosity of se.
I also planted about 4000 seeds of unsorted Ashworth F2 seed [su X se+] at my normal su planting time. I'm expecting to self some of them. Perhaps some of those will end up being se+.
I'm holding off on planting the sorted (presumably se+) longer-season seed for a couple more weeks until it is warmer.
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