Popcorn
At one point last year, Deb brought home a packet of Seeds of Change Japanese White Hulless Popcorn. I planted it in the upper ‘experimental’ garden area in spring, and just harvested today, at 4 months later. The catalog says [4-5' tall, 3-6 4" ears per plant, 95-105 days]. Mine grew to 5-6′, but had only 1-2 ears per plant after 120 days:
I did plant them a bit close, and this soil is unknown (first time planting in this new garden area), so any number of things could explain the low ear count. On 30 stalks, i got only 35 usable ears. Despite the small planting, pollination was very good, and it’s quite pretty:
Here they are with only one row left to harvest. Note the narrow bed, surrounded by peanuts and taro and yacon:
I wasn’t sure whether to husk them or not before drying them, so i went ahead and husked them and put them in an open container in the greenhouse, probably the most sunny/dry place we have on the farm.
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