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Native Americans—the land’s original master gardeners—grew them near cornstalks to support the vines as part of a companion- planting technique known as the Three Sisters, which also included using squash as a ground cover.
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Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
The Argonne team assumed that growing corn on a farm offset the tailpipe emissions from burning corn in an engine, because cornstalks sucked carbon out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis.
—Michael Grunwald
july 21, Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
For even more perks, try growing several rows of branching sunflowers as a natural windbreak to keep cornstalks from toppling over in windy weather.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2025
Nests can take up to three months to build, and typically contain sticks, grass, moss, cornstalks, lichen, fine woody material, downy feathers and sometimes greenery.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 1 May 2025
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Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
The Argonne team assumed that growing corn on a farm offset the tailpipe emissions from burning corn in an engine, because cornstalks sucked carbon out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis.
—Michael Grunwald
july 21, Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
For even more perks, try growing several rows of branching sunflowers as a natural windbreak to keep cornstalks from toppling over in windy weather.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2025
Nests can take up to three months to build, and typically contain sticks, grass, moss, cornstalks, lichen, fine woody material, downy feathers and sometimes greenery.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 1 May 2025
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“Cornstalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cornstalk. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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cornstalk
noun
corn·stalk
ˈkȯ(ə)rn-ˌstȯk 
: a stalk of corn
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