The 6 Corn Types with Matt Powers of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

I would love it if Baker Creek would put together a history of corn seed mix. Imagine a large seed packet with a sampling of all of your available varieties.

My pod corn will be celebrating 30 years in my care this year

One of the best theories of how we started using the seed from teocinte was actually beer and other fermented beverages because it makes terrible tortillas but it makes great beer. Another interesting thing that I’ve heard is that Pod corn is actually a mutation that causes husk to grow around each kernel and it can actually occur in any corn varieties.

The Peruvian corn looks beautiful!

That was SO awesome even though it is two years later! I had NO idea about the types of corn there are because I never thought I could grow it myself. NOW I would give it a try AND Matt Powers is so inspiring that I just loved to watch him! LOL!

It's nice to see your love for life. The importance of seeds...and the Fruits of Life that we each eat each day... Sow much more to life then what most people get to see..

i'm a professional photographer, and have been buying your seed for years. will trade photos for seeds (just sayin') :) thanks for all the great work.

I love how you are so excited about seeds! :-D

I hopped onto the corn train too late to get papa's corn. I do wish it was brought back

A very old way to deal with corn ear worms is to cover the ears as soon as the corn silks are pollenated. Covered with burlap or socks. I used unused pantyhose once and it worked very well, but it is a challenge on timing to get full pollenation before the worms show up. I also interplanted garlic, thyme, and rosemary and this worked very well too. The bugs couldn't detect the scent of the young corn with the aromatic herbs interplanted. I just left the herbs in until after the corn harvest and it was fine, but this does take alot of herbs to be effective. About 2 or 3 plants of each herb per corn stalk planted about 18 inches from the corn in a ribbon beside the tall stalks. It is extra work and the garlic keeps the mice away too as a bonus. Someday I will add citrus scented marigolds to the aromatic herbs for some more natural protection from nematodes. Marigolds need to be 6 feet apart or the effect is too strong for the crops. These herbs are superb for keeping worms out of potatoes and all root crops too. Happy planting!

Best corn video ever! Thank you.

So I received my catalog today like a lot of others! & so as soon as I finished ordering again from Baker Creek I find out that I missed another very informative live stream! Oh well, I still ordered 3 varieties of corn lol. (Thanks for the info, learned a lot!)

Beautiful corn! I have never grown corn before, you're pretty convincing Matt :)

I got some Hopi turquoise corn from these guys. It's absolutely gorgeous! I posted a short showing it last month

This is a great, informative video. I enjoyed learning all this about corn.

I totally love this video and your catalog.

Love these videos. Am learning so much !!! So exciting

Howdy, really love your informative videos.

I'm a Shawnee from Oklahoma and my family still has our Indian corn from who knows when. It's old though. I wonder what types of corn it is. When we harvest it, half of the crop, might have kernels that are mostly white with some blue, and the other half mostly blue with a few white kernels and sometimes a single red kernel or two maybe. I have seen some mostly white ears of corn in our harvest that have red kernels sprinkled through it. The red kernels are pretty rare though as far as I've noticed.

I too vote for squash. Particularly pest control. I've heard some cultivars are more susceptible than others. ? I think in my area growing squash in the fall might be best for vine borer control. I tried it for the first time this year with great success & I'll do that again next year and see if I get the same results. Thanks for the great educational video Matt.