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While my corn is growing, there is little I can do other than sporadic weeding, watering and taking pictures:

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# Corn Varieties 🌽

I have planted _Golden Bantam_ sweet corn.
I understand most of the world's corn production is **not** of the sweet variety.

#### I would like to try other varieties, but:
- I do not have the facilities for milling flour
- I can not store the product
- **I do not want to cross-pollinate**

## Homozygous Seeds

I bought homozygous seeds, specifically.
Normally, I would buy heterozygous (aka _hybrid_ aka _F1_) seeds.
_Hybrids_ usually only have advantages compared to their homozygous parents, except one:

#### Producing Seeds

Having a homozygous (aka P) genome and breeding it with itself means I can harvest quality seeds for next year. 
... which is exactly what I am trying to do.
That is why I can only have this single variety, so I can avoid any cross-breeding.
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# Mendel's Laws

I do not want to use this post to showcase my understanding of Mendel's Laws.
Instead I would like to ask **how it is at all possible that I bought _Golden Bantam F1_ last year.**
To create a uniform F1, you'd need 2 different P genomes, which can not both be _Golden Bantam_ (?)

I am honestly confused.

I assume, it was Golden Bantam + X hybrid, and they did not bother to mention, which other genome they bred with.

### **For the challenge**

If you have not already mentioned it: 
#### *Which variety are you growing in 2022 and why?*


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[Part 4: Germination](https://peakd.com/hive-197995/@felixxx/germination)
[Part 3: Planting](https://peakd.com/hive-197995/@felixxx/maize-challenge-2022-3-planting)
[Part 2: Preparations](https://peakd.com/hive-197995/@felixxx/maize-challenge-2022-2-preparations)
[Part 1: My Location](https://peakd.com/mc2022/@felixxx/maize-challenge-2022-1-my-location)


# [Maize Challenge 2022](https://peakd.com/mc2022/@felixxx/1000-hbd-prizes-maize-challenge-2022)
### #mc2022
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