How much corn can you grow per acre? Grow anything between 22 and 35 thousand plants on a single acre of the field to ensure adequate space for each plant along with proper pollination.Poorly pollinated plants will have ears with empty spots where the kernels should be. In such a ...
Some carrots grow to 10 inches (25cm) long; others are much shorter. Carrots are usually orange, but colors can vary from red to yellow to purple. Shorter varieties are a good choice for heavy soil; long types require loose, loamy soil. Botanical name: Daucus carota Family: Apiaceae (Umbe...
Added to these are culinary seeds. These are what we more often think of as seeds – we often buy them unprocessed and use them whole in cooking, whether as aseasoning10, as part of a salad or as a topping for bread. This includes chia seeds, sesame seeds and flaxseed. There are cle...
In monocots, the seed's endosperm is often much larger (as evident in the diagram of the wheat seed above) than that of the dicots. In this case, the single cotyledon stays below ground and within the seed, where it digests the endosperm and transfers the stored energy to the developing...
A.The family members are people,animals and plants around us.B.Each year he harvested (收获) a large amount of corn and sold for much money.C.Don't you know that the wind takes pollen (花粉) from field to field?49.A newspaper reporter hadinterest in the farmer's story,so he decided...
If you would like to save some of your corn crop for next year's seed, it can be done with little effort, as long as you have planted a non-hybrid seed. Hybrid seeds have been engineered in such a manner that if you harvest seeds from them, they will not
Omega-6 fatty acids are everywhere: corn oil, sunflower oil and soybean oil all contain them. Omega-3 fatty acids are harder to find. Things like flax seeds, pumpkin seeds and walnuts are high in omega-3 fatty acids, as are salmon, trout and tuna. Current thinking is that these two ...
Growing rice needs much water to thrive. For this reason, growing rice over water rather than land is preferred. This approach to growing has many advantages:the growing crops can easily get to the water they need, with less water being wasted due to evaporation; paddy fields keep the water...
Pioneer researchers investigate how much more yield potential exists when growers increase plant populations.
Are your first seedlings going to be eaten by pests like slugs, birds, or rabbits? That’s why it’s a good idea to sow seeds in small batches a few weeks apart. If you’re starting out, it’s worth starting a little early because losing those seedlings doesn’t matter so much; yo...