Sweet Corn Botany
Whilst picking my first sweet corn the other day I noticed some seeds
growing at the base of the male flowers. If the top flowers are male and the cobs are female, what is the botanical theory behind these ‘seeds’. Would they be viable (if they weren't F1 hybrids, which they are). Would they be identical genetically to the ‘female’ seeds? |
Sweet Corn Botany
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On the F1 thing, seeds from an F1 hybrid are viable, they just don't come anything like true to parental form. |
Sweet Corn Botany
"Trevor Appleton" wrote in message -service-com...
Whilst picking my first sweet corn the other day I noticed some seeds growing at the base of the male flowers. If the top flowers are male and the cobs are female, what is the botanical theory behind these ?seeds?. Would they be viable (if they weren't F1 hybrids, which they are). Would they be identical genetically to the ?female? seeds? You haven't got a picture, by any chance? Mike. |
Sweet Corn Botany
I'll take a pic tomorrow. They're on more than one plant, but I pulled them
off at least one of the plants "Mike Lyle" wrote in message om... "Trevor Appleton" wrote in message -service-com... Whilst picking my first sweet corn the other day I noticed some seeds growing at the base of the male flowers. If the top flowers are male and the cobs are female, what is the botanical theory behind these ?seeds?. Would they be viable (if they weren't F1 hybrids, which they are). Would they be identical genetically to the ?female? seeds? You haven't got a picture, by any chance? Mike. |
Sweet Corn Botany
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/hort/233/sweetcorn.htm
Male: The male inflorescence, the tassel, is also made of spikelets in pairs with one or more individual florets in each spikelet. Rudimentary pistils are present but do not ordinarily develop. This seems to imply female parts are present in the male flower, but I'm no botanist. "Trevor Appleton" wrote in message -service-com... Whilst picking my first sweet corn the other day I noticed some seeds growing at the base of the male flowers. If the top flowers are male and the cobs are female, what is the botanical theory behind these 'seeds'. Would they be viable (if they weren't F1 hybrids, which they are). Would they be identical genetically to the 'female' seeds? |
Sweet Corn Botany
I have the pics showing seeds on the male sweet corn flowers. Can anyone
tell me whether I can post the pics here or if there's a binary gardening newsgroup. My ability to upload to a website got lost in the mists of time. "Trevor Appleton" wrote in message -service-com... Whilst picking my first sweet corn the other day I noticed some seeds growing at the base of the male flowers. If the top flowers are male and the cobs are female, what is the botanical theory behind these 'seeds'. Would they be viable (if they weren't F1 hybrids, which they are). Would they be identical genetically to the 'female' seeds? |
Sweet Corn Botany
I have the pics showing seeds on the male sweet corn flowers. Can anyone
tell me whether I can post the pics here or if there's a binary gardening newsgroup. My ability to upload to a website got lost in the mists of time. "Trevor Appleton" wrote in message -service-com... Whilst picking my first sweet corn the other day I noticed some seeds growing at the base of the male flowers. If the top flowers are male and the cobs are female, what is the botanical theory behind these 'seeds'. Would they be viable (if they weren't F1 hybrids, which they are). Would they be identical genetically to the 'female' seeds? |
Sweet Corn Botany
"Trevor Appleton" wrote in message -service-com... I have the pics showing seeds on the male sweet corn flowers. Can anyone tell me whether I can post the pics here or if there's a binary gardening newsgroup. My ability to upload to a website got lost in the mists of time. Thgis is a text-only ng. Post them to any binary group and put the url in a note in this ng. Franz |
Sweet Corn Botany
"Trevor Appleton" wrote in message -service-com... I have the pics showing seeds on the male sweet corn flowers. Can anyone tell me whether I can post the pics here or if there's a binary gardening newsgroup. My ability to upload to a website got lost in the mists of time. Thgis is a text-only ng. Post them to any binary group and put the url in a note in this ng. Franz |
Sweet Corn Botany
Here we go:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/trevor....s/RIMG0001.JPG http://homepage.ntlworld.com/trevor....s/RIMG0002.JPG "Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... "Trevor Appleton" wrote in message -service-com... I have the pics showing seeds on the male sweet corn flowers. Can anyone tell me whether I can post the pics here or if there's a binary gardening newsgroup. My ability to upload to a website got lost in the mists of time. Thgis is a text-only ng. Post them to any binary group and put the url in a note in this ng. Franz |
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