What is the number of ears of corn that one stalk can produce?

Question

I am growing a single plant of Red corn that my young daughter brought home from school last spring and it has 5 ears on it, albiet 2 ears are dwarfs, yet they HAVE produced "silk". Should I call Guiness or drink one?

Answer 1

Snip off the runts, all the growing energy will go into the other 3 ears

Then go drink the Guiness

Answer 2

Normally 2-3 ears per stalk but I have had as many as 6 ears on 1 stalk they just don't get very large.

Answer 3

normally 2-3