il Sat, 06 Mar 2004 12:21:06 -0500, Steve ha scritto:



Loki wrote:
...................I have plain yellow corn that I'm trying
to maintain, as I don't want that sweet yellow and white one. My
neighbour's corn is all dead and brown while mine are still growing,
so hopefully the pollen times didn't match...........

One thing you can do, if you suspect cross pollination may have
occurred, is look closely at the seed before you shell it off the
cob. If you see any that are a different color, kick them out. Even
pollination by another yellow corn might be visible as slightly
darker or lighter seeds.
By the way, do you live in Tasmania or something? Just trying to
figure out where the season is that short in the southern
hemisphere. ;-)

Steve

Thanks for the tips.

I'm not sure why our NZ season is so bad. Most days we have had heavy
cloud cover, like today :-(. The grass should be brown, the air hot
and dry. But no. Rain, more rain and clouds and wind is what we got
this summer. Why my neighbours corn is brown and mine still growing
I don't know, unless she killed them, or the wind did. (mine are more
protected and huddled). I also planted late since I had to do it
again once the first strike was so feeble. Our autumn has officially
started too. (1 march)

It's a wonder anything is still growing, including my jalapenos.
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Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]