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What is the Heaviest corn plant grown ?
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Posted by ncraven (My Page) on Mon, Oct 22, 07 at 20:16
I have a huge corn stalk growing in my garden and I wonder what the heaviest corn stalk is on record? If I washed the root ball and weighted it. This corn could be 20 pounds. Maybe?
I will take it to the Royal Winter Fair in November 3rd and have it weighed.
It stands only ten feet tall but it branches out at the bottom. With 20 or more stalks all from one seed planted. |
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RE: What is the Heaviest corn plant grown ?
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| Oh come on Norm!! There is no such record on record. What would the purpose of such a record be? Human consumption. The ears maybe, not the stocks. That would be fodder not something grown for human consumption. Come on we can do better than that!! Gianty. |
RE: What is the Heaviest corn plant grown ?
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| golaith corn from RHShumway MIGHT BE A GIOOD PLACE TO START . Save the seeds at any rate. |
RE: What is the Heaviest corn plant grown ?
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With 20 tillers, it sounds more like teosinte than corn, or maybe a teosinte-corn hybrid. The plant produced ears?
I tried producing a teosinte corn hybrid this year, but the teosinte (Zea nicaraguensis and Zea mays subsp. huehuetenangensis) seem to have extremely long growing seasons. I'm going to have to stop them indoors in the winter to have a chance of a cross. |
RE: What is the Heaviest corn plant grown ?
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At the Royal Winter Fair my corn measured in at 25 feet 6 inches.And the stalk weighted 25 lbs. My 21 foot stalk weighted 21 lbs.
My Teosite corn Hydrid plant weighted 65 lbs. |
RE: What is the Heaviest corn plant grown ?
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| Weight of biomass produced gets important if you're growing for biomass to be charred for bio-char, or for biomass to be shredded for mulch, or for biomass to be composted for fertilizer for next year's crop. Charring biomass (in this case cornstalks) can provide a variety of fuels and chemicals. |
RE: What is the Heaviest corn plant grown ?
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| I would like to get seed to grow big corn if anyone has any available |
RE: What is the Heaviest corn plant grown ?
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| Hey ncraven,what kind of corn did you plant that got 25 feet tall? And do you have any for sale? |
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