RE: [gardeners] Corn is falling over
Seyfried,Alice (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:20:38 -0400
Just to make sure we're not comparing apples with oranges (or corn with
lima bean, if you will), when I said 5x12, I meant 5 rows, 12 stalks in
each row, not 5 feet x 12 feet. Liz, is that what you meant, too?
Well, maybe I'll try pollinating a few of the days.
Alice
seyfried@oclc.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kay Lancaster [SMTP:kay@fern.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 1998 4:11 PM
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: RE: [gardeners] Corn is falling over
>
> On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Liz Albrook wrote:
>
> > Kay Lancaster <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote:
> >
> > > With a 5x12 block of plants, you'll need to hand pollinate anyway.
>
> >
> > I grow 4 x 10 blocks of corn plants, never hand pollinate and have
> > always gotten full ears. It's not necessary.
>
> I'm truly surprised. I rarely see a block that small fully
> pollinated.
>
> Kay Lancaster kay@fern.com
> just west of Portland, OR; USDA zone 8 (polarfleece)
>
>