Corn Thread for 2014

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Feel sorry for lady if real old. Some day that will be us. Sounds like she doesn't belong behind wheel of car.
 

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I didn't get a good look. I didn't want to get anywhere near the car. But I don't think she was very old, in her 50's maybe late 40's. I do agree, she should not have been driving.
 

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I didn't get a good look. I didn't want to get anywhere near the car. But I don't think she was very old, in her 50's maybe late 40's. I do agree, she should not have been driving.
No kidding! Must have been hammered.
 

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I shelled out the Painted Mountain corn yesterday and spread the kernels out to dry better. Pretty corn, isn't it?

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I picked the Anasazi corn, shucked it and spread the ears to dry. Some was dry enough to shell. I had pollination problems with my corn, plus snails decided that the Anasazi silks were their breakfast buffet. I hate snails. Oh well, at least I have enough seed for a bigger corn patch next year!

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i love Painted Mountain. Especially when you see them at first, when you peel off the husks. Your Anasazi looks like a pretty corn too, Bay. Sorry you had snail problems. Snails! Eeeyuck!1
 
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Painted Mountain is amazing. I'm quite jealous.
 

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The Painted Mountain has a rounded top like a flint corn. @thistlebloom says it's a flour corn, I popped one in my mouth and chomped down. It didn't break my teeth and did, in fact have a "mealy" feel to it. :lol:

I think it is Jared that planted the Gem corn
 

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Bay, since your pollination wasn't the best, you have large rounds which don't dent even in dent hybrids. I thought I could see dents in the flat kernels. Flints are so hard-unless not dried-they would break your teeth. Lower pix. Upper does look like flint type.
 

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@seedcorn the lower pic is the sweet corn and it dents in as it dries. The top pic is the Painted Mountain that is supposed to be a flour corn, but it is rounded like a flint. Confusing a poor Southerner!
 
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