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Brooklyn1 · 23-08-2012, 02:25 AM posted to rec.gardens

On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:50:56 GMT, wrote:

Popcorn plants were growing real well, They look healthy and they have
started to grow their ears and have sprouted their “tassels” on top. the
ears appear to be about half size, they are long but only an inch or so in
diameter. Started noticing about a week ago that they that they seem to
have stalled.....I fertilized when they first started to tassel which was
about 3 weeks ago. Have 4 rows, about a dozen each row and they get full
sun. I have never grown corn before, so not sure if this is a problem.

Popcorn ears achieve only about half the diameter of sweet corn. A
fact you may want to know about corn is that *normally* there are 16
rows on an ear (always an even number) totaling 800 kernals so
popcorn's smaller kernals result in a much smaller diameter ear. It
seems your corn is ready to harvest.
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