I have corn stalks in my front yard

[unknownjulie]

My sister, while living here recently, decided to "plant corn" in my front yard. Now, why on earth she believed that "a mid-western crop requiring soil was destined to be growing in my patio sized, patch of grass" is another subject. But I digress... Surprisingly enough- I now have at least 5 stalks growing, and one is several feet tall already. They are growing in minimal soil. Do I need to do any specific cultivation of this "crop", or will I shortly be enjoying my very own corn-on-the cob?

[dayna]

I've grown corn here. Small ears but edible.

Dayna

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[Cagary]

Farmers on the Big Island grow tons of corn.

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/fb/sweetcor/sweetcor.htm

-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".

[unknownjulie]

Well, I guess this is one of the only food plants that I have had "success" growing. I'm looking forward to eating this. Will post if I get to it, before the bugs do!

[bananahead]

corn grows well in Hawaii
most of the corn grown in state is GMO seed corn

http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...ed-hawaii/

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/08/22/...wanted=all

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hawaii-ge...lash-point

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[unknownjulie]

Oh, my sister is an "organic fanatic" so I have no doubt that the seeds were some heirloom variety. The farthest away from Monsanto, I'm sure she could find.

[Derrick Barnicoat]

I think almost all the corn in the world is gmo. That and soy beans.

also gmo plants can be certified organic as long as you use organic growing methods.

[kalakoa]

gmo plants can be certified organic

Not that you'd know either way, what with no labeling requirements (thank you Vermont!).

[Carey]

Most likely the corn planted was SWEET corn, & most of that still is not GMO, and may not ever be with the widely reported failure of the Monasanto GMO sweet corn to create a market share last year. link:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles..._28759.cfm

However, unless the seed packet states 'non-GMO' there is nothing to go by. I picked up some seed packets this spring & noticed that though 'natural' & 'organic' only 2 of 5 packets also had 'non-GMO'

I realized later that the 'natural' label was kinda nuts...as far as I know we are not at the level of creating 'artificial' seeds!

[dayna]

The type I had that did the best was called truckers choice or truckers sweet or something along those lines.

Dayna

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