Tom Thumb Popcorn

Description

Tom Thumb  Popcorn

• 40 seeds
• Open pollinated
• Heirloom seed
• Distance between plants – 5-8″
• Distance between rows – 30″
• Full sun
• Cob 3-4″
• Water every 2-3 days
• Days to maturity – 85 days
• Days to germination – 4-10 days
• Height – 3′
• Zea Mays

Sow: Direct sow in Mid-May (after risk of last frost)

Harvest: When leaves are brown and cobs are swollen.  Make sure to break off the little sucker cob that starts growing on the stem at the bottom of the plant.  It will never give seed and will just suck vital energy from the seeds already higher up on the stem.

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