{"id":2372,"date":"2012-07-05T03:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T07:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2012-07-05T03:00:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T07:00:06","slug":"q-and-a-canning-pokeweed-and-thinning-corn-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/07\/05\/q-and-a-canning-pokeweed-and-thinning-corn-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: canning pokeweed and thinning corn plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Canning pokeweed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>My husband was wondering if it is possible to can pokeweed? We usually eat it like spinach after blanching and draining twice, or else fry the stems in flour and butter. I never thought of canning it. Maybe freezing after cooking? What do you think?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Michelle Plamondon<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Kaleva, Michigan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no reason you can&#8217;t can pokeweed after simmering and draining twice. Just drain it, pack it into jars as with any other green such as spinach, then add fresh boiling water and salt, if desired, and process for 75 minutes (pints) and 90 minutes (quarts) at 10 pounds pressure. If you live at an altitude above 1,000 feet, consult your canning book for directions on increasing your pressure to suit your altitude if necessary. You can also freeze the pokeweed after boiling and discarding the cooking water twice. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thinning corn plants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I read your article on growing corn. You didn&#8217;t mention anything about thinning the corn as it starts to grow. My husband and I planted our first vegetable garden and planted 6 rows of corn. The seed packets recommended planting the seeds 6 inches apart and then thinning to 8-12 inches. My husband (the corn lover) seems to think that we don&#8217;t need to do any thinning. (I think he just wants to have as much as corn as possible to satisfy his appetite!) What do you recommend?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joanne Ames<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Malvern, Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I plant my corn about 6 inches apart and don&#8217;t thin it. I&#8217;ve always had excellent corn. I think 12 inches is excessive when you&#8217;re trying to get as much corn per row as possible. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canning pokeweed My husband was wondering if it is possible to can pokeweed? We usually eat it like spinach after blanching and draining twice, or else fry the stems in flour and butter. I never thought of canning it. Maybe freezing after cooking? What do you think? Michelle Plamondon Kaleva, Michigan There&#8217;s no reason you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}