Short Season Corn Varieties?

[TheSeedObsesser]

I'm looking for suggestions for an early-maturing, heirloom/OP, flint/dent corn variety. What I'm trying to do is find a corn variety that will tassel before the commercial corn gets to that point so that I can get pure seed from them. I have actually only grown corn once, so I don't have very much experience with it when it comes to getting good seed from them. Any suggestions for a good variety of flour corn?

 

[thistlebloom]

Well, as usual I'll plug Painted Mountain, it makes great cornbread!

Not a flour corn, but one that has piqued my interest, (thanks VicJ!) is Yukon Chief. Developed for Alaskan growers it is a 55 days to fresh corn.
VicJ said it is much better than Orchard Baby, which I grew a while ago, along with Gaspe Flint.

 

[PhilaGardener]

I'm trying Mandan Bride Corn this year. It is supposed to be a great flour corn, but I hear it will take 85-90 d or so to finish (but think that is to dry seed).

Carol Deppe has bred some interesting selections from Painted Mountain that might be worth checking out! (link)

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Yukon Chief I my try. Wasn't planning on it but if it's that early than why not? I was thinking of a flint or dent type because we use way more flour than sweet corn, flour and dry corn also store for a long time. Yukon Chief is a sweet corn, it's available at Sandhill if you want to try it.

I like the vast array of colors in the Painted Mountain corn and Sherck's in Indiana offers it, I might have to give it a try. This is the first time that I've heard of Gaspe Flint.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Carol Deppe's corn varieties sound interesting! I've been looking for her Hana Popbeans for a while. This might be another place to buy from!

 

[thistlebloom]

I ordered Yukon Chief from Victory Seeds.

 

[so lucky]

So when you make corn flour, do you use it like wheat flour, or like corn meal? And is the difference just how finely it is ground?

I know we would eat a lot more corn meal (cornbread) if I could get some non-GMO that was not so expensive.

 

[digitS']

If you are using the patented Seedcorn Method with your Painted Mountain, your soaked corn coming out of the blender will have wide usefulness as cornmeal.

I suppose I had more than enough for the couple of batches of cornbread but that use just captured my interest at the moment!

Steve
edit for an attempt at spelling "corn" correctly

 

[897tgigvib]

SeedO, I'll add some Gaspe Flint corn to what I'm sending to you.

 

[thistlebloom]

Marshall, I'll be growing your Japonica striped maize this year. It's such a beautiful corn I'm thinking of growing some in a container on the patio as a useful ornamental.