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Glass Gem Corn

The prettiest rainbow of colours – they don’t even seem real.

 

Grow these for decoration, or for popping. This is one of my favourite things to grow in the garden with my girls, just for the joy of opening each cob up to reveal the treasures hidden inside. Each plant will grow 1-3 cobs and benefit from regular watering and feeding till the plant dies back. Harvest only when cobs are completely dry.

 

Seeds cannot be shipped to WA, TAS or NT 

$8.00

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Description

Seeds:  approx 50 glass gem corn seeds
Sow: in Spring, directly into garden beds and water well. Grow well away from sweet eating corn/or at different times to avoid cross pollination of the two varieties. Corn are a hungry and thirsty crop and will benefit from regular watering and feeding.
Harvest: When plants begin to brown off and die. Allow the kernels to dry thoroughly on cobs for at least 8 weeks before grinding into flour or cooking as popcorn.
Uses: Glass gem corn is not a fresh eating corn. It is harvested at the end of the plant cycle and can be used to make popcorn, flour or as decorations. Kernels are white on the inside – so popcorn is also white.
Seed-saving: Keep your favourite coloured cobs and replant their kernels next season.

Please keep in mind I am a home gardener and while I have been saving and re-sowing my seeds myself for years, they will sometimes not grow exactly as planned. Germination rates may vary, but I am being generous with the amount of seeds in each packet to account for this.