# Every Dry Corn will Pop Tested & Confirmed!

**URL:** https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/every-dry-corn-will-pop-tested-confirmed/2488
**Category:** General Discussions
**Tags:** corn, popcorn, cornnut
**Created:** [May 13, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/every-dry-corn-will-pop-tested-confirmed/2488 "2024-05-13T02:03:57Z")
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### Author: ![VeggieSavage](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/veggiesavage/32/3383_2.png) [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/every-dry-corn-will-pop-tested-confirmed/2488/8 "2025-04-21T02:03:11Z")

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> [@magocalvo](#):
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> Other kernel shapes and irregularly thick hulls result in much earlier cracking, so the total energy released is much less, and the kernel doesnt change shape much.

You got it! Altho I like the Cornnut puff more, I get a lot more mass per pop! However I really enjoy the Mushroom Popcorn shape over the butterfly type, mushroom is way much more chewier. The Cornnuts have that delicious Crunch!

Yup, that’s what makes popcorn varities pop well, it’s their size.

> [@Cornuts Landrace aka Maiz Cancha (Zea mays var. arachis?)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cornuts-landrace-aka-maiz-cancha-zea-mays-var-arachis/2467/2):
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> Popcorn requires a very particular phenotype. Optimum seed size for popping might be around 5 mm. Corn larger than that tends to pop as old grannies.

I took this from the conversation here : [Cornuts Landrace aka Maiz Cancha (Zea mays var. arachis?) - #2 by Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cornuts-landrace-aka-maiz-cancha-zea-mays-var-arachis/2467/2)

I’m fine with corn kernals that puff in but not out & fluffy.

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