{"id":4955,"date":"2015-08-31T12:38:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T16:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=4955"},"modified":"2015-08-31T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T16:38:20","slug":"q-and-a-saving-seed-from-corn-and-water-level-in-canner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2015\/08\/31\/q-and-a-saving-seed-from-corn-and-water-level-in-canner\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: saving seed from corn and water level in canner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saving seed from corn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I planted a small patch of rainbow earth tones dent corn this year. I have it isolated from our sweet corn by over 100 ft, and the house is between the gardens. Can I save seed from it? If I do will it grow (mostly) true next year?<\/p>\n<p>Cathy O.<br \/>\nAmherst, New York<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can sure save seed, but the purity of it is subject to debate. Usually, corn that has crossed will show signs. For instance, your rainbow colors might have all yellow or half yellow if it has crossed with sweet corn. Or your sweet corn may have some colored kernels. Corn is wind pollinated and the wind can carry pollen up to a mile, so sometimes even if your neighbor half a mile away grows corn it can pollinate with yours. In a homestead situation this isn&#8217;t a huge problem; just save seed from the corn ears that most closely resemble your Earth Tones dent. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water level in canner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I was just doing some water bath canning of tomatoes and the water level went below the top of one set of jars. They seem to have sealed, but should I\/can I reprocess them? Am I missing anything? Do I need replace the lids?<\/p>\n<p>Michael Lowery<br \/>\nDekalb, Illinois<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s definitely best to have at least 2 inches over the tops of the jars during water bath processing, if that dropped for a short time, the tomatoes should be fine. If it was for much longer, I&#8217;d reprocess them, using new lids. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saving seed from corn I planted a small patch of rainbow earth tones dent corn this year. I have it isolated from our sweet corn by over 100 ft, and the house is between the gardens. Can I save seed from it? If I do will it grow (mostly) true next year? Cathy O. Amherst, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}