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How to Plant and Grow Popcorn
06.06.2023 - 19:00 / gardenerspath.com / Laura Ojeda Melchor
How to Plant and Grow Popcorn for DIY Gourmet Kernels Zea mays var.evertaPopcorn is kind of a big deal in my house. Almost every night, as I’m about to fall asleep in my bed, I hear the clanging of a heavy pan on the stove at about 10 p.m.
It’s my husband, making his nightly popcorn. He loves it so much that he panics if we run out. If we go camping, he’s got to bring his special popping pan along.
And yes, he always makes it in a pan – to him, there is no other way.
So maybe it will come to you as no surprise that every summer, I grow my own popcorn for him to enjoy.
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Ready to find out how to grow your own corn for popping? For me, it’s been quite an adventure, as you’ll see in a moment.
Let’s go!
What Is Popcorn?Have you ever noticed that dried sweet corn looks totally different from popcorn? There’s little about the smooth, hard, pearl-like popcorn kernels that resembles a square-ish, wrinkly piece of dried sweet corn.
The reason they look so distinct is that they’re entirely different varieties of maize.
Of the five main Zea mays varieties grown in home gardens, Z. mays var. everta is the only one whose kernels pop when they are heated.
The secret is in the composition of the kernels. In one kernel of Z. mays var. everta, there is first a hull, or pericarp, that is thicker than the hull of regular sweet corn.
If you’ve ever accidentally munched on an “old maid” – an unpopped kernel left in the bottom of the pan – you know how hard these hulls are.
Beneath the hull is a layer of starch that contains a little bit of moisture.
When the popcorn kernels are heated to a temperature of 375 to 400°F, the water in the soft
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