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![]() By goldfinch4 | Here's everything you ever wanted to know about corn! [View the item] |
Joannabanana Sep 18, 2012 6:44 AM CST |
Goldfinch4, Thanks for sharing the fun facts. My fave was the cornflake trivia. ![]() |
goldfinch4 Sep 18, 2012 6:46 AM CST |
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valleylynn Sep 18, 2012 8:08 AM CST |
My favorite was silk from each kernel. Next would be the cornflakes. Only 8%? ![]() ![]() |
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. |
goldfinch4 Sep 18, 2012 10:45 AM CST |
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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... |
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. |
valleylynn Sep 18, 2012 1:02 PM CST |
We practice that in growing out garden corn. Close together is the best. |
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? ![]() |
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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