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Seed corn germinationBy Mitch Abbott

Montgomery County

On the beef farm, corn is grown for cattle feed. The corn is harvested in two ways; shelled corn and corn silage. For my experiment, I wanted to see how corn grows from seeds.

For my experiment, I also wanted to see how accurate the seed corn tag on the bag was. On the fuzzy picture it lists a germination rate of 95%.95%

hypothesisBefore I started this experiment, I predicted the germination rate would be between 90% and 92%. I predicted this because the bag had stated 95% and I thought that number was a little high.

I used an exercise I found in my Corn project book as a guide. I performed two different experiments to compare my answers.5

On the first experiment, I selected 25 seeds and placed them between 2 paper towels. I wet the paper towels with water and placed them in a Ziploc bag at room temperature. 25SeedsDay one

Day fourDay sevenI checked the seeds on day four. 22 of the 25 seeds had sprouted. I checked the seeds again on day seven, no additional seeds had sprouted.I conducted a second experiment to verify the results of the first experiment. This time I used 50 seeds. On day five, 44 of the 50 seeds had sprouted. No additional seeds after that sprouted.

Day one Day fiveOf my second experiment andDATA RESULTSGray=Seeds Sprouted Green=Total SeedMy First Experiment My Second Experiment

The temperature and moisture levels conditions simulated were not the same as if the seeds were in a field; however, no one can simulate the weather conditions exactly.In conclusion, the data results from both experiments show 88% seed germination. In my hypothesis, I predicted between 90% and 92%. I predicted a little high. The seed corn bag tag stated 95% germination. This was also high. Using these experiments as my proof, I believe the facts stated on the seed corn bag are not accurate.