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2008-09-05 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

A Key Discovered To Cold Tolerance In Corn

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Posted by 3dc 2008-09-05 02:52|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Hmmm. Not sure if this, by itself, is enough to grow corn in colder places.

Corn can GROW fine in cooler climates. The problem is getting it to germinate in them. Small gardeners who don't mind going to the trouble to do so have known for years that they can start corn indoors and then plant it out in fairly cool weather with good results.

This is impractical on a large scale, though.

Posted by no mo uro 2008-09-05 05:41|| 2008-09-05 05:41|| Front Page Top

#2 A silent sun may force it to become practical.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-05 09:07|| 2008-09-05 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 P2k, what do you mean? I am not sure why they are even bothering to research this. Soon the only place cool enough for plants to grow will be above the Arctic circle. That's what the Goreacle told me.

Posted by Rambler in California 2008-09-05 12:52|| 2008-09-05 12:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Rambler, don't buy a vacation home at high altitude and latitude unless you like to ski. Sorry.

Posted by tipover 2008-09-05 13:59|| 2008-09-05 13:59|| Front Page Top

#5 tipover, but, but Al said that the Earth has a fever. The Arctic ice cap is melting away, soon it will be too hot to live anywhere in the world (except the tops of mountains, and way, way North.)
/sarcasm

Posted by Rambler in California 2008-09-05 16:40|| 2008-09-05 16:40|| Front Page Top

#6 This will come in handy in the "Little Ice Age" that's on the way.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-09-05 19:14|| 2008-09-05 19:14|| Front Page Top

#7 They sugar cane part could be interesting in a biofuel context.

Posted by 3dc 2008-09-05 20:33|| 2008-09-05 20:33|| Front Page Top

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