They're as beautiful as jewels and often just as precious and rare. The seeds of Indian corn, lined up in rows on their cobs, explode with every known color in fanciful combinations.

If you are planting sweet corn, either plant it 250 feet away from the Indian corn or plant a variety that won’t bloom at the same time. You don’t want pollen from your Indian corn to ...

If you are planting sweet corn, either plant it 250 feet away from the Indian corn or plant a variety that won’t bloom at the same time. You don’t want pollen from your Indian corn to ...

Indian corn will not snap off the stalk like sweet corn; it's easier to harvest the ears with a pair of scissors. It is generally 116 days to maturity for this type of corn.

You can also plant corn like the American Indians did — don’t use rows at all. The 1918 USDA Yearbook of Agriculture contains this passage: “The Hopi tribe made use of a planting stick when planting ...

Corn was developed about 6,000 years ago in the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico. Eventually, many American Indian tribes came to depend upon this easy-to-grow, protein-rich grain. Grow these colorful ...

Also don’t plant Indian corn, popcorn or any kind of flint or dent corn within 600′ (180 m) of your sweet corn. For this reason we grow only sweet corn in our garden. Ignore those cryptic ...