Aztec Corn Harvest & How Corn Pollination Works
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- Picked the first lot of cobs from the Aztec corn out the front on Friday & was most impressed. Looks like the cobs all pollinated evenly as there are very few missing kernels on any of the cobs..The colour patterns on them so far has been very impressive & I think the future pickings will be more impressive as they will be left to mature fully on the plants.
The bed did get a bit too dry a few days there & I think that a few of the future cobs might not be as impressive as this lot, not to worry though as this is only 3rd lot of corn we have grown & the best by far :)
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Rob, your corn is so beautiful. you be making flour with it, I hope you make a video? with that bad ear you should feed it to the chooks. I love how those kernels are all different colors! keep the great videos coming.
None of the corn will be gong to the chooks Luke :O Just snapped off the bad bit & problem solved ;) Will have to see if we get enough to make flour yet as the girls want multi coloured pop corn :D :/
Cheers sir..
Rob Bob i think whatever you choose to do with it, it will make an awesome video! however, i think when you pop the kernels they go to normal white popcorn puffs, If i remember correctly, i think the color is just in the shell, but I could be wrong.
The corn looks great my friend! Good Job!
Thanks Stephen.. We have all been mighty pleased with what has come off it so far :)
All the best to you & yours, Rob..
Wow, the corn turned out fabulous.
Have been really pleased with what has come of it so far Adubb :) There is only a handful of cobs left on there now..
Posted some more pic's on the G+ wall if your interested in seeing how they turned out
plus.google.com/108579684144272919626/posts/MShXW5YaVbH
Hope you & yours got to spend some time together over the holidays Adubb.. All the best to you Margo & the family for 2014..
Cheers sir :)
I didn't realize that there was a silk for each kernel Rob Bob! Interesting video my friend, very cool.
Glad it helped you out Wayne.. If you ever get the chance, split a juvenile ear & have a look at the silks.. Very interesting stuff :)
All the best Sir :)
RB
That's some very pretty corn Rob! As I said before, I was never able to have a good harvest thanks to aphids. Then I saw Bobby's video and thought that might have saved my crop had I known, that's why I asked if you were going to spray yours. Thanks to your video and Bobby's, when I try again, I'll be spraying! I did not know that every silk was associated to a kernel! In case you hadn't heard of it, try nuking (microwaving) an ear in tact without shucking it for a minute to a side for a total of two minutes. Let it cool some, shuck it, salt, butter and pepper it for great corn on the cob. I give this video a green thumbs up!
I commented on bobby's clip yet totally forgotten about it until you mentioned it.. I blame the years of coffee abuse ;) I think we will cut some kernels off to add to a soup but don't think it will be very tasty :/
Cheers Mr Dale & all the best to you both :)
Rob Bob I remembered Bobby's clip because he put it out right after I trashed my aphid infested corn. Day late and a dollar short. Either way, it's all good, I learned something on Bobby's clip and yours as well! I blame mine on root beer abuse. Darn that rum!
mediamaker2000
The Captain & I say "Cheers" Dale :D
Koo & I made up some red coloured ice cubes so we could make a "REDRUM"/'MURDER" for Bianca..
She is a big horror movie fan **nods**
Rob Bob
OMG, does B have red in her hair?! Cheers RB and Captain M. Michelle has all of Stephen King's books and I have all his movies for her.
mediamaker2000 B is a brunette but I have red in my beard :/
Worried now :/
Nice harvest!
Got me a good laugh when your daughter gave her opinion about the taste. Children always give some uncomplicated honest answers. :)
Best wishes,
Halvor.
Afternoon Halvor :)
Koo is her own person, that's for sure.. She wants me to try popping some now & not try cooking any in the soup I'm planing..
Cheers To you sir & have a great one,
Rob..
That is some awesome looking corn. Keep it up.
Best looking cobs I've ever grown :)
Cheers Tyler & have a great day,
Rob.
Another good video, beautiful corn there, thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked it Mark..
Thanks & all the best sir,
Rob.
Spectacular is the word for it ... to think it's just an ear of corn ... it looks like a rare jewel or something ... amazing. Thanks for videoing it for us, cool!
Hi There.. Is one of the most attractive plants we have ever grown.. Hope to pop in another bed or 2 next season..
Cheers & have a great one :)
Great looking corn harvest! Three corn crops in a year? That's incredible. I need to move to the subtropics!
We do get it good here Patrick.. We only really get 2 seasons, hot & not so hot ;)
This lot was planted out on the last day of winter here so had a bit of a head start.. The glass gem is already 6' & once the tassels set I will sow out the sweet corn..
Cheers Sir & all the best to you & yours..
RB & the girls :)
Rob Bob Truth be told, I wouldn't make it in the subtropics. My delicate alabaster skin can't take the sun or heat. I break out in hives and rashes. It ain't pretty.
OneYardRevolution
I'm a bit of a pasty skinned soul myself :D
personally harvesting flour corn. ears should always dry on the stalk. ears look very nice.
Rob, the red one looks amazing.
Is my favourite Brad.. Love the black mixed through it..
Cheers & mate & have a great one..
RB..
Gorgeous looking corn Rob. The colors are magnificent!! You should do a video of popping some of it?
Rick
I shall do when it comes time Rick :) If you don't see one in a few months time give me a reminder sir ;)
Cheers & all the best,
Rob..
Beautiful colors! I would grind some and try cornbread with it. Thanks, Gail and Les
Thanks for that.. All the posts on this clip have given me more ideas that we have corn to play with.. Think I might dedicate more garden space to the Indian corns next years so I can try then all..
Thanks Gail & Les... All our best to you & yours..
Rob..
Wow that red an black corn looked amazing!
I think it's the most impressive as well.. Hope to get a few more cobs like that before it's all picked..
Cheers & have a great one,
Rob.
Oh my grandpa used to grow those type of corn, when I first saw it I thought it went bad, it was super sweet
This variety is very bland. Great for making flour though.
Cheers Freddy.
really looks gorgeous
took me by surprise.. I thought most would come out a brownish colour..
Cheers & have a great one..
Rob.
Well done. Beautiful color corn.
Cheers... The plants did most the work ;)
Have a great one.. Rob
I agree with pickerick1, try popping some. Looks great!
As soon as some is dry enough it will be going into the pot :D Still have some pop corn we grew a few years ago hanging in the kitchen.. Should probably pop that as well :/
Thanks & all the best to you all..
RB & the Girls :)
Beautiful harvest. You can roasting the corn immediately after harvesting on hot coals. We do that with Indian corn and it's very delicious!
Thanks for that.. Might try that with a cob or 2 of the gem corn when we pick it..
Have a great one,
Rob :)
That is some interesting looking corn there Rob. Koo did not seem too keen it but like you said it isnt really for eating but for flour making.
Thinking the pop corn will taste ½ decent John :)
Cheers sir & all the best to you all :)
RB
Really neat Rob, interesting colors and variations, all the best to you Rob and Have a Merry Christmas for you and family,
Frank
Am very happy with what we have found so far Frank.. Will be leaving the rest on to dry out on the plants I think.. Will be interesting to see what colours come out on the remaining cobs..
All the best to you & yours as well sir..
Rob & the Girls...
nice....mothers art! well done Rob.
:) Certainly is a beautiful display :)
Cheers & all the best to you & yours,
Rob.
I always thought that type of corn was strictly ornamental. I've never been able to grow corn, it stunts so bad. Yours sure looks good!
Our last sweet corn was stunted & munched on by grubs Susan.. Hoping that I learn enough for when this years sweet corn goes in..
Thanks & all the best to you & yours Susan..
Rob.
i always picked leaves turn brown. corse might only do that if save seed replant next year
i think it must only be a matter of time before sweet corn is bred in these beautiful colours.
Think you could be right... I was told that the glass gem corn taste a bit sweeter off the plant compared to other Indian corns..
Cheers & have a great one..
Rob.
That is beautiful corn, Rob Bob. It did a whole lot better than mine.
I did a lot better than I was hoping for Paula.. Fingers & toes are crossed that the glass gem will do as well :)
All the best to you all.
Rob.
I have some gem corn, too. Aaron Thatcher had sent some to me awhile ago. I didn't plant them because at that time I was having no success with my corn at all. That was during the summer. This little winter crop was an experiment to see if it would grow. In the spring I will finally find a sunny spot in the yard and plant those gem corn seeds. Can't wait.
If you like to eat gem corn pick them when it still milky you can boil or grill . I am Montagnard indigenous.
Looking Awesome there Rob Bob and Koo well done
Did a lot better than we thought it would too George..
Cheers mate..
Hope you & yours have a great one..
Rob :)
beautiful ears, congratulations!
Hi Rob, Looks like you had a good crop,, Here in Ohio we'll dry the indian corn,, and parch it,,,,Kinda like Corn nuts,very tasty and stores well
Cheers for that.. Have just looked up parching corn.. Might have a go at pulling some out of the pot early when we start to pop them & see how it goes :)
Thanks again & have a great one..
RB
Nice video, Rob. I'm new to corn in the last 3 years. I've done Bantam sweet the last 2 years. I want to add another for grinding now that I have another location far enough away they won't cross pollinate. I've looked for the Aztec types here but can't find it..... yet. Probably due to the language differences and I just don't know the right words to put in the search engine.
Try "Indian" or "Flint" corn Jay & you might have more luck.. Am looking forward to the Balinese sweet corn, will only be our second attempt at a sweet variety :)
Cheers sir :)
That corn is Beautiful. How lovely to make flour for your tortillas.
Am hoping we get enough between this & the glass gem to try & make some masa up.. A few people have given me a few ideas on how to process it.. Also just read about parching it.. Not sure we will have enough this season to try all the processing methods but will try our best..
Thanks Dianne & all our best to you & yours.
RB..
Me thinks I will have to try this when corn season rolls around if not just for the wow factor.
Hi Andrew..
The are a very impressive plant.. Don't think we will be planting out a lot next season, maybe only one bed just to get some seeds to share round..
Cheers mate & have a great one..
Rob..
Hi Rob
I was so impressed by your Aztec corn that iI picked some up from eBay I bought some glass gem corn ornamental Mexican corn and some black corn. Thought I'd try those three along with some sweet corn over the spring, summer and ito early autumn spacing my plantings about two months apart so as to not cross pollinate. Will be a fun crop I think. Lol Thanks looking forward to more great vids Andrew
I like the red and black one best. The wind is howling here, the rain is lashing down and it's 10C...that;s just wrong, I want it to be cold. (I like dry cold because Ireland has a damp coldness that is really brutal. The temperature is not too low for it but the damp makes it really penetrate. Canadian friends who are used to -60C in Winter are shocked when they experience the damp cold here when it is still above freezing).
Best Wishes, Brendan.
I liked that one the best as well Brendan :)
Anything below 20°C fere makes me pull out the ugg boots & anorak.. Bit of a cold blooded wimp here :/
Feel free to pop by if you need to thaw out your bones.. You would be both be more than welcome here.. Could get you to teach me a thing or 2 on dad's Colchester ;)
All the best to you & yours sir :)
Rob Bob That's a very kind offer Rob, thank you. Colchester lathe... you need to start watching woodturning videos...there's a lot of pleasure to be had, especially from old machinery.
I had the same thing happen to an ear of my corn, where a tassel grew where the silks should be. It was yellow like yours even though i was growing white sweet corn. it was from seed i saved and i suspect it crossed with GM corn from a nearby cornfield:/
Don't think this one crossed with GM.. None grown around here in Australia as far as I know of... Give it time though :(
:/
A mate shared a great link on how to protect your corn from cross pollination,
blog.seedsavers.org/preventing-gmo-contamination-in-your-open-pollinated-corn/
Hope that helps some Ben & have a great one.. Cheers
Looks good! Poor Koo and woobly teeth. You are the second person I have seen just bite into raw corn, Sean fromThe Horticultural Channel was the other. If I ever get corn to grow I might try that.
Good luck with the rest of those!
Tim
Sweet corn straight from the plant taste the best Tim.. I remember pinching some off as a kid & loving it... Found that raw store bought doesn't taste the best..
Thanks mate & have a great one,
Rob.
Yes Rob Bob. I'm with Dale Calder about seeing corn popping when it's dried out enough. Nice video and thanks for the heads up...LoL... Sorry, couldn't resist it, about Aztec Corn. Oh, is it a head of corn or an ear of corn? Anyway Cheers Mate. David.
Am all ears & hearing what you say sir ;) :D
Clip shall be posted when it's all dried..
Cheers Sir & have a great one..
RB
great video rob they look good. it would be nice to laminate and hang up. have a great christmas
I think the girls want to keep a few as ornamental cobs Michelle.. Would look great hung up around the place I think..
All the best to you & yours this Christmas :)
Nice corn Rob I use the brown silk method but got to catch it just right. I like the sweet corn never tred any of the others I might give some ago next spring. I find earwigs tend to be our main pest if i leave it too long. I got the grow box up and running. I am going to try to sprout some corn that I saved seed to see if its good. Our first micro veg crop is under the lights. Oh and this vid did not show up on the i thing app. Like the perch vid. Oh well. Dave ;-)
We have tried baby/pop corn before (still have a cob hanging in the kitchen) & only ever 1 lot of sweet.. Was decimated by grubs so never bothered again until this year..
Shall suss out the GR clip when I be done here..
All the best to you & the family Dave,
Rob.
Not so bad with the pepper one is ok and seems fine. Might do cuttings off it if it gets to the point where I can. Did save seeds of it trying those too now just to see.
Cherri's mate all the best.
Dave
Thanks for posting the video.What is the normal practise after harvesting corns.Do you cut the stocks off or they continue to grow more Aztec corns?
The plants die off like normal corm as far as I know Murali.. I really think they have sucked the life out of that bed as the cucumbers in there have already shrivelled up & died :/
All the best,
Rob :)
It tasted pasty because you picked it too late for corn-on-the-cob. It would have been tender and a little bit sweet about 10 days earlier. Yet you picked it about 3 weeks too early for grain. I don't think they matured enough that you could plant the seeds.
For dry grain the husks should be dry before you pick them, and the kernels should be hard. Most of yours were just beginning to develop a little bit of color. If you had left them on the plant they would have developed rich bright colors. In other words, you picked them "inbetween" stages.
Glad you had fun! Keep doing it.
Even the baby corn, which is normally super sweet in other varieties, was bland & powdery so I think it's just this variety.
The ones we left to dry on the plant actually had duller colours than what we picked in this clip.
Cheers Dave. 👍
@@RobsAquaponics
You are correct. Only sweet corn has a sweet taste. I grow Painted Mtn Corn which matures with soft flour starch. It is not sweet, but it is much more pleasurable to eat than flint or dent corn in it's milky stage. I am guessing that your corn has hard starch. It is preferred for some cooking purposes, but hard starch will be the least pleasurable to eat on the cob.
Near the end you show a photo of 13 ears. In my opinion all but two of the were picked too early; they show some colors that are not fully developed, especially near the tips.
To get brighter colors hand select individual kernels to plant. Do not plant any whites or yellows; you will get them. If you plant from the yellow ears, only select the most even purple kernels for seed.
If you do plant some of the paler colors I would select white over yellow because there is not much white and it adds variety and contrast.
The reds and oranges are recessive and disappear easily. Plant more of them.
Keep having fun and thanks for sharing!
Dave
Although it's not tasty but it have more antioxidants and less sugar more fiber.. Perfect food ..
👍
I heard glass gem is best for popping but i also would like to know what it tastes like grilled can't wait to try it for myself
Ours didn't pop that well for us.
Oh yeah, beautiful corn, the corn grown at present up here is a white variety and the native, has red kernels, some of the corn is "spotted", red kernels amidst white kernels and vice versa, but yeah the red corn grown over here is a bit hard, no comparison whatsoever with american sweet corn, in flavor and texture, but....if ya can get some lime, boil the corn in it and once the corn is cooked, strip off the outer covering and grind into a masa, the masa that makes tlaskals(tortillas), best tortillas ever, nothin' like that Maseca crap, where they grind cob in with the corn(to make it go further), thumbs up Rob Bob and somewhere along subbin' lifeinthailand, mugsyjeff and 10yearvet i forgot to sub ya, subbed today!! =)
Cheers Joe.. Am really interested in saving enough of this & the glass gem corn so we can make our own masa flour for at lest one meals worth of tortillas.. I really want to try to make everything we eat at least once from scratch if that makes sense.. Might have to wait until next summers crop but am prepared to wait :)
Thanks again & I really admire the other channels you mentioned.. They have all taught me a few things ;)
Have a great one...
RB
Cantik🤩🤩
I know this is probably redundant because this was 10 years ago, but if you do check your comments, I just like to ask you- how did you prepare your bed for The Aztec Corn ?
I do read them all & try to answer them all when I get the time. 😉
It would have had compost dug through & possibly some worm castings as well.
Hope that helps some.
Great job on the corn Rob :) Gotta love growing corn here in Downunder, it certainly gets hot enough for long enough! Unfortunately, I didn't get corn in this year but you mentioned the Glass Gem, I didn't know you could get them in Australia. Could you let me know where they are available here? Iwant to have a go at a couple of types next summer. Great job, Koo too :) My daughter lost 4 loose teeth in a week! LOL.
Hi Aunty Nette..
We got the seed from a small permaculture seed supplier in WA called Merri Bee Organic Farm..
merribeeorganicfarm.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/merri-bee-organic-seeds_3190.html
I know they get a run on the seeds so not sure if it's available at the moment.. You can contact them through that blog page..
The glass bead/gem looks like it will be ready in a few weeks & the Balinese sweet corn is just over a meter high too :)
Koo has had another 3 go in quick succession & has a forth that is just hanging in there :D I think that will be it for a while now..
Cheers & have a great one,
Rob :)
Thank you so much for that, greatly appreciated. I don't mind waiting, everything in good time. Cheers from the NSW border :) Been stinkin' hot down here.
Aunty Nette Hope you get to secure some seed :) I was most impressed with the Aztec so the glass bead/gem as a lot to live up to :D
Been fairly nice here of late.. I think we have had a mild summer over all..
I should've said NSW/Vic border. weeks of high 30's to 50+under the verandah! Pheww!
Aunty Nette Have seen a few online friends down south lose some of their garden due to the weather this year :/ Not good at all..
We have been lucky with only a few days of 40+ here this year..
Rob , where do you live that you get 3 growing seasons ? I'm in Florida and only get 2 growing seasons . My brother lived in Canberra for 2 years but he never mentioned 3 growing seasons, he did say that he loved it there and would stay forever if he could
We live in South East Queensland (subtropical climate) Judith.. Only get 2 seasons here really, hot & not so hot.. Things start heating up before spring starts & stays warm right through to Winter here.. Am hoping we will be able to get 3 lots of corn in the garden & harvested before winter starts.. Am not planting them out all at once as I don't want the varieties to cross pollinate, although, would be interesting to see what would happen with a sweet crossed with a glass gem corn..
Only ever been to Canberra once as a kid to see the War museum with my family.. Would like to stop off there again with our kids at some point :)
Cheers Judith & all the best,
RB
You can use your silks in herbal medicines too. There are plenty of sites and videos on how to utilize it.....just thought I'd pass that on :)
Thanks for that :) I knew they were useful but didn't know they were medicinal.. Shall pass it on to B & we'll have a look..
Cheers & have a great one..
Rob :)
We pour a few drops of vegetable oil on the silks right where they come out of the cob to prevent worm damage, it prevents the larvae from breathing or something like that... I'm not sure. Either way, it's organic, fairly effective and does not affect pollination.
Have never heard of that Mario, cheers sir.. Would make sense that the silks could still get pollinated that way.. Shall try it on some of the sweet corn when it gets planted in the new year..
Have a great one,
Rob.
+Mario Doiron plain BT is also organic, it is a bacteria that biologically attacks the worms by getting into their intestine and making them starve to death. That is why the worm has to eat it for it to be affected by it.
MrFarmer1997
I'm aware of BT, but I've never used it, not that I'm against it on principal. I'm cheap, would rather use a household item to get the same effect instead of buying a special product to do the same job.
3 crops my god you're so lucky.
Very lucky here in Mike.. Just wish we could grow tomatoes like most people :D :/
Cheers, Rob..
One easy way to tell if the corn is going to be starchy is if the kernels are dented. If they are mostly dented than is is too mature to eat, at least with all the varieties I know. If there are only a few dented it should still be good enough to eat. Also, if it is kind of pasty as you described, and sticks to your teeth in kind of a clump this also means it is too mature. Some breeds just aren't as sweet though, but all corn that I know of is edible at an early stage of growth. I will eat an ear of Yellow field corn if I notice it is at the right stage. its almost as soft as sweet corn except the kernels aren't full size and it is not as sweet, but still good if its all you have. Please note : do not eat field corn that is not yours from the side of the road, even though it should not have been sprayed at later growth, you don't know if it has been. Also it is Illegal.
+MrFarmer1997
Hi MrFarmer & thanks.
I knew this was a dent corn when I purchased it. Have been told by a few folks that they use it picked early in some traditional meals (think the comment was made on this clip).
Cheers mate.
Rob.
Oh sorry, I must have missed that comment. Thanks for the great videos, I look forward to them!
+MrFarmer1997
No need to be sorry 😊 I find it hard enough to keep up with the comments between youtube & facebook and don't expect anyone else to 👍 😉
Have a great one.
you have chickens can you feed the corn to the as well? im in the Philippines and was wondering if they can eat it too here they feed them rice ( the native chickens anyway )
Hi there...
We do feed them corn but most of this corn will be saved for us to use.. We might share some around friends & family as well, shall just have to wait & see how much we get off in the end..
Cheers & all the best,/
Rob.
What is the depth of the grow bed you use for corn?
The soil depth in the wicking beds is about 40mm/16" at planting..
This will give you a better idea on how the beds are set up
Self watering Wicking bed, IBC beds with a few modifications..
Cheers
Needed to dry more it is not a pop corn but a flour corn
Do you live next to the freeway, mate? LOL
:D Nope.. Is supposed to be a local council road but isn't.. Is that main access road into Ipswich so we get loads of sirens going past.. To top it off, we are also under the take off & landing flight paths for the RAFF base :D :/
Cheers sir & all the best,
Rob.
Do you have a grinder Rob? Us Americans in the Deep South would make some cornbread out of that ;-)
No grinder but have a Thermomix Jared ;)
Still not 100% sure what we will be doing other than popping some at the moment..
Cheers & all the best to you & yours Sir..
save the silk to make tea.
Glass gem, other native corn makes great popcorn.
+KallieBunny
Ours didn't pop like the normal corn but was still tasty 👍
Cheers
Rob
+Rob Bob's Backyard Farming well that's a bummer.....on a side note....have you ever tried Blue Hopi Maize? More for milling into flour, makes great breads and muffins.... I'll even make blue maize fry bread with a side of Wojapi 😋 soooo delish!
+KallieBunny
I haven't seen it for sale in Australia Kallie. Unfortunately we don't have the variety other countries have when it comes to the "painted" corn varieties but I'm always keeping my eye out for something different.
So far I've only tried the Aztec & glass bead corn. I did sow out some black pop corn but it didn't do too well for some reason :/
is it possible to grow corn from cobs in supermarkets?
+Fukano Nakito
Hi there.
Not the fresh corn from the cob as it's not really mature enough I think. You could possibly the dried corn kernels you can get in some whole food stores.
I agree fresh corn at a grocery store is most likely picked before it has matured. Most corn here in the United States that goes to the grocery store whether it be fresh or dried is most likely GMO which would result in the seeds growing into a plant but not producing seeds them selves so no corn can be reproduced. Even some ornamental corn that grocery stores sell that are dried and of the Indian variety they most likely have been sprayed or gassed so they won't germinate.
Hey Rob the Native American Corn (maybe Flint and some Dent corn) that you have there... well in order for it to be digested properly by humans ... it has to dried and then soaked in wood ashes slurry for at least 12 hours... also known as Hominy corn and thus having been treated with an some kind of alkali... there is bonding of the corn proteins to each other by the calcium in the lime that acts as a cross-linking agent for protein and polysaccharide acidic side chains....a process called Nixtamalization... and it makes the digestible and taste 100 times better too. . Look up Hominy on Wiki... your friend, GW
A continuance of thought from the previous comment I left above.... Rob... you can also...take the Hominy and dry it for storage and also grind into a maize corn flour to make corn bread and/or tortilla like flat wraps that are pressed thin and cooked on a flat skillet
gwdaniels Thanks for that... Have been looking for ways to process it.. At the moment we are thinking most will be just parched or popped.. Will wait & see how much we harvest before we decide fully on what we will do & would like to try & turn some of it into masa..
Thanks again for the heads up GW..
Have a great one..
Rob..
I'm from West Texas where my family grows Dent Indian corn and I'm also personal chef. Yes you can soak it in an alkaline solution to get rid of the whole of the Corn or the outer skin in order to turn it into Harmony or as we like to call it posole. Harmony is a great addition to soups and stews or you can dry it and grind it into grits which is a great Southern dish with lots of butter cheese bacon and blackened fish or shrimp. But no you don't have to turn Indian corn into harmony or put it in an alkaline solution. That is only if corn is the main source of food in your diet and it's not just Dent or Indian corn it's all corn. All you have to do in order to save it is Blanchette and you could freeze it or dry it out as you said you were going to do. My family has used Dent corn before as popcorn but it doesn't pop very well. we grow it and sell it as ornaments or for cornmeal. If you want to make Masa it is different than cornmeal if you would like to know how just ask
Another easy way to get at it would be by using pickling lime and pouring the lime water solution onto ground up corn flour
hi there where do you get your glass gem and Aztec corn seeds?
moonlightskier
I got them from a small seed supplier in Western Australia.. Are you here in Australia or O/S ? Cheers..
from what Ive heard the good USA cant grow real corn anymore and hasnt in decades. What are we eating is the real question?
Jennifer Thurston There are some that still grow heirloom varieties I've seen but it needs to be done in regions that don't have GMO growing in them.. This store sells non GMO sweet corn seeds & am sure there would be others too..
www.highmowingseeds.com/organic-non-gmo-sweet-corn.html
Hope that helps some..
look's rely good rob great vid mate i'v never thought of growing corn before I was told that it's a bitch
Have only grown 3 lots & had mixed results until now John.. Hope the next 2 lots turn out as good as this one :)
Cheers mate & have a great one..
We're can I get seeds like this can you get them at Bunnings
Hi Will Man :)
Can't buy them fro Bunnings as far as I know..
What state in Australia are you living ?
Cheers..
Rob Bob vic
Have sent you a PM Will Man :)
Cheers..
you must learn how to make hominy. corn is a native american plant and that is how the indigenous people who domesticated it traditionally used flint varieties. they would also grind it into flour or first make it into hominy, then grind it into flour. dent corn or sweet corn varieties are better eaten green as you are trying to do. both varieties and methods of preparation were used by american Indians. the hominy process is called nixtamilization in modern industrial speak. it is based on an aztec word. hominy is an algonquin word.
Cheers Corey. Have seen a fair bit on the traditional processing of the flint corn varieties. I have been saving up the grain so we can process enough to get a decent amount through my sisters stone mill. Most of our stores will end up as massa flour I think.
Cheers mate & all the best.
do you know were i could get some seeds to grow some of that
Not many places sell it here in Australia & am not too sure about other countries sorry.. I was told that Bakers Creek seeds sold a few varieties in the States if that,s where your from.. Whereabouts are you from ?
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i am just down in New Castle. ill put some in next season if i can find some
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I got mine from Bee's seeds in WA Ted.. Not sure if she has any available at the moment as I think I got the last when our order was placed.. Are you on FB Ted?
yeah i am on FB, same name
i can't find bee's seeds on the net
You're supposed to boil it for 5-10 minutes in water an a little bit of sugar or preferably honey, it'll be 10 times better to eat on the cob then
I don't eat sugar so that's out for me. 😉 The Aztec is a maze & only something we've used to make corn meal & flour.
@@RobsAquaponics Im with you on that, I do use honey so the traditional way of using a tiny little bit of honey is really amazing to Me, if you every grow them again perhaps it's worth a shot :)
i want the seeds. where can i buy?
Bets to search for "Colored corn" Glass Gem corn" or "Aztec Corn" in your local area to see if some are available.
Hope you find some.
Cheers.
Google it.. U can buy online
You have to boil it!
The Aztec is a maze & only something we've used to make corn meal & flour. It's not sweet at all like normal "Table corn"
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You picked it too green, you have to wait till the ears drop in a downward position.