Corn Thread for 2014

[ninnymary]

Jared, is this a sweet corn that you can eat like corn on the cob?

Mary

 

[Jared77]

No it's a popcorn. I grew it for looks. Might pop some will have to see how much I get. It's beautiful stuff I'm glad I grew it. I'm impressed I got what I did given how the season had been here. Will be planting it again next year for sure.

 

[baymule]

Those are some beautiful, perfect ears of corn! They are full, no worms and just gorgeous! It's so cute that you daughter took it for show and tell!

 

[Jared77]

There's some better pics. There are 2 smaller ears that are just as nice.

Thank you for the kind words Bay I'm very excited & pleased with how it turned out.

 

[Hal]

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There's some better pics. There are 2 smaller ears that are just as nice.

Thank you for the kind words Bay I'm very excited & pleased with how it turned out.

You are quite lucky, that is a good blend of colors!

 

[baymule]

Are these dry ears? They are perfect! Soooooo......... pretty!! Ha! Now you KNOW you have to post pics of shelling it (kids) popping it and eating it! What a fun sounding family activity, far, far from opening a cellophane package of microwave, imitation butter flavor popcorn. Does anybody but us old farts even remember popcorn meant shaking a pot on the stove?

 

[Jared77]

Those ears were picked the day of the first pics I posted.

I have an air popper was a Christmas present so had planned on using it that way.

I was going to pick the rest here soon and dry to pop a few & save for next year and share with my TEG friends.

 

[Smart Red]

Beautiful corn you have there!

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

well, finally got to pick some of the Glass Gem i was growing. i was hoping to keep them on the stalk a little longer but something keeps getting to them. i'm thinking it is a bird of some sort since the stalks aren't getting broken except for the ones i planted my pole beans too close and now they're weighing them down.

any ideas on how to protect the stalks and ears in the future? i've thought about putting a cage around them/ or maybe some sort of fortress like Marshall does with his beans. btw these are about 6-7" long. i have a few longer ears still on the stalks that haven't been touched yet.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

Jared, i was wondering if your corn did something mine did. it seems to send out multiple stalks and each has about 4 ears. right now there are lots of very small ears on those smaller 'branches' but i don't think i will get anything useable before the frost takes them out in the next couple weeks.

this is the first year i can say i successfully grew corn from seed to produce ears.