So I posted this thread about growing an ear of corn, earlier this summer .....

[OAITW r.2.0]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/11822218


But, turns out, a single cornstalk can grow an ear.....who knew?

[marble falls]

1. Three if you're a farmer. You have to have a serious sized garden to grow enough corn, but that looks nice.

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15. Not a farmer....4 ea. 4' x 16' x 3' raised beds.

Love the prep, but, it turns out, too much else goes on around here, to pay attention to the garden.

[dweller]

2. Look at that cornsilk

You know how many silk there are ?
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5. I would need a hit of Owsley's Blotter acid to attempt that task.

[dweller]

6. There's 1 silk

for every kernel … ain’t Nature grand ?

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8. I did not know! I learn something new everyday that I read this board.

Thanks!

[ret5hd]

7. one for each (potential) kernel ...

the way i understand things.

[Frasier Balzov]

3. That's a weed.

I pull those all the time.

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4. LOL....

[central scrutinizer]

9. One of my first jobs as a kid was corn detasseling in Nebraska

Seed companies would contract with a farmer to produce hybrid corn seeds for the following year’s planting. There’d be four female rows, then one male row, four female, one male, etc. We’d go down the female rows, pulling out the tops before they became mature enough to produce pollen. The male plants had some characteristics that they wanted to introduce to the gene pool. $0.95/hour

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10. Better corn thru science!

This isn't your Mayan's idea of corn.....

[central scrutinizer]

11. Absolutely not

The new GMO seeds have terminator genes that prevent you from saving seeds from this year’s crop to plant next year. They won’t sprout, forcing you to buy more. I’ve read that these terminator seeds are disrupting the corn culture in Mexico because the pollen can travel on the wind a long ways and infect other fields. Different strains of corn are important in ceremonies and they may be in danger of being exterminated.

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12. Important post.

Thanks.

[Farmer-Rick]

16. US corn is considered GMO corn and can not be identified as organic

GMO corn made up an estimated 94% of the corn planted in the US, occupying more than 86 million acres. In fact, GMO varieties are so ubiquitous in the US that corn is considered a high-risk crop under the Non-GMO Project Standard

If you want organic corn for your animals, you have to buy it from Europe. The US has pretty well contaminated all their corn with GMOs.

The problem with GMO pollen drift and contamination of non GMO corn.

Financial risk — A farmer whose organic or non-GMO crops are contaminated can lose market access, causing economic hardship. Organic farms are tested and GMO plants will disqualify a farmer from an organic market.

Legal risk — Most GMO seed is patented, and the farmer whose crop was compromised is potentially liable for contamination events. GMO corporations have been known to file suite against farmers with contaminated corn.

Loss of biodiversity — Contamination from GMO seeds or pollen can change the characteristics of a non-GMO crop, impacting a crop's suitability for food, industrial or breeding purposes.

[3catwoman3]

13. Very interesting about the silk.

I'm a methodical corn-on-the-cob eater. I like to eat 2 rows at a time to savor it longer, but have to start with 3 rows because it easier to get my teeth around 3 rows for the first "trip" along the cob. Then, 2 rows at a time until the cob is almost bare. There are always 3 rows left.

I find this intriguing, because it means there are an even number of rows of kernels on the cob - such symmetry in nature.

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14. Eventually the truth comes out about eating an ear of corn.

Yours is the most logical.