# growing popcorn

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-popcorn/90119>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-popcorn/90119 "2001-10-28T17:22:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-popcorn/90119/1 "2001-10-28T17:22:02Z")

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If a cornfield full of mature popcorn plants caught fire, would the popcorn pop?  
Has this ever happened anywhere?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-popcorn/90119/2 "2001-10-28T17:26:19Z")

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I am not an expert on this, but good friends did raise popcorn on their organic farm, and I was told that the popcorn had to be harvested and then dried while off the cob for some time before it was in poppable condition.