Isa's Homestead Happenings and Hangout

[sdm111]

When you say pecker....

When I say pecker I mean pecker.
Just look at how big it is compared to her hand. It would take two hands to keep ahold of that pecker.

 

[Brooks_]

Two hands, you say?

 

[bill3607]

Girl, actually! Her name is Octavia. And I used to work at a zoo

The zoo that I have been to? I may have fed Octavia as well.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

By 110 days the 85 day is done pollinating and can be stripped of the tassles. That way you know for sure that the 85 day won't cross with the 110 day. We have a lot of seed corn growers in our area, it's one of the main cash crops. As long as I don't have more than .25 acre of my own corn they are not concerned about cross pollination. My garden is right beside one of the commercial seed corn growers fields and that's what they tell us.
However, what I have done, is to grow beans when they grow corn and when they grow beans I grow corn. I am more concerned with cross pollination than they are.
If you are concerned about maintaining absolute purity I would keep the distance at 1000 feet. Otherwise 250 feet is fine or just stagger the planting time enough to offset cross pollination.
You could harvest all the unpollinated ears and the late developing plants from the 85 day variety before the 110 day variety pollinates. That would be another way to help ensure no cross pollinating.
Horse and cattle love green corn stalks, just dont give them more than 3-4 stalks at a time.

Honestly the only one I'm super concerned about keeping pure is the sweet corn. The other 1 or 2 I looked at are ornamental, so they won't be eaten here by people and I won't worry about the taste

 

[troyer]

Honestly the only one I'm super concerned about keeping pure is the sweet corn. The other 1 or 2 I looked at are ornamental, so they won't be eaten here by people and I won't worry about the taste

Usually sweet corn is a shorter day variety than field corn. If you think it might be a problem, pick a short day sweet corn variety.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Usually sweet corn is a shorter day variety than field corn. If you think it might be a problem, pick a short day sweet corn variety.

Okay lemme go see what the packet says. I think that would be the 85 day one if I'm remembering the right numbers.

 

[ShrekDawg]

 

[tripletfeb]

Oooh, ostrich burger is good.

Ostrich jerky is good

 

[JacinLarkwell]

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I feel like something's missing

 

[ShrekDawg]

I feel like something's missing

I swear he knows it or something cause he looks so SAD! LOL