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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