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Seed Project
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Seed Project
By: Sara Gish, Kehvia Quick, Ellen Lupardus, Heather Jones, and Cheyanne Gallion
Where is it grown?
Seed Packet
Most U.S. popcorn is grown in the Midwest, primarily in Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri.
What type of soil is it grown in?
Popcorn is most likely to preform in medium- to coarse-textured soils
Picture of seed
Interesting facts
1-Kernels of popcorn can pop up to 3 feet high.
2-Before stoves and microwaves, hot sand was used to provide the right kind of heat to make corn kernels pop.
3-Because it remained a relatively lost cost item, popcorn maintained its popularity through the Great Depression.
4-In order to get a full serving of whole grains, you need to eat three full cups.
5-Popcorn is also high in fiber, very low in fat, and contains no salt or sugar.
6-Popcorn needs between 13.5-14percent of moisture to pop.
7- If you made a trail of popcorn from New York City to Los Angles, you would need more than 352,028,160 popped kernels!
8-The world's largest popcorn ball, as measured by the Guinness Book of World Records: 12 feet in diameter, containing 2,000 pounds of corn, 40,000 pounds of sugar, 280 gallons of corn syrup and 400 gallons of water.
Popcorn seed