The theme song for
corn that is grown in Oklahoma brags on seven foot stalks of corn
with tassels waving in the wind. Who could believe that such corn
could be grown on a coastal desert. Only a group of high school
students from Kona who had never been to Oklahoma 'where the wind
goes whipping through the plain' but here in Hawaii we have trades
and annual sun as hot as Oklahoma but no rain. How could we know
that cold roots would provide the thermodynamic energy that
normally is provided by the evaporation of rain. Sure enough the planted seed grew like the seeds of spring, but surprisingly tall stalks of corn with full green leaves soon followed. High tassels seven feet high appeared. Would the corn fertilize. Kevin Sue worried and talked of fertilization by hand. But the corn was planted parallel to the trades and this wind whipping through the field replicated Oklahoma in Kona. If your coastal desert has a similar wind you are in luck for you can plant the seed, sit in the rocking chair, listen to the corn grow and harvest when the ears are full and ripe and sweet. Remeber to eat within ten minutes after harvest for best taste.