Hi, I’m from the balkans and I’ve wanted to make some corn at home.
After buying corn, I asked my mom and she said you are supposed to boil corn for 3+ hours. I asked my grandma and others and they both said the same. I looked it up and google says 10 mins is the sweet spot.
Any thoughts on the right way to cook corn?
It's been years since I've grown corn and picked a red and a blue variety this year. Is this ready to harvest because it has brown silks or should I let it go? Seems small.
I had to share this with people I knew would be as excited as I am!!! I am so shocked I even grew this and pulled it off the corn plant like I had just found gold.
just in case anyone else acquired a corn cob while at the game... this is absolutely not sweet corn. dry it out and use it as fall decoration!
(it may or may not have been from the corn you walk through to get to the field. nope not at all)
Unfortunately pollination wasn't the best. I think a lot of that was timing. Still though, happy I got some sweet corn to express with round kernels with pink. Got a few cobs with huge kernels too.
First, the earwigs ate the silks. Then, the inside is covered with these bugs. Zone 7a
https://www.reddit.com/r/corn/s/7QC3DTNe22 was the previous post, 2 months ago when the corn was only a foot or two tall and already tasseling -- whoever said it was about to shoot up in height was right, it's over 6' in places now. Tons of tillers. This is colorful flint corn, first row closes to camera is Glass Gem and Northern Lights, the back rows are my own seed-saved mix going on something like 15 generations now.
I was so worried about incomplete pollination as pointed out by people under corn harvest posts. However, to my surprise almost no missing kernels! I can tell the very top was still developing but i couldnt wait longer after the husk on top of the cob was all dried out and brown.
I’m so thrilled. This is our 3rd year growing corn in zone 7A
I decided to plant corn for the first time and I'm actually thrilled to have a harvest. I honestly didn't expect this outcome especially given that the strong wind blew them over at one point.
For those of you experienced corn growers any hints on what to do differently next year? Some of the heads are not full. TIA
I found this yesterday in a flint corn stalk, rather than on a well-established ear. (I know some ears are incomplete, though.)
I'm sure this question gets asked a lot, but I don't see any photos that look like the smut is in the stalk. I have anxiety about eating things that aren't safe and as Terry Pratchet said, "All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once."
Is this huitlacoche? Thanks so much!
Hi friends! I’ve never grown corn before, this year I had the space to do so. I planted ornamental corn for decoration and to make popcorn. I normticed these spots on one of the stalks are some dark spots towards the middle. So my question is do I need to just go ahead and get rid of this stalk or can I save it till harvest?