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Re: Re: Re: why don't farmers save seed corn?.
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Posted by RayP(MI) on November 10, 2003 at 10:28:49 from (216.46.197.242):
In Reply to: Re: Re: why don't farmers save seed corn?. posted by VADAVE on November 10, 2003 at 08:54:15:
Some of the seed growers raise seed in this area. During the summer they employ high school students to hand detassel corn. Have also seen mechanical detasslers which are used to cut the tops off the corn. Don't know which one yields the best results. I have not really paid attention, but I assume they plant the two vatieties in alternating rows, so removing the tassels from one variety assures that the corn will be fertilized by the next row. Since hybrids are specific crosses between pure varieties, they would carry characteristics of each, and succeeding generations may not show the same desired traits. We plant potatoes and oats back from previous crops, but need to refresh the stock after a couple or three years. As far as the corn seed company, I understand they take a narrow view of a farmer using leftover seed not used the previous year. This bothers me, as the farmer paid for it, even if he didn't use it this year. Understand the seed company doesn't like it nohow! (In some crops year old seed does not germinate near as well as "fresh.")
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