Rural/Farm Life

central scrutinizer

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11. Absolutely not

Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:18 PM

Sep 2024

The new GMO seeds have terminator genes that prevent you from saving seeds from this year’s crop to plant next year. They won’t sprout, forcing you to buy more. I’ve read that these terminator seeds are disrupting the corn culture in Mexico because the pollen can travel on the wind a long ways and infect other fields. Different strains of corn are important in ceremonies and they may be in danger of being exterminated.

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So I posted this thread about growing an ear of corn, earlier this summer ..... [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 OP

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Not a farmer....4 ea. 4' x 16' x 3' raised beds. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #15

Look at that cornsilk dweller Sep 2024 #2

I would need a hit of Owsley's Blotter acid to attempt that task. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #5

There's 1 silk dweller Sep 2024 #6

I did not know! I learn something new everyday that I read this board. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #8

one for each (potential) kernel ... ret5hd Sep 2024 #7

That's a weed. Frasier Balzov Sep 2024 #3

LOL.... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #4

One of my first jobs as a kid was corn detasseling in Nebraska central scrutinizer Sep 2024 #9

Better corn thru science! OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #10

Absolutely not central scrutinizer Sep 2024 #11

Important post. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #12

Very interesting about the silk. 3catwoman3 Sep 2024 #13

Eventually the truth comes out about eating an ear of corn. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #14