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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Robert_Brenchley on September 02, 2010, 19:32:05

Title: sweet corn
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on September 02, 2010, 19:32:05
Anyone know roughly how many seeds there are in 100g?
Title: Re: sweet corn
Post by: goodlife on September 02, 2010, 19:43:14
I've done this just for you....I've tipped a bag of seeds on scales and there was about 100 in 10g...so you would have approx 1000 seeds... ;) ;D Planning of growing field of the stuff?
Title: Re: sweet corn
Post by: plainleaf on September 02, 2010, 20:30:11
112-156 per oz source john jeavson
112/28.350*100=395
156/28.350*100=550
Title: Re: sweet corn
Post by: Jeannine on September 03, 2010, 01:42:31
There are more supersweets to a  measure than regular hybrid corn as they are more shrunken a nd therefore way less. XX Jeannine
Title: Re: sweet corn
Post by: goodlife on September 03, 2010, 07:45:43
well..the ones I weighed are supersweet...very shrunken indeed..and I was supprised how many there were for that small weight...do I have to go and weigh now some 'standard' ones... ::)...if I don't it will keep me thinking... ;D ::)
Title: Re: sweet corn
Post by: plainleaf on September 03, 2010, 08:09:26
well just put them on scale till get 10 grams then multiply by 10.
then count the number of seed to 10 grams
Title: Re: sweet corn
Post by: Chrispy on September 03, 2010, 08:14:48
500-600
Source: http://www.kingsseedsdirect.com/2010Catalogue/2010Cat33-64.pdf (http://www.kingsseedsdirect.com/2010Catalogue/2010Cat33-64.pdf)