Purple Corn vs Yellow Corn. What’s the Difference?

[TexasBlues]

I’ll plant like 6 or more corn seed in each hole and then cull down to the 3 strongest. Something special about the Hopi corn is the seed can be sown at a depth of 8” or more.

 

[paradisepentacoop]

Corn is a wind pollinator. Plant it in blocks, not rows. That way when the wind blows, it pollinates all the stalks

I planted out a raised bed with corn and it just did not do well. I think it was other environmental factors, since they didn't even get to the stage of producing cobs. The one free standing one I culled from that bed and put with my tomatoes was the only one to produce a cob. So strange, but that bed also gets less sun. The corn only bed got basically 12 hours of tropic sun and I do not think the corn variety I was trying liked that.

 

[paradisepentacoop]

I’ll plant like 6 or more corn seed in each hole and then cull down to the 3 strongest. Something special about the Hopi corn is the seed can be sown at a depth of 8” or more.

I am tempted to see if I can convince heirloom corn like Hopi or Glass to be grown in Hawaii. I am not expecting it to go well XD

 

[TexasBlues]

Those are gorgeous! The season's too short for corn here, I am jealous.

It’s a fast crop in my experience. I think I plant and harvested in around 60 days. I’ll have to look at my notes to confirm.

 

[Penpal]

The color of a plant indicates the nutritional value. Yellow or orange generally means vitamin C. Yukon Gold has the highest vitamin C content of any potato tested, so buy truly yellow Yukons. Color indicates mineral content. Yellow and white corn simply do not take up the minerals. Hopi blue corn is the most colorful corn because it is wonderful at taking up the minerals. This is what makes blue and purple potatoes blue and purple. You'll find some colored potatoes have very little interior color, this is because they were grown in a spot with less minerals.

Almost everyone around here grows corn as part of the rotation. Corn does not like its feet to be wet, and is a heavy feeder, which is why it grows well in sandy loam. It is chosen based upon how many pounds of kernels the farmer can get from an acre. Modern corn produces well, but the weight is very high in carbohydrates.

 

[TexasBlues]

Those are gorgeous. I realize you have probably made your own crosses by now, but what did you start with. I think I might give it a go this year.

Thanks! I could potentially share these lines if anyone is interested in growing them.
I started with 4 varieties mainly from baker creek seed company. Hopi Blue , Hopi Pink, Hopi Turqouise and Oaxacan Green. The Hopi corns are mainly flour corn and the Oaxacan is a dent corn. I let them all open pollinate and colllected the seed each season. So right now they’ve gone through 4 years of crossing without adding any new genetics. I have a thread on permies that I used to document some of the grows.
https://permies.com/t/116092/Xenia-Effect-corn

 

[nuthatched]

Gimmick, hype.
Yolks are not going to change color. ;]

 

[Stravager]

Purple corn is higher in certain nutrients than yellow corn, but not enough to make a major difference in diet as far as I understand. You might have slightly less chance of the chicken developing cancer, for example.
Depending on what carotenoids are present in the purple corn you might get a more orange to red color. Highly unlikely that you would get dark red or purple.

 

[tripletfeb]

I planted out a raised bed with corn and it just did not do well. I think it was other environmental factors, since they didn't even get to the stage of producing cobs. The one free standing one I culled from that bed and put with my tomatoes was the only one to produce a cob. So strange, but that bed also gets less sun. The corn only bed got basically 12 hours of tropic sun and I do not think the corn variety I was trying liked that.

Could be. I just know some people plant corn in rows instead of blocks so that's why I gave that advice. Other than that, I just plant corn and go! Did yours tassle?

 

[nuthatched]

It’s a fast crop in my experience. I think I plant and harvested in around 60 days. I’ll have to look at my notes to confirm.

Cool. Are they ornamental can they be eaten at all?