This is Dave Christensen, breeder of the now legendary Painted Mountain Corn 🌽. He just invited us to offer a couple new short season, high nutrition corns for next season. The first is called “Montana Morado Maize” and here is his description,”“Black corn is for healing”. Navajo elder. This rugged, highly nutritious flour corn was created in Montana to mature fast and be productive in short seasoned, climate stressed Montana conditions. It is genetically diverse and you can grow it year after year. Dave Christensen’s Morado largely came from his Painted Mountain Corn. It grows about the same but with a little larger and stronger plants. Long thin cylindrical ears have kernels are so purple they are black. The soft flour starch is ideal for every food purpose and makes the best corn bread. The vision to create the highest antioxidant grain possible has been the most important life’s work of Dave Christensen. Recently scientists have been testing corn pigments (anthocyanins) and found that they have extremely high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. They help remove toxins and stop the aging of cells. They have healing properties for a long list of diseases. Black corn has been tested to show 10 times the antioxidant power as blue, which itself is very high. There has been a huge interest in Morado corns. So far they have come from Peru. But Andean corns are not adapted to the North and are oversized and very difficult to mature. Furthermore S. Am genes for Morado only have one layer of pigment. “ The second variety is called “Dave’s Blue Flint” Stay tuned for a 2022 release date. #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative #maize (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5wUPRHA6C/?igshid=3boh4r6kck9b
