Growing corn from pop-corn seed?

Hey .. I d like to grow some corn.

I bought organic seeds to make popcorn. I soaked them and washed them once or twice per day (like when I make sprouts).
They germinated very well.

Can I grow corn from them?

Last year the seed (I bought seed package) did not germinate well in the garden (maybe too cold). This year I d like to grow starts in the greenhouse and plant them. When do I start starting the starts?

Thank you and blesses

Tobias

That's pretty much what I did to grow corn as one of my green manures. It wasn't super productive in terms of ears, at least the popcorn I used under the conditions in my garden, but it definitely worked. When you'll start your starts depends on your location and the length of the season -- corn is usually direct-seeded in North America. But I don't think there's any reason you couldn't start it inside, if your season is short or something.

Tobias Ber wrote:When do I start starting the starts?

I direct seed popcorn about 3 weeks before the end of our spring frosts. About same time as the average last frost date is also a great time.

direct seeding did not work well last year. it was a very cool and wet summer. beans and peas had trouble starting (end of may). i assume that the heavy clay soil took too long to warm up.

growing corn from starts might help with slug-issues

I stopped growing sugary-enhanced, synergistic, and super-sweet corns because germination was so erratic for me.

I'm glad that slugs don't thrive in my garden!

I've never done it but High Mowing seeds says, "Start transplants in small cells 3-4 weeks before planting date" <High Mowing link> (timing is the same for the other popcorn I checked).