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Growing Corn from Squirrel Corn?
Posted on 5/29/17 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 5/29/17 at 5:04 pm
A while back, I bought one of those bags of corn cobs to put out for the squirrels. We see fox squirrels in the yard every so often (bastids love my pecan trees), and my wife and I like watching them and the birds from the living room (my son seems to as well, but he's 7 months old. Doesn't know a squirrel from a bird).
Needless to say, the squirrels...they don't seem to care about the corn. Over a month now, and not a cob touched. I had one laying in the yard, and just noticed today while walking around that it had started to sprout. A bunch of corn seedlings all over the ground (lawnmower had busted the cob up).
I know the corn in the bag is "not meant for human consumption", but if these plants manage to grow big enough and produce, any idea if it's edible? I'm not aware of any corn varieties not suited to human consumption, but I'm no corn farmer either.
Needless to say, the squirrels...they don't seem to care about the corn. Over a month now, and not a cob touched. I had one laying in the yard, and just noticed today while walking around that it had started to sprout. A bunch of corn seedlings all over the ground (lawnmower had busted the cob up).
I know the corn in the bag is "not meant for human consumption", but if these plants manage to grow big enough and produce, any idea if it's edible? I'm not aware of any corn varieties not suited to human consumption, but I'm no corn farmer either.
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Posted on 5/29/17 at 5:26 pm to Cowboyfan89
Field corn is good, just pick it when the ears just become full
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:22 pm to Cowboyfan89
Corn is corn. It may not grow as plentiful as store bought seed corn but its the real deal holyfield
Posted on 5/29/17 at 9:56 pm to Cowboyfan89
It'll grow and you can eat it.
Pick out the seeds that don't look cracked, plant them 2.5 inches deep, and water and fertilize it.
I'm not guaranteeing stellar results though, as it is very late for corn planting in the South.
Source: I am a corn farmer.
Pick out the seeds that don't look cracked, plant them 2.5 inches deep, and water and fertilize it.
I'm not guaranteeing stellar results though, as it is very late for corn planting in the South.
Source: I am a corn farmer.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 10:03 pm to Cowboyfan89
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Needless to say, the squirrels...they don't seem to care about the corn
I have 3 feeders. If I set out 3 cobs in the morning, they'll all be gone by the afternoon. And then I'll find them swinging from the bird feeder.
Gonna have me a good stew from some fat squirrels eventually.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 8:19 am to Cowboyfan89
It'll taste like chalk. Field corn is usually dried and cracked to be used as animal feed. It's genetically engineered for protein, not taste.
What you get out of a can or on the cob in a grocery store is sweet corn.
In conclusion, yes you can eat it. No, it will not taste good.
What you get out of a can or on the cob in a grocery store is sweet corn.
In conclusion, yes you can eat it. No, it will not taste good.
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