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Post by nkline on Sept 20, 2018 10:37:55 GMT -5
I have some corn in my plot that the animals are starting to get at after some wind leaned it. It is at 50% milk line and I was wondering if I could harvest it and get over 80% germ rate. I would leave it on drying boards husks off but on cob with fans on it. What are your expiences with early harvested corn.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Sept 20, 2018 11:31:12 GMT -5
Corn seed is fully viable about a week before I would be picking it for fresh eating as sweet corn.
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Post by nkline on Sept 20, 2018 20:18:36 GMT -5
Thank you!
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Post by farmermike on Sept 25, 2018 23:17:46 GMT -5
It has been my experience that the embryo becomes viable very early in the ripening process, but the endosperm will be underdeveloped if the cob is removed from the plant too early.
Since the endosperm provides nutrition for the germinating seedling, underdeveloped kernels seem to grow weakly and have a hard time fighting off mold and such while germinating.
I once harvested a whole field of flour corn very early, due to heavy rodent damage. Some of the cobs had kernels so underdeveloped that they were wrinkled almost like sweet corn. They still sprouted, but weakly.
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Post by nkline on Sept 26, 2018 10:20:03 GMT -5
Good to know I’m considering trying to get two generations in one summer on some of my early corn.
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