Heritage corn makes a comeback
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- čas přidán 30. 08. 2012
- Powell Smith: I have long been interested in heirloom seed and the phenomenon called genetic erosion where we are losing varieties and as we lose varieties we lose germplasm as well. I met Mark Keisler and he was looking for an heirloom corn called Carolina Gourd Seed because it is a superior corn for grinding grits. And now we have successfully restored that heirloom to the public coffers and hopefully we will be able to begin distributing it through Clemson's heirloom seed facility in the next couple of years and other people will be able to enjoy using Carolina Gourd Seed.
Mark Keisler: My total interest here is in getting this Gourd Seed back in the hands of the public. Everyone benefits when we share. If one gets this corn and keeps it to oneself, then society has lost a lot. I want everybody to have this so they can grow it and enjoy something from South Carolina. And Clemson was instrumental in helping me do this. Powell found a box of seed with zero percent germination, sent it to me, we planted it; three kernels came up which we petted and we babied and got two hundred and eighty seeds which we planted this year. And now we will have enough to plant probably four acres next year.
I am SO excited to have found this!! I just spoke to Mr. Mark, and found out he has one of our GR x-6? Grand-families Grist Mill. This man is a treasure and a joy to speak with.
The first 2 sentences out of his mouth and I subscribed! Anyone who studies genetic erosion is worth watching, it is one of the most important topics of our time because lack of genetic diversity can collapse the food stocks of not just our country but the world because so many food crops are shipped around the world.
hallelujah.
It must be that some of the old gate keepers that protected the genetics of the old open pollinated varieties have retired or passed. Not only corn but old varieties of peas such as Pink Eye Purple Hulls and beans such as Mountain White Half Runners have eroded to the point that they are hardly worth planting using commercial seed.
What do you mean by eroded?
And that is how you save a nation.
Oh my God I'd really like to speak with you further about cultivating this plant I'm from Indiana and we need good sweet corn!!
How can I get this corn to plant
That corn looks like Galiath silo corn
Sylvester Stalone I love that stuff.
@@johnjuhasz9125 is it a heirloom
That’s cute that everyone using terms like “heirloom” and “non GMO” that they really don’t understand ; are virtue signaling so much about something they don’t really know a lot about. Open pollinated. Yeah. It never went away. Listen to a farmer, not your yoga instructor, Karen !!!