Seasonal observations of the UCCE Master Gardeners
- Author: Kathy M Gunther
Published on: September 8, 2021
One of my very favorite treats is a nice bowl of buttery salty popcorn! I mean…has anyone gone to a movie WITHOUT eating at least a small bag?? Not me! So, in the spring I thought, what the heck…I'm going to try to grow my own popcorn! I love experiments! So I purchased a packet of popcorn seeds and set them out in our raised beds. Gave them plenty of water and waited!
Well, as you can see, my experiment was a great success! We just picked and shucked the corn and have it sitting in our garage as it requires a couple of weeks of drying before it will be ready to pop! My mouth is watering already!!
Corn stalks. photos by Kathy Gunther
Drying the cobs.
Comments:
by Danielle
on September 8, 2021 at 10:04 PM
I’m growing blue Hopi flour corn this year, Got a grain mill also. Had some emmer wheat growing and harvested, but I left it outside to dry in the sun and something came along and snatched every grain head off one night. I have very few left if any to even replant. Bummer for me and all that hard work and waiting 😡 😢 I think ill stick to corn. Probably was only enough to make one loaf of bread maybe. Still I’m not sure what took them, raccoons? Squirrels? The heads are just gone so i know its not birds. Anyways… hopeful for the corn.
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