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I planted silver queen corn this year it turned out very good. I have a lot of cobs left that have good looking seed. Can I replant the seeds next year? Thanks Stan
 
I think Silver Queen is open pollinated, so yes you should be ok with it. If I'm wrong and it's a hybrid, then no, not gonna work.
 
It is a hybrid so you would not get what you had back IF it would grow. I found this on a site. It stated: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed. I think that they are meaning the later half for this corn.
 
Not sure about any particular variety, but, grandpa claims he always did it.. of course, that was YEARS ago.

If in doubt, save some and try it.. Might or might not pan out..

Just cause they say something won't work don't mean that's always the case.. I mean, if they said it'd work, would we ever buy the seed again? LOL..

I'm not trying to say anyone is right or wrong.. Just sayin try it if in doubt.. plant a row or 2 and see how it goes.. Don't count that it will, but if it does, BONUS! (Plus, then you'll know from experience)

Brad
 
Why not give it a shot? But as they're saying here, just don't count on it.
A couple years ago I backhauled some sand after delivering corn. A few plants sprouted up from an edge of the pile. We left it and were amazed at the several nice ears we got.
 
We plant hybrid corn grain out of the silo for silage does grow probley get 60-70% good cobs on it the others only half fill or dont pollinate at all. wouldnt do it for grain but works ok for feed first year out
 
For cows to get any nutritional value out of it, the kernals need to be ground up or at least cracked.
 
it doesn't take many bushels of $5 corn to pay for new seed, conventional seed can be found in the + - $100/bag range and it is treated for in ground pests, unless you are planting a few rows for wildlife I wouldn't even consider it.
 
Silverqueen is the corn I grew when I planted sweet corn. I would get some new seed and plant several rows along with rows of seeds you grew this year just to be on the safe side on having a corn crop. I had 8 rows that were 100 feet long. I planted it at different intervals and all of it still came in at the same time. We froze a lot of it and when my wife used some of that frozen corn it tasted just like you had just picked it from the garden. When the corn was picked I cut all the stalks and made one big corn shock. When it was dried out I used a Troy Bilt chipper shredder to shred all the stalks. Then I plowed it under. Hal
 
I think you have sweet corn?

Many of us are used to field corn, which is very different.

Hybred corn does not regrow very well at all most of the time, as it comes from 2 different parents that make a special child. Your child will not recreate itself with top yield & flavor.....

As well there are patents & legal issues that prevent one from replanting the seed in some cases.

If this is an 'open pollinated' type of corn, then it will work well, and you are allowed to replant/save/sell seed from it.

--->Paul
 
Hey Stuart.........I believe that to be an old wives tale; an internet search will turn up thousands of sites on the subject; here's just
one
 
i believe that there are both op and hybrid varieties of silver queen-- if you have the op type-- go for it-- if its hybrid--i wouldnt -- find some op next year and save from that
 
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