We were amazed yesterday to see that one of the corn varieties grew quite a bit since our measurement last week: Bloody Butcher doubled in size! (see picture)
We recall reading that once a stalk reaches a certain height the growth rate explodes. Some will grow several inches overnight! We're wondering if this is what will happen to our Bloody Butcher, so we will be watching it more closely now.
In 1909 a farmer in Minnesota decided to measure his corn for one week at various hours. His records show that the slowest growth for one day was just under 5 inches, and the largest growth was six inches. You can read about it here. We think it's a good thing that kids don't grow that fast! :)
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