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If you had sweet corn planted next to your indian corn and the indian corn was the plant that ended up pollinating your sweet corn would that then make that ear of corn diffrent in color once it matures or would it have to be from that corn seed that is planted that will determine what color it will be next year . Reason why I ask is because I have some sweert corn with some purple and red corn in various places in my sweet corn cobs. And yes,I did plant my indian corn pretty close to my sweet corn?,,,Sorry for saying corn so much in this thread,lol

Brooks

8/30/2006 1:13:35 PM

Long Island

pollinators directly effect the corn kernels....if you've ever tried eating sweet corn grown next to broom corn you'll know what I mean....yuk!

8/30/2006 1:37:32 PM

Ohio

Thanks Brian, I wasnt sure but now Ill know not to plant them so close together next year. It does make the sweet corn have a cool pattern of colors and looks neat,only thing is that it dries out diffrently then my indian corn for some reason.

Thanks again,
Brooks

8/30/2006 1:56:23 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Ours is 50 feet apart this year we still had some cross pollination. It was easy to spot the Bloody Butcher in the Ambrosia. Brooks if you want colorful corn we grow a dent variety that has multi pastel colors called "Earth Tones" and of course our "Green and Gold". I like the dent colored corn because the animals get to eat whatever doesn't sell.

8/30/2006 3:42:26 PM

Montoursville, PA

Broom Corn is not a corn. It is a millet. Can real corn cross with a millet? Someone educate us please.

9/1/2006 1:14:40 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Broom Corn is actually "Sorghum vulgare" Field corn is Zea mays Linnaeus. Zea is a genus of the family Gramineae, so is Sorghum. But the two are not able to cross pollinate.

9/1/2006 2:44:21 PM

Montoursville, PA

Whew..........Got that straight now. Don't ask me tomorrow.
I did not think they could cross but that was a good 50/50 guess. Thanks Shannon.

Actually some seedsmen call broom corn a millet. Is that an acceptable common name? That's where my brilliance came from. Direct from a seed catalog. I guess it does not matter to much because I have seed catalog script writers about second on my hit list right behind all the legal begals out there. If we ever have another civil war those turkeys will have to be on the other side. I'll get my share. :))

9/1/2006 8:50:10 PM