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'Hopi Blue' Corn
 
Sub-Category: Other
 
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Description: Open-pollinated, late-season, Native American flour corn with deep kernels on large 8- to 10-inch ears. 9-foot plants. Very drought tolerant with a long tap root. Easily ground.
Days To Maturity: 100
Seed Sources: Western Wonder, LLC - updated in 2011

 
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Yield: (4.5 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 02/28/2011 by Joseph L - An experienced gardener

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Cache, Utah, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Very productive for me. I dinged it on reliability because it is almost too long season for my garden.
 

Reviewed on 05/28/2009 by Jeanie - An intermediate gardener

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Dane, Wisconsin, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Easy to grow. VERY TALL plants. They dwarfed my bodaceous. Last year started out wet (18+ in one week) then got bone dry, yet this plant produced beautiful full ears on evey stalk. Have not tried eating it yet, due to a job layoff I have not been able to buy a corn grinder yet. Hopefully this summer, and I will let you know how my masa & cornbread turns out!
 




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