And that was corn that had already been picked, and dried for some length of time. Corn still attached to the plant has considerably more moisture content, as do the stalks themself – they would not burn nearly as hot as a wooden storage shed.
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I don’t know about burning, but I read somewhere about how, during a really hot summer, a field of corn spontaniously popped on their stalks.
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I don’t believe it.
The highest temperature I’ve ever seen around here (Minnesota) is barely over 100ºF – that’s not hot enough to pop corn. Especially wet corn on the stalks. Even a cornfield on fire would probably not get hot enough to pop the corn – both the corn & the stalks themself are green and high water content, so they won’t burn well during the summer.