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- Broccoli
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- Kale
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- Luffa
- Melons
- Mustards
- Okra
- Onions and Garlic
- Panic Grass
- Parsnips
- Peas
- Radishes
- Sorghum
- Squash
- Sunflowers
- Swiss Chard
- Tobacco
- Tomatillos
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
- Watermelons
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- Crop Wild Relatives
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BUY SEEDS
- Popular Warm Season Varieties
- Popular Cool Season Varieties
- Gift Card
- Garden and Seed Saving Supplies
- 2024 Seedlisting
- Monsoon Collection
- Amaranth
- Arugula
- Beans
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Chiles/Peppers
- Chiltepines (Wild Chiles)
- Corn
- Cotton
- Cowpeas/Black-Eyed Peas
- Cucumbers
- Devil's Claw
- Eggplant
- Gourds
- Greens - Cool Season
- Greens - Warm Season
- Herbs
- Indigo
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Luffa
- Melons
- Mustards
- Okra
- Onions and Garlic
- Panic Grass
- Parsnips
- Peas
- Radishes
- Sorghum
- Squash
- Sunflowers
- Swiss Chard
- Tobacco
- Tomatillos
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
- Watermelons
- Wheat
- Wildflowers
- Crop Wild Relatives
-
GIFT SHOP
- Sterling & Turquoise Jewelry
- Tohono O'odham Basketry
- Zuni Carvings
- Hopi Sculptural Carvings by Sunaweuma (Earl Dino Patterson, Jr.)
- Artwork by Gerald A.A. Dawavendewa
- Artwork by Wil Taylor
- Native and Local Arts & Crafts
- Pottery
- Desert Skin Care
- Greeting Cards & Prints
- Apparel & Logo
- Books
- Ceramic Travel Mugs
- "Alebrijes" Oaxacan Carvings
-
BUY SEEDS
- Popular Warm Season Varieties
- Popular Cool Season Varieties
- Gift Card
- Garden and Seed Saving Supplies
- 2024 Seedlisting
- Monsoon Collection
- Amaranth
- Arugula
- Beans
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Chiles/Peppers
- Chiltepines (Wild Chiles)
- Corn
- Cotton
- Cowpeas/Black-Eyed Peas
- Cucumbers
- Devil's Claw
- Eggplant
- Gourds
- Greens - Cool Season
- Greens - Warm Season
- Herbs
- Indigo
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Luffa
- Melons
- Mustards
- Okra
- Onions and Garlic
- Panic Grass
- Parsnips
- Peas
- Radishes
- Sorghum
- Squash
- Sunflowers
- Swiss Chard
- Tobacco
- Tomatillos
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
- Watermelons
- Wheat
- Wildflowers
- Crop Wild Relatives
-
GIFT SHOP
- Sterling & Turquoise Jewelry
- Tohono O'odham Basketry
- Zuni Carvings
- Hopi Sculptural Carvings by Sunaweuma (Earl Dino Patterson, Jr.)
- Artwork by Gerald A.A. Dawavendewa
- Artwork by Wil Taylor
- Native and Local Arts & Crafts
- Pottery
- Desert Skin Care
- Greeting Cards & Prints
- Apparel & Logo
- Books
- Ceramic Travel Mugs
- "Alebrijes" Oaxacan Carvings
NASR > Corn - Flour
Zea mays. Domesticated by Meso-Americans along the Rio Balsas of Mexico by at least 6,700 BC, corn is a staple food and has many ritual uses. Various kernel colors are selected for ceremonies and feast foods, and pollen is collected for ceremonial and medicinal purposes.
We suggest planting a minimum of 15-30 plants. With less you are likely to get poor pollination, and few kernels on your ears of corn. 100 plants or more are best for pollination and for good genetic diversity in the seeds you save from your harvest. You can learn more about growing corn (including hand pollination) here.
Flour corn kernels are composed largely of soft starch, white in color. Kernel color is found in a thin outer layer that has a slightly dull opaque appearance. Flour corn can be easily ground in a fine meal for bread, piki, or atole. Flour varieties harvested in the milk stage are used for chicos and elotes. Flour types are also the best for parching, as they are not too hard.