tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post3801715780947159030..comments2024-03-17T19:32:26.043+00:00Comments on Daughter of the Soil: Maize trial in St James' Park, 1849Rebsie Fairholmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-28658981649029758002010-01-28T10:31:43.026+00:002010-01-28T10:31:43.026+00:00Thanks for the post, we will post your article &qu...Thanks for the post, we will post your article "Can plants grow without soil". I will post for our customers to see your articles on your blog <a href="http://www.hydroponicswholesale.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">Can plants grow without soil</a>Can plants grow without soilhttp://www.hydroponicswholesale.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-53602197865814843792009-06-15T23:49:30.510+01:002009-06-15T23:49:30.510+01:00Enjoyed reading your review of Major Cooks Bean. ...Enjoyed reading your review of Major Cooks Bean. I am growing this as a seed guardian for HSL so I am very pleased to get any info on it. Sound like a good bean. Growing strongly.<br /><br />I like your comments on plant breeding. I have been breeding my own variety of runner bean. We have very dry conditions and I found only a few beans did well. So I started saving the seeds from the plants that produced well. What surprised me was how quickly I seemed to get beans that produced well in the dry conditions. I have called it intelligent genetics. Because I am convinced that the conditions in which the beans are grown affect the next generation.<br /><br />I am really impressed by the vigour of the plants I have got from the HSL and the pest resistance.ermintrudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17647595295672514075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-5625300701711900852008-11-18T11:10:00.000+00:002008-11-18T11:10:00.000+00:00Alan - it's a strange thing, sweetcorn in the UK. ...Alan - it's a strange thing, sweetcorn in the UK. I had a friend who lived a quarter of a mile up the road, a competent gardener, who reckoned she could never get it to ripen. But it usually does well for me. Always worth a try, as you say!<BR/><BR/>Jeremy - that's a good question. It's called "hybrid maize" in the headline but there's no explanation. Likewise the "American corn" is a bit on the vague side. There are engravings of all three types, but they all look like weedy and straggly specimens compared to what we're used to today.Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-17826735840932443762008-11-16T18:43:00.000+00:002008-11-16T18:43:00.000+00:00What does the ILN (or you) mean by "hybrid" in thi...What does the ILN (or you) mean by "hybrid" in this context, I wonder?Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04639265958695262241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-41185549946908539792008-11-14T03:42:00.000+00:002008-11-14T03:42:00.000+00:00Very interesting post Rebsie, I often have questio...Very interesting post Rebsie, I often have questions from English Gardeners about my corn and weather or not it can be grown in England, many seem to think it won't ripen and the only thing I really know to say is that you will never know unless you try.Bishops Homegrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530035650083339042noreply@blogger.com