What do you think when you hold the strawberry-colored corn in your hand? It’s not a myth, recently the community is making waves with red corn like a string, and especially this type of corn is very sought after by women to help lose weight .

Those of you who do not know about strawberry red corn should not ignore this article!

Origin of strawberry corn

This corn variety has the scientific name of Strawberry Popcorn. The reason it is called strawberry corn is because it has a dark red color, the same shape as a strawberry. Strawberry corn belongs to the Zea Mays corn line, originating from South America, and then popularly bred in many countries.

The price and how to grow strawberry corn

Many sales websites are selling mini strawberry corn seeds with quite expensive prices from 80,000 – 150,000 VND/pack of 15 seeds. This is a new corn variety, quite strange, so many people choose to buy it and try it.

This variety is quite easy to grow and the yield is usually very high. The cultivation of mini strawberry corn is also very simple, just soaking the seeds for 10-14 hours. After soaking the seeds, you bring the seeds to the soil to sow at a depth of 1.5-2 cm, then spray the soil with water, keep it in a cool place, avoid direct rain-sun. Soil is required to be loose, well drained and rich in nutrients.

Strawberry corn harvest season

Strawberry corn can be grown all year round, thus bringing great yield and high income to farmers who grow this crop.

Strawberry corn is about 1.3m high, the corn is as small as a strawberry, has a burgundy color, and the seeds are shiny and look very nice. On average, each strawberry corn is about 5-6cm long.

The time from sowing to harvest is only about 70-80 days. Mature corn plants are only 120-130 cm tall. Strawberry corn is quite light-loving, the plant grows well in conditions of temperature from 15 – 40 degrees Celsius.

Plants are pollinated by wind, so we should avoid planting them together with other corn varieties, especially high-yielding sweet corn varieties to avoid being blown by the wind to spread the stigma from other corn varieties to damage the variety.

When the outer leaves of the corn are dry, the seeds are hard and should be dried in the sun so that the seeds do not mold and keep for a long time. When ripe, strawberry corn is only half that of other corn varieties and has a beautiful plum red color.

Nutrition from strawberry corn

The reason why this variety of corn is very popular today is because strawberry corn, whether young or old, has a natural sweet taste and is rich in nutrients, the seeds have a higher nutritional content than regular corn, rich in antioxidants. , fiber, polysaccharide, vitamin C, protein … and is evaluated by European experts as a very good food for weight loss dieters.

Strawberry corn kernels have a sweet taste, can be used to make salads or make delicious popcorn.

Through this article, you can no longer just look at it, but immediately buy the strawberry corn to enjoy. Not only many nutrients but also effective weight loss!