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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>]

OK all you corn farmers out there...here's a quick question about popcorn...

I've grown several varieties before, but dh wants to grow the plain 
yellow popcorn that came in the plastic bag from WM.  What we got was a 
bit stale, and the moisture wasn't right, but the flavor was okay.  
Instead of eating the rest of it, dh wants to plant it.  I did a 
germination test and got 90%-yeah, from WM bag popcorn.  Amazing....I'm 
trying to convince myself that it is not a Monsanto product.  We eat a 
lot of popcorn.

Does anyone know definitively what variety of yellow popcorn is commonly 
grown and sold to Walmart?

If not, does anyone have a guess as to how many 'days' it would take to 
mature?  I am growing sweet corn that is 84-87 days, and a dent corn 
that is 120.  The sweet corn is planted, the dent corn is not, yet.  I 
hope to do that today, but had this last minute request for popcorn instead.

B

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