Rocky Mountain Corn

[GilpinGuy]

Man, I have a lot of silk, but the "ears" are pretty damn small. Hopefully it's frost resistant like it's supposed to be. It's getting damn chilly up here at night.

It's interesting, the seeds I germinated inside, then transplanted, are way smaller than the ones I sowed directly. Someone mentioned that it's better to direct sow. Good to know for next year.

Every single seed I germinated inside or directly sowed grew though. Pretty awesome.

[rbeau30]

Direct sow. Otherwise they get root bound in only a couple days. Out of 12 kernels I got 1.5 lbs of corn. My ears are small and some of them do not have completed rows of kernels. I guess this is a lack of pollenation. I need to expand the corn to the 4x8 raised bed next year that I am not using to tomatoes and rotate. My corn finished early enough this year I can till and use the bed for something like lettuce later in the year.

Next year I will plant half from my seeds and half from the original stock. Perhaps it will help the next generations with this area