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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Oct 09, 2005

hey as the fall decorating season begins, How about about some pictures of the ornamental "Indian" corns for the plant files. Not many corn pictures this year of any kind.

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Gwendalou Langley, WA(Zone 7b) Oct 14, 2005

I planted some of that this year and didn't get one single ear of corn. :(

Gwendalou

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Oct 15, 2005

Too bad some of it is useful as well as pretty.

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Oct 15, 2005

How is it useful, besides for decorations?

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Oct 15, 2005

The pictured one is a popcorn. The flints make delicious corn meal. The blue dents like Hopi Blue, make great blue corn flour. For blue tortilla chips and the like. Bloody Butcher is used mostly for decoration today but was once a standard field corn, corn meal as well as stock feed. And of course the infamous grits.

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Oct 15, 2005

So, they are all edible in one form or another?

I have a small bit someone gave me a month ago. Maybe I shallsave it and plant it next year. looks like your popcorn photo.

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Breezymeadow Culpeper, VA(Zone 7a) Oct 21, 2005

Speaking of which, does anyone know what commercial producers are now putting on their ornamental corn as a preservative?

I used to love putting my autumn corn decorations out in the yard for the birds/wildlife, but the last few years the ears hang there completely untouched. I'm assuming there must now be something sprayed on them, since they used to be demolished by BlueJays & squirrels, etc., within a couple of days.

Whatever it is, it isn't readily apparent, like shellac or anything, but there obviously must be something on there now.

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Indy Alexandria, IN(Zone 6a) Oct 22, 2005

I'm not sure that all producers would be using the same thing. Myself, I sprayed like polyurathane semi-gloss on them.

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