In general you want to use heirloom varieties to save your own seeds. When you save hybrids the next generation will be all wonky. Same is true of chickens, actually. It’s because the next Gen many of the heterozygous traits are now homozygous. Could change the kernal color, size, density, etc
Also don’t plant multiple varieties of corn together. When the corn is pollinated by another variety it affects the crop itself somehow. Or wait a month until you plant the next variety
No that's only a special situation when a grower is producing hybrid varieties of corn for seed company. When producing corn to eat, tassels are kept so plant can self-pollinate.
Ah ok. So if I wanted to produce my own seed then I could do that?
In general you want to use heirloom varieties to save your own seeds. When you save hybrids the next generation will be all wonky. Same is true of chickens, actually. It’s because the next Gen many of the heterozygous traits are now homozygous. Could change the kernal color, size, density, etc
Also don’t plant multiple varieties of corn together. When the corn is pollinated by another variety it affects the crop itself somehow. Or wait a month until you plant the next variety
I’ve heard about detasseling corn. Is that something that needs to be done?
No that's only a special situation when a grower is producing hybrid varieties of corn for seed company. When producing corn to eat, tassels are kept so plant can self-pollinate.