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RE: 🌽 Update on the 3 Sisters Plantings 🍉 WizStead Post #18

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  • it's strange that all the corn was from the same year and 1 of the 3 came up. ::shrug:: @mistermercury had some beans that were hundreds of years old. Found in some cave in Arizona, I think. They germinated enough for a crop and to gather a fresh set seed beans. My cousin that lives about 1 mile away had poor germination and he dug up his seeds. They were still just like he planted them. So maybe it wasn't the seed and just our weird weather we had this spring???
    • re:3 sisters It does make sense that they work well together. All the corn info I can get says to use 40-0-0 fertilizer which is straight nitrogen. So any help the beans can give it by putting nitrogen into the soil is great. I know the Native Americans also planted fish remains to help their corn. I looked up fish emulsion and it is like 5-1-1 again helping give the corn some nitrogen...
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@wizardave ah, thanks for that. As I recall, my dad, a horticulturist would tell you that untreated seeds can be viable for centuries. I would imagine, though, that standard germination times might be longer because of their weathered hides, so to speak. I am so going to check out your link and have a look at @energyaddict22 - I am wanting to sit down and collate some of the stuff I'm learning that may help other minnows - wanting to find the time, too, and not succeeding.

Thanks for the wishes and look forward to watching your crops grow 😎

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