These gems will catch the light from floating candles, anchor your flower arrangements and add more. Bag are an arts and crafts staple that can be used in many different areas of your home and garden. Planting a few long rows will result in poor germination and the absence of kernels on the cobs. These shimmering Akasha Icicle Clear and Frosted Mix Glass Gems, 10 oz. For pollination purposes, corn should be planted in a square plot with rows on 30-36″ spacing. The incredible depth and clarity found in this form of. If water is scarce, wider in-row spacing will be necessary. Glass Marbles & Paperweights If you are looking to add a vivid, long lasting, splash of colorful art to any room, or perhaps you are looking for the perfect gift for the art lover in your life, our selection of borosilicate glass marbles and paperweights are sure to have just what you need. If drip irrigation is used, in-row spacing may be as close as 8″. Once plants emerge, thin plants to 8-12″ depending on adequate irrigation. Ears are a kaleidoscope of gem-like, rainbow kernels. We recommend planting Glass Gem Corn using a walk-behind planter like our Hoss Garden Seeder. An unbelievably stunning corn bred by part-Cherokee farmer, Carl Barnes, from ancestral, Native American corn. Corn earworm pressure will be greater in the warmer months, but this can be alleviated by applying spinosad to silks and tassels once they appear.
Succession planting is recommended with at least two plantings, one in early spring and one in late summer/early fall. Corn can be grown throughout the warmer months up until fall, as long as time is permitted for harvest before the first frost.
120 Days to Maturity.įield corn should be planted in the spring after the last frost date. Glass Gem makes a truly stunning ornamental but can also be used as popcorn or ground into meal. This variety has a longer growing season and the stalks can grow from 6′-9′ tall producing ears that measure between 3″-8″. The translucent kernels resemble glass beads and all have different colorations like lilac, merlot, robin’s egg blue, pearl, baby pink, and emerald green. Bred by the late Carl Barnes, Glass Gem Corn is the result of a lifetime of work by careful cross-pollination of different varieties of native heirloom seeds that were specifically chosen for their striking color. Glass Gem Corn may look too beautiful to be real but this open-pollinated field corn variety is just as stunning in photos as it is in real life.
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