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70+ Oaxacan Green Dent Corn Seeds Organically Grown USA Heirloom Open Pollinated Non-GMO Packed for 2021 Oaxacan Green Dent Corn has been grown by the Zapotec People of Southern Mexico for centuries for corn meal to make tamales and tortillas made from fresh green corn masa. Corn kernels are beautiful with striking shades of green from bronze to pea-green to emerald-green and greenish-yellow. Dried kernels are ground into a delicious nutty green flour, which makes some of the best cornbread you’ll ever taste. Fresh dent corn is excellent roasted on a grill as it caramelizes the sugars into a rich, hearty flavor unlike anything else you’ve tasted in corn. Drought resistant, sturdy, 6′ – 7′ ft. plants produce emerald green kernels on 6″ – 8″ ears. Growth 85 to 100 days. Planting depth 1″ to 2″. Germination 7 to 10 days. Plant in Spring and Summer. Full Sun. Plant spacing 12″. Germination rate 85% to 90%. This highly decorative and surprisingly early-ripening hardy corn produces fat-bottomed ears packed with dense kernels. One of our favorite varieties of corn to grow. These pictures are of my corn, which is the exact corn you will receive in your shipment. This seed is beautiful and ready to be planted in your garden. Stock is limited so order now while you can! START SEEDS OUTDOORS In spring, once the weather is warm and settled and night temperatures stay securely above 55° plant seeds in well-worked, fertile soil in full sun. Poke seeds in 1 inch deep and 4 to 6 inches apart. Plant in a block of 4 side-by-side rows, each row at least 1 foot apart. Thin seedlings to 1 foot apart when several inches tall. Protect from marauding birds if necessary. If first sowing doesn’t germinate evenly, replant right away as new seedlings catch up quickly. Make several sowings 2 or 3 weeks apart until early June to have successive harvests. GROWING NOTES Plant seeds in blocks of at least 4 parallel rows to ensure good wind pollination and well filled out ears. Corn is a heavy feeder, so add plenty of compost or aged manure to the soil at sowing time, and then fertilize when young plants are 7 to 8 inches tall and again as ears begin to form. This highly decorative and surprisingly early-ripening hardy corn produces fat-bottomed ears packed with dense kernels. HARVEST AND USE Well filled out ears of corn are ready when the silks are very dark brown but not dried out. This corn is best used as dry corn for cornmeal or to make cornbread tamales and tortillas. Plant In April – June Full sun Planting Depth 1 inch Space Seeds 4 – 6 inches Thin to 12″ Days to Germinate 7 – 10 days Days to Harvest Approx. 85 to 100 Germination 85+%