GROWING CORN (MAIZE) ALL YEAR ROUND

See those maize plants growing with such elegance in that sack?- they started growing by default not by design...maize plants pictures taken today January 24th.

Out of the corn I harvested last - in November, last year, I soaked a cob of maize in December  to soften it.

I gave to the snails without removing the grains from the cob. The snails ate what they could out of it.

When cleaning the snail pen, I took what was left of the cob and deposited it in one of the sacks of soil as manure - I had not even actually got to do tillage on that sack of soil but been adding wastes  regularly.

The corn germinated, I think up to six or more plants. I thinned to three stands - I usually allow two stands of maize per sack but decided to leave three - I am  constantly exploring  different options, making observations and taking notes.

I marvel at the determination with which the maize plants are growing even in this very dry season. I constantly water and weed of course  but some crops are just so very determined to grow.

Another observation is that in organic gardening or farming,  the seeds of crops you harvest in your garden or farm are like thoroughbred-  pure-bred - they are very ruddy.

I did see a post by a leading Organic Farmer on that  - this maize plants story is attesting to what @Opefarms  said. 

Something similar happened with Okro and I almost overlooked.  It's been very difficult for Okro to grow in in my garden  from seeds purchased or Okro bought.

It took very long time for Okro to germinate from seeds I purchased in spite if constantly manuring with organic wastes.

When I harvested  very small quantity of Okro few weeks ago and planted,  I did not even give it any special attention.   But I've just noticed its growing even though it's in an overcrowded sack with rounded tomatoes.

The observation on vitality of organically produced seeds is still ongoing  - what I think is playing out is this - the  seeds of plants grown through organic means are healthier (have more vibrancy) because they are devoid of chemicals. It means seeds from organically grown plants have more life.
Just that if you are doing very large scale farming you might not be able to get to buy as many organically produced seeds as you need.

But for small producers like we, the  mini-gardeners, seeds got from your garden plants are treasures.

 

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