RECIPE: Grilled Corn with Chipotle-Lime Butter
A typical summertime treat gets an unexpected burst of flavor from juicy limes and smoky chipotle pepper.
Grilled Corn on the Cob with Chipotle-Lime Butter
Take your corn on the cob to the next level with tart lime juice and smoky spices.
You'll Need:
- 12 ears of corn, shucked
- 1 stick of salted butter, room temperature
- 2 Tbsp. chipotle chili powder
- ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper (use just 1/8 for less heat)
- Juice from half a lime
- Olive oil
- Fresh cilantro, finely chopped
Let's Get Cooking:
- In a bowl or food processor; combine butter, spices, and lime juice. Blend until fully incorporated.
- Add butter mixture to a corn butterer and refrigerate to harden, about 1 hour.
- Clean and oil grill grates and turn burners on high. Preheat for approximately 10 minutes.
- Place corn on grill and turn occasionally until grill marks and charred blisters appear on all sides, about 10-12 minutes.
- Remove corn from grill, spread chipotle butter, and top with cilantro.
OPTIONAL: If desired, sprinkle Cotija cheese over top for an authentic Mexican street corn flavor.
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If I plant a blueberry bush in the Root and Veg Earthbox, what is the method and schedule to replenish fertilizer? What about replacing the plastic cap as it inevitably wears out? How would one do this without disturbing the plant too much or making a huge hole in the next plastic cap to fit down over the bush?
I’d love to also know the same for planting blackberry bushes in the EarthBox Original?
You'd follow our instructions for the initial set up, except do not add dolomite to the blueberry bush. When you have to replace the cover, the only way for these plants is to create a big hole in the cover and then tape it back up after you have it in place. We'd recommend adding another pound of our 7-7-7 fertilizer (or another equivalent, slow-release fertilizer) every 3-4 months. That generally lasts 1 growing season, which for the majority of crops grown in the EarthBox is no more than 120 days. Blueberries and blackberries are one of the few perennials that can be successfully grown in the EarthBox.
Which size is best for blueberries the orginal size? Or the deep root n veggie size?
Can nursery recommended acidic soil/ Azelia soil be used in earthboxes for blueberries?
You can grow blueberries in either of those EarthBox sizes, though we recommend the Root & Veg since its depth is more conducive to the plant. You can forgo using dolomite with blueberries, but ensure the pH is somewhere between 4.5-5.5. We still recommend following our growing media recommendations listed here: https://earthbox.com/learning-center/recommended-growing-media
I have my SEASCAPE Day-neutral strawberry seeds in hand. These will be planted indoors, in a grow tent, under LED quantum panels in the EarthBox. I have never planted strawberries of any kind, so Im eager to get this party started. Will provide updates. Too bad we can't attach pics.
~Kbore
NEWS FLASH from Kbore about Seascape seeds: Hybrid strawberry seeds are NOT true to the variety, if they sprout at all. I may have seascape seeds in hand (rip-off) but they will not produce the same plant as the seed donor. To grow the true variety, you must have live/ dormant plant starts from that variety.
On the subject of plant starts, it's too hot to ship live plants in the middle of July (in Zone 6A where I live), so don't expect to buy strawberry seedlings mail-order: It's not going to happen.
Looks like mid-September-ish for me. As the late Tom Petty wrote: " Waiting is the hardest part".
~Kbore