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I'm going to show /out/ my corn project. I'm working on breeding a genetically diverse, locally adapted quasi-cultivar of corn. I say quasi-cultivar, because I don't care about stability. I care about resilience. I started off with several different cultivars of corn, and have been mixing them up, and letting them pollinate promiscuously. Off the top of my head, the genetics come from:
Painted Mountain
Navajo Blue Corn
"Posole" Corn
Earth Tones Dent
Some random Indian Decorative Corn
Another random Blue Corn
Hickory King
Bloody Butcher
There are a few others that I can't think of right now too. A lot of that population is F1, F2 and F3 hybrids. You may say that it is planted too close together, but 1) I want the competition to cull out unsuitable plants and 2) I used an equidistant plant spacing scheme that is literally 20% or 30% more efficient than just using a grid.
The circled plant is probably 1 1/2 feet shorter than the surrounding plants. I suspect it is going to have a poor yield, and thus won't be selected for seed for next year.
