corn popping mini black
Zea mays
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Popcorn
A variety of corn
How to sow popcorn: Direct seed outdoors
Sun requirement for popcorn: Plant in Full Sun
Corn is a large grain plant, or tall grass, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago by indigenous peoples in Southern Mexico. The leafy stalk produces ears after pollination. Depending on the variety, the corn can be eaten fresh, or dried and ground into cornmeal.
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Popcorn facts
Lifespan
Annual
living and reproducing in a single year or less
Grown for
other harvested 1 timeGrowing popcorn
- Dig compost into the bed 1 week before sowing
- Water regularly at sowing every week
- Thin the seedlings 2 weeks after sowing
- Weed between the plants 3 weeks after sowing every 2 weeks
- Mulch and hill soil round the stems 4 weeks after sowing
- Feed with a nitrogen fertiliser 5 weeks after sowing
- Pick the cobs at first harvest
- Pull out the stalks 2 weeks after first harvest
How members grow popcorn
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Varieties of popcorn
strawberry popping corn
Zea mays
Plant popcorn with
marjoram
rice bean
spaghetti squash
wine cap mushroom
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Who's planted popcorn
- Permaculteur Garden
- shiny corn popping mini black Front lawn 2 rua · Wellington, NZ
Popcorn harvests
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shiny harvested 2.
over 6 years ago
shiny harvested 2.
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