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Post by lisaann on Jul 1, 2016 8:46:06 GMT -5
Pollen: And silk for it to fall on or get transferred to, which is what I just did this morning: Not all plants have silk yet, but they will in a couple days.
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Post by gianna on Jul 1, 2016 14:06:12 GMT -5
Nice corn, Lisaann. When I grow corn, I also start it in pony pack cells, and then space it on 12 inch centers. Works very well, except for when it's windy. I've planted in squares as small as 4 by 4 and have gotten good pollination. My favorite variety is 'incredible', but 'ambrosia' is also very good.
Has anyone grown 'baby' corn before? I know there is special seed for it, but would I be able to use regular corn seed and just pick it really early?
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Post by binnylou on Jul 1, 2016 14:23:19 GMT -5
Has anyone grown 'baby' corn before? I have a real "quirk" about baby corn...can't even stand to have it on my plate. I've never tasted it and I don't understand why I am so repulsed by it and yet it considered to be somewhat of a delicacy?
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 1, 2016 14:26:50 GMT -5
I just removed about 20 Japanese Beetles from my corn plants today. They mostly like the asparagus but they might have decided to like corn too.
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Post by restless on Jul 1, 2016 14:27:16 GMT -5
You and me both, binnylou!!!!! I think it tastes very tinny, even when it is fresh. Although I probably like corn, in general, a lot less than the average American. I like it in stuff as an accent flavor, but you won't catch me eating corn on the cob or a side dish of corn unless it is the only vegetarian thing around and I am extremely hungry. I like corn in soup, or corn and avocado salsa, or succotash (the way I make it)...and I like corn bread and polenta...but eating just plain corn is not something I particularly enjoy. And those baby corns...not at all.
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 1, 2016 14:31:45 GMT -5
We don't eat a lot of corn either but I like to grow it as a novelty and kind of fun crop. I do like it in soup and also in that recipe that restless told me about so I get to combine home grown corn and lima beans in the same dish. I never had those baby corns.
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Post by binnylou on Jul 1, 2016 14:35:30 GMT -5
I think it tastes very tinny The thing is, I've never tasted it, so I don't understand my opinion of it. as for corn on the cob...that was today's lunch along with the last of a honeydew. Hubby didn't even ask "where's the meat?".
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Post by gianna on Jul 1, 2016 14:56:44 GMT -5
LOL, for anyone who is interested, I just read that baby corn can be grown from ordinary corn varieties, sweet or field. Just picked early - before pollination. I just planted some 9 yr old seed, 3 to a cell, and hope I get enough to put out a small patch. Not sure where I'll put it. I think it's cute and am looking forward to tasting it fresh. It's gotta be better than canned. I love eating raw sweet corn.
extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/harvest-baby-ears-your-corn-patch
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Post by desertwoman on Jul 1, 2016 19:29:05 GMT -5
I have a real "quirk" about baby corn...can't even stand to have it on my plate. I've never tasted it and I don't understand why I am so repulsed by it karma cooties!
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Post by binnylou on Jul 1, 2016 20:31:16 GMT -5
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Post by desertwoman on Jul 1, 2016 21:04:45 GMT -5
binnylou - didn't you use the word cooties as a kid? It was pretty popular in California... like ."oooh Jimmy has cooties " (something we wanted to avoid ! or not touch!) An old meditation teacher used to use that phrase. When someone couldn't explain their feeling or behavior he would say it was karma (like something from a past life was affecting how we were responding to something that didn't make sense to us now) and he like to say karma cooties when something was bugging us or creeping us out. It was an affectionate and humorous term to try to lighten things up.
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Post by restless on Jul 2, 2016 1:13:25 GMT -5
Great term, karma cooties! I have karma cooties about a lot of things.
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 2, 2016 8:04:39 GMT -5
I never heard of karma cooties but we definitely used the word cooties in grade school and there was even a game by that name.
It was like Mr. Potatohead where you assembled a figure except that the cootie was a beetle type of bug.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 2, 2016 8:21:01 GMT -5
It was like Mr. Potatohead where you assembled a figure except that the cootie was a beetle type of bug. I remember that beetle! lisaann, how many times do ya do that pollinating that way? How are you sure you are getting all the silks? Do ya do it once and pour on one set of silk? or more than once to each?
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Post by lisaann on Jul 2, 2016 8:32:36 GMT -5
I keep doing it till the pollen runs out...........and it does, then the corn ears just grow and the plant does not produce any more pollen. lilolpeapicker
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