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By goldfinch4 | Here's everything you ever wanted to know about corn!
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Name: Joanne Calgary, AB Canada (Zone 3a)              Joannabanana Sep 18, 2012 6:44 AM CST |
| Goldfinch4, Thanks for sharing the fun facts. My fave was the cornflake trivia.  |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin           goldfinch4 Sep 18, 2012 6:46 AM CST |
 Glad you enjoyed them. I was surprised by the cornflake one too when I first heard it!Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b)        valleylynn Sep 18, 2012 8:08 AM CST |
| My favorite was silk from each kernel. Next would be the cornflakes. Only 8%?  I think there would be a better way to eat corn.  |
Name: woofie NE WA (Zone 5a)        woofie Sep 18, 2012 9:24 AM CST |
| I'm with Lynn about the silk from each kernel and the cornflakes. Hmmm, what's the other 92%? And I read somewhere that corn is actually a grass. It does sort of look like wheat on steroids! Confidence is that feeling you have right before you do something really stupid. |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Sep 18, 2012 10:45 AM CST |
 Sure does!Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Mary The dry side of Oregon Be yourself, you can be no one else    MaryE Sep 18, 2012 12:49 PM CST |
| Better way to eat corn? On the cob, with butter and salt. Corn is wind pollinated. You might see honey bees buzzing around the tassels, but they don't carry the pollen to the silk, the wind does that. Blank spaces on the cobs happen because each silk needs pollen to make a kernal of corn, and if they don't get it, the kernel isn't there. Using an overhead sprinkler to water corn when the tassels have pollen can result in the pollen being blasted off and washed away. A rainstorm could do the same thing, but we have no control over that. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. More ramblings at http://thegatheringplacehome.m... |
Name: woofie NE WA (Zone 5a) woofie Sep 18, 2012 12:56 PM CST |
| And the best way to cook that corn on the cob? Wrapped in aluminum foil on the barbeque! Yum! I've heard about the wind pollination. That's why the instructions for planting I've seen always say that no matter how small a quantity you're planting, put them in closely spaced rows. I've successfully grown corn in earthboxes. Confidence is that feeling you have right before you do something really stupid. |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) valleylynn Sep 18, 2012 1:02 PM CST |
| We practice that in growing out garden corn. Close together is the best. |
Name: Kim Iowa (Zone 5a) I kill ornamentals... on purpose.          Chillybean Aug 19, 2015 2:15 PM CST |
Since we've moved out into the country, we're inundated by corn, but it was nice to read these facts. Our last attempt at growing sweet corn resulted in that Mexican delicacy. I did some research and found a picture somewhere of canned "huitlacoche". Oh my! Now I have to wonder, what is in corn flakes?  |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Aug 19, 2015 2:16 PM CST |
| LOL!! Living in Iowa I'm sure there's no shortage or corn, as here in Wisconsin! Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
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