Gem corn 2014 diff places

Central Germany harvest 2014 ::Jacinda Richman's : planted in June, harvest near end of Oct
Dominic Diaz


Martina Cross :: Bavaria  2014


Torrey Neel :: Encinitas CA, USA


Joe Avery ::Fallbrook CA, USA



Torrey Neel ::
 


Nanna Mayer ::

glass gem from Bill McDorman at Grain School by Native Seeds/SEARCH a year back. Bill McDorman and Belle Starr from Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance are here at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to speak to our students about the importance of saving the seeds we grow. Breakfast included Chapolote corn.


Larry Stephens ::


Dan Qualls ::


Patti Beaman Fix ::

This stalk of glass gem popcorn has SIX ears! At first glance it appears to have five, but the center set is made up of two ears, one of which is a "twin" to the second ear from the top. This is the only stalk I've identified with more than three ears. There are a bunch of tillers, but most of them don't have silk yet, but they are producing tassels to help pollinate (see the tassels to the right of the featured stalk.) Located in NE Colorado. Planted in mid-May.




Tina Dare-Della Mahri ::
These are the corn plants that grew from non-GMO corn seeds that Blythe Pelham sent me. They are called "glass gems".
Bill is 6 ft tall. They seem to be averaging 3 ears per plant.
Thank you, Blythe!
 


 Ken Wood This corn is now 7' to 10' and has 5-7 ears per plant, most main stems with 3 ears and some tillers with 1 or 2.

Anthony Boutard says, "...side shoots contribute substantially to the productivity of the plant and should be left alone." (pg 101-102 'Beautiful Corn')
 

 Mindy Lambton Hughes

 Harvested over a pound of kernels from my tiny cornfield in Mesa, AZ. Some to save, some to pop and some to swap.
 
Pete Petrosky :: 
 
 So MK::
five days after planting seeds




Jordan Ryan Schaub's corn patch ::
gem corn farther back right hand side - size of a corn patch

 
Katje Lilith Sabin :: 
Mindy Lampton Hughes::
Since Glass Gem is a popcorn it should be harvested when the leaves turn brown. The brightest, most intense colors can be found when the outer leaves are brown but the interior leaves are still moist.

Looks like you have a couple more weeks, keep watering, tops will turn brown where it is white. 
 

Lindsay Mills :: corn and beehive in the back

 

Robin Simmons ::