Field Corn vs Sweet Corn vs Popcorn 

Thank you. I've asked so many people if popcorn is just normal corn and no one ever seemed to know. After 28 years I finally remember to look up an answer.

I'd never thought I would enjoy a video about corn this much :)

Watching the Eurocup with my husband, eating popcorn and wondering "is popcorn regular corn before the grains grow and soften?" Thank you for contributing in taking us a tiny bit further from ignorance. 😊

That was interesting. Teach us more Amy!

Thank you. I never knew. When I was five or six years old my two older cousins were over visiting me and my older brother. We were playing in our backyard which was a small peach orchard. I recall a lone plant stalk with an ear of corn to which one of the older cousins lit a match to as I looked on amazed when a single popcorn appeared . I watched with wonder and kept the wonder to myself never to mention it to anyone. Now after many years, I decided to learn of the plant that produced that one kernel of popcorn. Thank you for your straightforward video. Well done and very much appreciated.

Thank you! Did not realize how much I don't know about corn - I ran into the word "nixtamalization" I'm sure I spelled it wrong :-) and realized there are different corns - learned something through your video - (thank you again!)

I guess I never knew the differences between the 3 corns. Thank you for teaching me something, as I just moved into a small, farming town lol.

Excellent explanations on different subjects. Clear, concise, well- spoken easy to understand. Thank you! 👍👍

Love this video! Our property is right up against a large field of corn, it’s our first year in our home and we weren’t sure what kind of corn it was. It’s field corn for sure!

It's almost like you knew me and my kids were taking about this a few days ago! We recently started air popping a bunch of popcorn, and my kids eat a lot of canned sweet corn and sometimes corn on the cob. So they were asking about the plants that they come from, and I didn't really know, so we looked it up together and that's when I found out that field corn was a thing. I didn't know what field corn was used for though, until I watched this video. My kids watched it with me too, they really liked it since we were just taking about it😉 🌽 🍿

We didn't know these are two different varieties but my mom has been telling me that the popcorn kernels are harder and differently coloured than sweet corn kernels (which I've been struggling to pop😂)

We loved this! Thanks for sharing.

This was a GREAT video.....so interesting! Thank you for sharing it.

Excellent! Thank you for the useful & educational information.

I loved learning this!

Thank you for this 'corny' video! Have a great day!

That was very interesting. Thank you

Is there different types of popcorn ? I do wonder, as the popcorn this year seems to be very dry and tough after you pop it. My brother said the same thing, and he orders his popcorn from a different place, other than stores here in Canada. Is there different grades of popcorn ? and which areas ( states) grow the best popcorn ? You seem to be very knowledgeable on corns, so maybe you know the answer ?

Thank you

Cool video. My kids always ask these questions and I never knew. 👍

Loved this!

This was a fun video thank you!!!!

So fun!! I never knew this!!

Thank you for this !

Hey I never once knew that so this was fun!

Lmao I thought popcorn made out from dried sweet corn. Glad I found your video I almost dried a sweet corn

YES THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW

Yep, showing this to my husband, he was arguing with me that popcorn is the same as sweetcorn.😃

Thanks so much! Seeing it was so helpful. How does a farmer keep track of it if they grow all three varieties? They stalks look pretty much the same.

Great video

I'm not sure if you can help me but what I'm trying to figure out is what is the difference nutritionally and otherwise between popcorn and cornmeal? Please advise. Thanks

Thanks 🙏

So interesting, I thought it was all the same. What is the multi colored corn that is used for fall decor or is that man made (artificial) I was born & raised in the city. Thank you for sharing

What I'm looking for is a corn for eating and for popping.

Thanks!

I loved this video! So interesting! This is a dumb question, but when you harvest the field corn are the stalks destroyed by the machinery? How do the machines delegate the stalk from the corn cob? Do they grow back or do you have to plant them back? I’m so intrigued by all of this. 🙂

Is the popcorn one used for cornflour and starch too?

Is popcorn healthy? Also what about blue corn I’ve heard different things about the health benefits and I know it’s one of the most prevailant plants in the whole world I have tons of canned sweet corn and how I know a little more thank you!

Is there any way that you keep the crops from cross pollinating and producing hybrid offspring? How far do you usually plant the blocks from each other to prevent it?

I don't know where I thought popcorn came from, but I didn't think it was a plant for some reason.

So, if we harvest field corn and popcorn before they dried out, they're edible?

Now I know👍

I didn't realise sweet corn was harvested a different time than field corn. 🌾

I assume that the pop corn is different type of plant? Than the usual corn? I stil dont understand.

Can you eat grain corn in the summer?

field corn is much harder tougher and sweet corn is much softer and white.

Do you use the kernels from the store to plant the popcorn?

I know

So are they different corn strains?! Or are they the same type of corn harvested in different times of year? Or are they just dried out different? Sorry but the vídeo didn’t clarify any of that

Do you have to process the popcorn kernels in any way before popping them?

field corn is hard isn't it because we wait it to dry out?

Now i want be disappointed when i make popcorn

What will happen if you put a field corn into a pop corn machine?

So If by chance a field of popcorn caught on fire. can we call in a crop duster to spray melted butter and drop some Johnny's seasoning on it?

I thought popcorn were just popcorn seeds.

I wanna plant one popcorn plant

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Essentially, isn't it corn at different states/stages?Can you pop sweet corn? Or does it have to be hard (popcorn)?

Do a video of sweet corn 🌽 plz.

You look so sweet like sweet corn 😅

Can you eat popcorn before it dries out?

But is is the same plant?

Have you ever cooked field corn?? I'd be interested in seeing if I even knew the difference.. but I guess the name SWEET corn probably tells me the answer to that.😊

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Some disease on corn plant.

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Just a question, why are you sitting on the ground when you have a perfectly fine recliner behind you? Lol