Re: Corn flowering

Hi, Nesa
On the subject of saving seeds of your miniature corn, 3 flowering plants
are not enough. You need a *minimum* of 50 plants to prevent inbreeding
depression - 100 plants is best although Susan Ashworth in "Seed to Seed"
recommends 200...
Rose-Marie
>At 12:29 PM 4/1/01 +0800, you wrote:
>>Hi Margaret and Arzeena, I am in Singapore where its summer all year. I
>>was referring to the tassles when I said "Flowering". Leaving one for seed
>>sounds fine to me. I didnt expect much of a harvest cos I'm short on space
>>and am actually keener on other stuff like beans, tomatoes , peppers, okra
>>and eggplant- all of which I'm growing with lots of other veg too.We are a
>>small family  and just want some homegrown veg to supplement what we buy.
>>Besides we have all year and I can start more corn soon, even before I
>>harvest this lot.I do the same with other plants, start them at different
>>stages for a continual supply. Right now we are eating fresh bittermelon,
>>tomatoes, basella, wild eggplant and kangkong. We hope to eat beans,
>>peppers and okra soon. Last year we had lots of pumpkin and okra- both of
>>which I've started again. The okra is producing buds.
>
>What is kangkong? How do you use bittermelon?  Do you grow any leafy
>greens?  What kind?  Margaret L
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