Can We Grow One of the World’s Largest Food Crops Without Fertilizer?

[@DarrylCUR]

Thank indigenous people for cultivating this plant and keeping it alive.

[@thefattesthagrid]

Yeah yeah, show me some dishes you can make with that shit!

[@CesarAnton]

so americans can steal, tradermark and sell it back? 🖕

[@irishfruitandberries9059]

And no mention of the farmers who bred this variety over, God knows how many generations, to keep it alive!

[@luispenalozaambriz3254]

Great video. Just want to point out that it was the wisdom of the indigenous people in Central America that made this cultivar possible.

[@ARSciandra]

no shit sherlock

[@aaroncurcio]

Very nice, I just have one concern. How do you answer the question of Biopiracy?

[@kevinlehnert9387]

I would like it if they described the plant more. What does it taste like? Can it be grown anywhere? What soil does it like? How much corn does it produce? Is it good or bad that it's 16 feet tall?

[@THEISAAC1593]

life always finds a way

[@MeliponiculturaenCostaRica]

Every single corn I grow makes it and they take just 4 months to grow and make any size and color of corn

[@pseudotasuki]

Sure, but you either need nitrogen-rich soil or fertilizer.

[@TheKrensada]

That dudes beard is amazing. And makes him completely trustworthy.

[@143951]

The dude works for Mars Inc. LOL. Look up their track record lots of issues regarding child slavery and environmental destruction

[@TheKrensada]

@@143951 if I had a Genie, the first of my three wishes would be to make it to where everyone knows when I'm kidding on the internet.

[@beesbo1856]

Follow your comment with 😊 and the world will know. No genie required. And you are right...great beard!

[@sugarplum4128]

And herein lies the real problem...we are feeding and keeping too many humans alive. There is a limit to all this, we just don't want to hear about it.

[@mattd1188]

Feel free at any time to make yourself into an example.

[@mattd1188]

@Sam Claus Calm down, bologna pony. You can be second.

[@johnjrgensen8120]

How can these substances that drip from the plant, reduce or even eliminate oxygen? Seems unlikely to me. Other researchers suggest that oxygen is essential to (some of) the life in the soils...

[@pseudotasuki]

The substance is *itself* the environment where the bacteria are growing, while still attached to the aerial roots. In essence, the plant is providing a low-oxygen environment and sugar that the bacteria need thrive, and in return the bacteria provide the plant with the ammonia it needs to grow.

[@nachocabrera5909]

@@pseudotasuki it explained it in the video...lol

[@mattd1188]

That awkward moment they realize that it doesn't generate the amount of nitrogen required to grow modern hybrids. But wait! We've gotta spend 100 million dollars to get that answer.