Corn? Not yet

 

I hope they can ripen! Sep 2022

Despite being in the third (nearly) week of September, some of my corn ears are still just emerging.  As mentioned previously, it was planted late:  the initial batch was destroyed by some sort of animal at the allotment (probably mice/rats) and I sowed the rest of the seed in the packet immediately, with fingers crossed. 

Dahlias in front, Glass Gem popcorn behind, Sep 2022

This is not a sweetcorn but flint corn/popcorn, and the packet warns that it needs a long season.  So I'm still not sure if it will be pop-able when the time comes;  it's supposed to be left on the plant for as long as possible.  Some of the ears do look fairly fat, with dark silks (a sign of pollination).  

Incidently, this is a very tall corn!  The biggest plant is even taller than our grape arbor, shown in the previous post--I would estimate about 3 m tall.  The plants themselves look absolutely beautiful and healthy:  good thick stalks and luxuriant leaves.  And while a few have just one or two cobs growing, most of the plants have three cobs, a couple with four, and there is even one optimistic grower with five cobs.  Wow!