Black Corn (10 Fresh Seeds Grown in Tasmania):

Black Aztec Corn has a very long history as it is known to have been grown by the ancient Aztecs as far back as 2,000 years ago. It was first introduced into the seed trade and made its appearance in the seed company catalogs in the 1860’s and is considered to be a heritage or heirloom seed variety. It produces medium-sized ears with an old fashioned first class sweet corn taste. A stunning producer of black seeds with a white cob on a 1.5 meter stalk, The Black Aztec is a gorgeous looking cornmeal/flour variety corn that can be eaten fresh when young or dried and ground into cornmeal. (100 days). The meal is a stunning blue colour and kids love to eat it.

A variety selected by Bob Reid from crops grown by indigenous US farmers for centuries. Early/midseason 90 day corn which produces two to three cobs per plant. A very sweet tasting variety which we have to include in our catalogue, the black colour makes this variety high in nutritional value. Sow in the open ground at 2 cm deep, cool regions about mid November after last frosts, soil temperature must be about 19 degrees C and air temperature warm at night, can be sown as late as early December. When plants are about 10cm tall, base dress each plant with about a quarter cup of complete organic fertiliser, Water the plants well throughout the Summer, harvest when the cobs are firm and full and tassles are turning dark brown, usually about end February or early March.