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["Naomi Counides" <naomi@oznayim.us>]

Thank you.  I will look for a different variety for next year.  See saving
looks like a poor idea for me
Naomi

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From: nafex [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Melissa
Kacalanos via nafex
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 7:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [nafex] OT a bit- Saving hybrid seed (corn)

Corn suffers severely from inbreeding depression, so the only varieties
worth growing are hybrids (crosses between two inbred parents) or
populations with enough genetic diversity to be vigorous. It would take a
pretty big field to maintain enough genetic diversity in a population, and
you're not going to get it by starting with one hybrid. 

Gardeners have had some luck stabilizing hybrids of, say, tomatoes, since
they don't suffer from inbreeding depression so much. But not corn. 

Melissa

Sent from my iPhone (pardon my brevity). 

> On Jun 3, 2014, at 8:18 AM, "Naomi Counides" <naomi@oznayim.us> wrote:
> 
> I made a last minute decision to plant some sweet corn.  Found a 2007 
> package of Tuxedo in the bottom of my seed box.  Pre-sprouted it and 
> it worked.  So I planted it.  Then I looked up Tuxedo.  I found that 
> it was a smut resistant yellow sweet corn with good tip cover and good 
> eating qualities, Sugar Enhanced hybrid and the only seed source is in
England.
> http://www.halcyonplants.co.uk/index.php?page=product_details
> <http://www.halcyonplants.co.uk/index.php?page=product_details&product
> _id=13
> 48> &product_id=1348  So. if I want to try and save seed from this 
> 48> year and
> maybe work toward stabilizing it, what are my challenges?  How should 
> I proceed?
> 
> 
> 
> Or, I am not really that hooked into it.  I would settle for the name 
> of another smut resistant yellow or bicolor sweet corn that tastes very
good.
> 
> Naomi
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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