Food Plots Seed Corn

Mcboom

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I have planted 1 and 2 year old seed with great success if it were stored properly. Doing a germination test this weekend on some 3 year old RR I found 4 bags of.
Ok I'll bite. How does one go about doing a germination test? Small cup of dirt with a seed in it?
 

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Ok I'll bite. How does one go about doing a germination test? Small cup of dirt with a seed in it?
Its easier than that. I use 2 saucers or plates
lay 2 sheets of paper towel on the plate
place 100 kernels on each
fold paper towels over to cover and wet thoroughly.
keep wet twice a day, keep warm
it takes about 3 days.
count what didnt sprout, the difference is the germ rate
2 second plate is just for confirmation

you must keep it wet!
 

JCDEERMAN

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Its easier than that. I use 2 saucers or plates
lay 2 sheets of paper towel on the plate
place 100 kernels on each
fold paper towels over to cover and wet thoroughly.
keep wet twice a day, keep warm
it takes about 3 days.
count what didnt sprout, the difference is the germ rate
2 second plate is just for confirmation

you must keep it wet!
I like it!
 

Popcorn

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Has anybody ever tried planting a bag of shelled feed corn? Asking for a friend
I dont because its usually trashy and will not flow well in my planter plus the various kernel sizes either drop 2 or crush one. There is another reason but I have never seen it pursued, unless you were producing for market. That is that the rights to that genome belongs to someone who wants paid for the use of it.
 

deerhunter10

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Its easier than that. I use 2 saucers or plates
lay 2 sheets of paper towel on the plate
place 100 kernels on each
fold paper towels over to cover and wet thoroughly.
keep wet twice a day, keep warm
it takes about 3 days.
count what didnt sprout, the difference is the germ rate
2 second plate is just for confirmation

you must keep it wet!
We did something like that not as many seeds when I was in high-school biology.
 

sc8point

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I dont because its usually trashy and will not flow well in my planter plus the various kernel sizes either drop 2 or crush one. There is another reason but I have never seen it pursued, unless you were producing for market. That is that the rights to that genome belongs to someone who wants paid for the use of it.
Because of the nature of hybrid genetics it is unlikely to produce a good crop. It is very inconsistent.
 

redblood

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I dont because its usually trashy and will not flow well in my planter plus the various kernel sizes either drop 2 or crush one. There is another reason but I have never seen it pursued, unless you were producing for market. That is that the rights to that genome belongs to someone who wants paid for the use of it.
Yes. There has been some pretty nasty lawsuits by monsanto over round up ready corn being planted without purchasing the rights
 

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