Mosquetan Flint Corn
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Item: 100 Mosquetan Flint Corn Seeds
Botanical Name: Zea mays indurata
Color: Yellow, orange, red, brown, copper, black, white, blue, and transparent kernals
Size: Plants – 6'-8' at full maturity Ears – 8"-12"
Growing Time:105 days to full maturity and height
Germination Rate: 98%
Quantity: 100 seeds
Description: Handed down to my family from a Mosqueta tribe elder almost a hundred years ago, this heirloom variety of flint corn produces the most amazing rainbow colored kernals. Most people use dried flint corn as decoration around the holidays, but when harvested at the perfect time, it can be used for popcorn! This plant is also an excellent companion plant for squash and beans. The woman spoke to my great grandfather about the "Three Sisters". They would plant a squash, pole bean, and flint corn seed in the same hole. The beans added nitrogen to the soil, the corn gave the beans something to vine around and shaded the squash, which produced prickly leaves to ward off bugs and shade out weeds. If being used for decoration or hominy, corn can be dried on the stalk. Simply cut the stalk at ground level and pile them standing up in the basement or spare room and leave to dry for three weeks.
Botanical Name: Zea mays indurata
Color: Yellow, orange, red, brown, copper, black, white, blue, and transparent kernals
Size: Plants – 6'-8' at full maturity Ears – 8"-12"
Growing Time:105 days to full maturity and height
Germination Rate: 98%
Quantity: 100 seeds
Description: Handed down to my family from a Mosqueta tribe elder almost a hundred years ago, this heirloom variety of flint corn produces the most amazing rainbow colored kernals. Most people use dried flint corn as decoration around the holidays, but when harvested at the perfect time, it can be used for popcorn! This plant is also an excellent companion plant for squash and beans. The woman spoke to my great grandfather about the "Three Sisters". They would plant a squash, pole bean, and flint corn seed in the same hole. The beans added nitrogen to the soil, the corn gave the beans something to vine around and shaded the squash, which produced prickly leaves to ward off bugs and shade out weeds. If being used for decoration or hominy, corn can be dried on the stalk. Simply cut the stalk at ground level and pile them standing up in the basement or spare room and leave to dry for three weeks.