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.