2021 Corn

[Greenie DeS]

Morden Manitoba has produced some amazing plant material over the years.  Vote of confidence here.
Huge shame about my friend's crop, she got nothing afaik not even seed, as rodents moved in the minute it hit the ground.  I hope she had seeds held back from last year, if so I could likely get you a handful from next year's crop.
This is the wierd wages from climate change.  Warmer year - yay!  Hurricane landfalls - doh.

Re: Morden: Right? 70% of what I grow is originally from Morden, U Sask, or Siberia. I just need to track it down.

I would love some of that corn if it becomes available.

Down south is all landslides, here we just had rain-on-snow and above-freezing daytimes until Dec 1st. I hope we get some snow or else our cold spikes are going to destroy my perennial plantings with only a couple inches of insulation on the ground right now.  On the other side of it, I suspect we won't get much -40C this year at all (knock on wood).

[Steph S]

Re: Morden: Right? 70% of what I grow is originally from Morden, U Sask, or Siberia. I just need to track it down.

I would love some of that corn if it becomes available.

Down south is all landslides, here we just had rain-on-snow and above-freezing daytimes until Dec 1st. I hope we get some snow or else our cold spikes are going to destroy my perennial plantings with only a couple inches of insulation on the ground right now.  On the other side of it, I suspect we won't get much -40C this year at all (knock on wood).

Oh boy... we can spike down to -25C and that is plenty cold, it's hard to imagine -40.  I have a friend in N BC who lost her entire garlic crop one year. Here it is the thaws and rain that are really havoc, never a reliable snow cover but never THAT cold.
Our problem with corn is the crazy short season we have.  Lucky to get 60 days without a frost or close to it, even if it remains "nice" for months more, in a "normal" year.  Also so windy, if not hurricanes close to it, pretty reliable to expect.   I was very interested to see your Gaspe corn that is making ears without getting tall enough to lodge.  Look forward to hear your review of the Arctic first too!