tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post6506886025383108398..comments2024-03-17T19:32:26.043+00:00Comments on Daughter of the Soil: Sweetcorn 2008Rebsie Fairholmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-22872952199168131532009-01-30T04:19:00.000+00:002009-01-30T04:19:00.000+00:00For an old hippie peacenik organic kinship gardene...For an old hippie peacenik organic kinship gardener, your article about Red Miracle SC lit up my heart.<BR/>I thought of your article while answering the interview questions.<BR/>The original v.drk.ppl.seeds came inadvertently from probably True Platinum x any one of 4 Hopi starch corns. <BR/>A few dark red-purple crinkle seeds led to Martian Red which from crosses with Ruby Queen gave Double Red.<BR/>The Red Miracle you grew was F3.<BR/>That the Parsley Pea with no tendrils when crossed to a regular snap vine gave the HT trait was good fortune. We will work to incorporate into bush peas of snow and snap and all colors. The line Snowsweet is a HT bush with green snowpods. With good circumstances, it will be the female parent in crosses to Opal Creek and Sugar Magnolia.<BR/>Best to you<BR/>MushroomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-55527865547483075452008-11-25T17:43:00.000+00:002008-11-25T17:43:00.000+00:00What a spectacular corn! You always get amazing pi...What a spectacular corn! You always get amazing pictures, too.<BR/><BR/>I did a little poking around and learned that, if Bishops Homegrown is correct about Martians Double Red being the same as your Red Miracle, this corn is available from a Canadian company called Ecogenesis. http://www.ecogenesis.ca/Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16816975302578794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-62969141975148537262008-11-22T09:25:00.000+00:002008-11-22T09:25:00.000+00:00That ruby colour is stunning! Looks like it should...That ruby colour is stunning! Looks like it should be running with sweet juice like a pomegranate. Wonderful to look at!Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705506930308472527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-37244462869468719742008-11-20T04:30:00.000+00:002008-11-20T04:30:00.000+00:00Fairly certain that Martian Purple is the same var...Fairly certain that Martian Purple is the same variety. For a couple of years some of Alan Kapulers friends who also ran seed businesses sold the seed under a variety of names, I'm not totally sure if there was ever and "official name" really. Somewhere on the net, and I'll see if I can find it, there is a video detailing some of Dr. Kapulers work, it was just shortly after he made the cross that led to this corn and it was pretty detailed, it might even be stored on the Homegrown Goodness forum somewhere, I'll see what I can dig up.<BR/><BR/>If you can't maintain seed for the astronomy domine and you find that you like it, just let me know and I'll make sure to save and send you a sample for your garden in coming years, that way you don't have to do without! :) Sweet Corn is just too good not to have yearly!Bishops Homegrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530035650083339042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-36146245324626415352008-11-18T11:26:00.000+00:002008-11-18T11:26:00.000+00:00Thanks all!Preston - I'd happily give the seed awa...Thanks all!<BR/><BR/>Preston - I'd happily give the seed away if I could grow enough of it, but I don't have room to grow it for seed unfortunately. (Sweetcorn is an extreme outbreeder and you need to save seed from at least 100 plants to keep it healthy.) There were one or two ears on each plant ... mostly two.<BR/><BR/>Alan - oh, is this the same as Martian Double Red? I had no idea. I wish I had the space to take it on and maintain it, but in a garden as small as mine it's not really an option, and I don't have the facilities to isolate it.Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-84622992803823252722008-11-18T01:38:00.000+00:002008-11-18T01:38:00.000+00:00Is all I can say is WOW! I had no idea such a bea...Is all I can say is WOW! I had no idea such a beautiful corn existed...I just love your post!ConsciousGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253940238405185012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-85267461132565309672008-11-17T23:00:00.000+00:002008-11-17T23:00:00.000+00:00A fantastic looking crop, but the downside is that...A fantastic looking crop, but the downside is that it reminds me that there are occasional disadvantages to living in NE Scotland. It's been a long time since I've been able to sink my teeth into a cob of just picked, home-grown corn. I'm almost tempted to move back to warmer climes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-22498419999614869002008-11-14T17:02:00.000+00:002008-11-14T17:02:00.000+00:00I'd also love to buy some of those. My s'corn was ...I'd also love to buy some of those. My s'corn was all one cob per plant this year....a great disappointmentlilymarlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370053859106368722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-48949634846476402682008-11-14T03:51:00.000+00:002008-11-14T03:51:00.000+00:00Hey Rebsie,Thanks so much for the compliments and ...Hey Rebsie,<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for the compliments and credit. Mr. Kapuler's Martian Double Red (among it's many names), is truly a great accomplishment and among one of the many cultivars that are also mixed in the Astronomy Domine genepool with "Mushrooms" support aa well (I also used two of his others, Rainbow Inca as well as Painted Hills). Be sure to hold on to the Double Red sweet corn as it is very hard to find and other than ocassionaly sending out a few seeds here and there Alan Kapuler has retired from the seed business, the sad thing is Double Red to my knowledge is only available from him and possibly Horizon Herbs even here in the states, it could very well already be on the verge of extinction as I have yet to see Seeds Of Change offer their seed for sale even with an article posted on their site a couple years ago about the grow out and seed increase of this valuable variety.<BR/><BR/>You may notice that the seeds of Astronomy Domine are not particularly large and plump this year, the reason is thus:<BR/><BR/>Low fertility trials. I had decided this year to put it through the ringer so to speak and planted all the patches in sub standard soil amended only with un composted cow manure,theorizing that if it could grow in these conditions with very little fertility, sun, and poor drainage that it should do well just about anywhere, we will see what happens with it but I do believe that this would be a good starting point for selecting a strain for growth in the English garden climate as it's still young enough in the Filial chain to provide a number of genetic variables. I will warn however that the harvest is all over the place as the days to maturity of course still have to be sorted out.Bishops Homegrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530035650083339042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-30326051353730318212008-11-13T16:11:00.000+00:002008-11-13T16:11:00.000+00:00Is there any way you might sell some seeds and spr...Is there any way you might sell some seeds and spread the wealth so to speak? How many ears on a stalk did you get?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-43672306731130614552008-11-13T14:08:00.000+00:002008-11-13T14:08:00.000+00:00I am trying hard to resist adding corn to my garde...I am trying hard to resist adding corn to my garden of delights this year as I'm also trying out popping amaranth, sorghum, etc... but darn it, that is a pretty looking corn and if it did well for you, there's a good possibility that it would do spectacularly well here. I do like the idea of the rainbow sweetcorn as well. <BR/><BR/>I second homegrown goodness as a great project and forum - important and lots of fun.Ottawa Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486499450332482461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-36912702567580676852008-11-13T11:05:00.000+00:002008-11-13T11:05:00.000+00:00Lovely colours Rebsie.As for spuds - my local Wai...Lovely colours Rebsie.<BR/><BR/>As for spuds - my local Waitrose has reduced the price of 1.5kg bags of Highland Burgundy and Belle de Fontenay to 95p and they could do ok for seed potatoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-73717968122792667752008-11-13T09:55:00.000+00:002008-11-13T09:55:00.000+00:00That's stunning! Even more tempted to extend the v...That's stunning! Even more tempted to extend the vegetable garden now!!!!<BR/><BR/>CeliaCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-8450325767546993952008-11-13T08:43:00.000+00:002008-11-13T08:43:00.000+00:00Just shows that food can be beautiful as well as t...Just shows that food can be beautiful as well as tasty. I'm glad that food is once again coming into the hands (and gardens and mouths) of the people and away from the big global corporations. Power to all the elbows involved!Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841961223771293021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-56912483731118464322008-11-13T08:21:00.000+00:002008-11-13T08:21:00.000+00:00So beautiful :)So beautiful :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12544410769085683224noreply@blogger.com