Corn in rainbow colors

Most of us come from the countryside. My parents were engaged in agriculture and very successfully, so they passed their knowledge on to me. They used to plant yellow corn to feed the pigs, and my mother also planted white corn and made flour from it, and we loved to eat it too. And now I wonder why she planted that white one when the yellow variety was much sweeter. When we were picking corn, I noticed that some of the cobs were yellow and white in color.Yes. pollination took place, but I didn't know that until my grandfather explained it to me. Last year, when my wife celebrated her birthday in March, she received a bouquet of flowers that included a decorative ear of corn.That got me thinking about how to grow it. I looked it up online. I ordered 10 seeds of this decorative corn and paid 10 euros. I planted it in the yard near the fence.


I read how it was created. It's fantastic and has an incredible story behind it.You can see for yourself that it looks like it's made of glass and crystal.Every grain of this corn is different, but it is not artificial or unhealthy. It is completely natural and created on land where different species are selectively planted.I found this information on the internet and wanted to share it with you so you know how this corn came about.Created in Oklahoma, on the fields of farmer Carl Barnes (who died in 2016). Following his roots, a descendant of the Grand Cherokee Indians, he began to plant the older types of corn that they had planted. Carl was able to isolate seeds from heirloom corn that had been planted as far back as 1800, when the Cherokees moved into present-day Oklahoma.Over time, Barnes traveled to farmers' fairs across America, sharing and exchanging seeds with people who were also growing rare species. Began to grow more species and varieties that crossed with each other. But Barnes didn't keep the bright corn to himself, mesmerized by the various colors, farmer Greg Schoen joined Barnes and they started crossbreeding their varieties.Thus, new colorful and sparkling varieties were created, and since Barnes passed away, the Glass Gem Corn company now takes care of these corns.(This information was taken from the net.)



I don't have many varieties, that's all I got from the 10 seeds I planted, and I've seen many beautiful ones. You can use this corn however you want, boiled, roasted, as flour or in the form of popcorn, don't forget that it's regular corn, so you can treat it like any other type.

This year I will use it as a decoration in my apartment. I will have to read a little more about whether I can save the seeds from this corn or order them again for planting. Maybe those of you who already have them can give me some advice.



In my household, there is a mill that I inherited from my parents and which is used to grind corn flour. Of course, it has to be sifted afterwards to get fine flour. My wife is already excited about what color flour she will get from this corn. We will see that next year.


Thank you for reading my post.