Post by oxbowfarm on Feb 17, 2018 19:58:58 GMT -5
reed it was a bust. Not because the corn didn't work, but I screwed it up by leaving them in the tray too long. I've found that if I leave them in those plug sheets much past V5, many corns think they are dying and they prematurely tassel and die. Not all corn, but definitely Zapalote Chico did that for me. I don't have a good excuse, but it was just one of those things where I didn't have time, forgot, or whatever and they sat in the greenhouse for a couple extra weeks and so ALL the corns I was trying to add into the flour corn project in 2017 from transplants didn't produce anything. I also didn't get any additional trays planted like I said I was going to in the video. On the other hand, my flint corn project got done everything on time, and I got seed from Tarahumara Golden Cristalino, Chapalote, and Onaveño. So the year wasn't a total bust, but I didn't give my flour corn project the same attention as the flint. Mostly I think this was because I was EASY to access the flint corn patch and so I was thinking about it often, and the flour corn was over behind my barn and I forgot it all the time. I've noticed that I flake out on one or the other project some years. I still have high hopes for Zapalote Chico, both due to the maysin/earworm resistance and due to it being a premium tortilla corn from Oaxaca.
I honestly don't see much damage from earworm, I'm not in a big corn growing area, I'd say that my corn is the only corn grown in a 5 mile radius so I think its a bit too patchy for the moths to make a big impact on me. I mostly have issues with birds and foliar disease.
I honestly don't see much damage from earworm, I'm not in a big corn growing area, I'd say that my corn is the only corn grown in a 5 mile radius so I think its a bit too patchy for the moths to make a big impact on me. I mostly have issues with birds and foliar disease.
