So I threw some corn in 2 cells and man they all sprouted and grow. So popped them out after less then 2 weeks. And the root grew threw the bottom of the cell man. They grow fast. I was told its better to just put the seeds into the ground. But its kinda cool to pull up the plants and seeing how there roots grow. I moved most to there own cups. But one of the cells roots were so thick with 5 sprouts I left them together. I did 10 seeds of colored colors. They shade from white,orange,red,yellow,purple and others. There's even diffrent tints to the stalks. I can see why people who have been doing this for many years. Are still learning how to do it. Next I'm going to try and do 1 seed or 2 per cell.
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some of the varieties the hopi indians used to dry farm went 20ft deep to keep the plant alive and produce. sadly most common corn has breeding has selected out traits like that for more sweetness.Wow that's amazing! I knew corn grew deep roots but wow.
That'll take a special trick to transplant without damaging or scrunching up the root.
I grew hopi blue a few years ago its drought tolerance was amazing compared to my regular sweet corn( which I don't even grow anymore)
and just so everyone knows, corn seedlings( not mature plants or even young plants) are somewhat cold hardy and can handle light-medium frosts from my experiences with pushing the limits.
lily of course it will work, but you will have to put more effort into the crop to achieve the same results. again going from experience and what others have experienced.