Seventeen Foot Tall Corn
by Alan M. in Rochester, New York
These pictures were taken on Labor Day (September 3) 2007. The corn
continued to grow into early December.
They were very hardy. A December windstorm finally blew them over.
We estimate they are at 17 feet in these pics. The fence in the
background is seven feet.
No special soil preparation. No fertilizers. Just Trap Water, and the
seeds were blessed by a Mayan Elder.
As I recall, I was
probably rather flagrant with the trap water I put on these. They
probably had a total of 2 gallons put on them in their first two
months. And that would have been spread between two or three waterings.
After that - no more, as they then took on a life of their own.
For what
it's worth, I always "Intend" my trap water with ''strength and
health''.I know - not very esoteric - but yah gotta go with what yah
think yah know.
--Alan M
Alan also mentioned, in a phone conversation, that the corn seeds were
given to him and his wife by a Mayan shaman while they were at a
ceremony in the Yucatan. This Mexican corn is typically short and
stocky.
They planted four of these seeds which grew into the stalks you see in
the pictures above. Each stalk had six or seven ears of corn on it. The
longest ear was almost two feet long and some ears had other ears
growing out from the base of the ear. The ears are visible in the first
three pictures above. Here are some more pictures that include the ears:
This
is the first corn they ever planted and they had no idea of what to
expect. They tried to save the seeds, in their basement, but mice found
them and ate them.