Hopi Blue Corn seeds
Hopi Blue is an heirloom field corn that was developed by the Hopi Indians. To this day, it is still considered a staple in the Hopi tribe's diet. This corn gained popularity in New Mexico and is used in a lot of New Mexican cuisine and most commonly to make blue tortillas. If you are looking to sample what the Hopi diet tastes like, you can use this corn for popular Hopi dishes like piki bread, and Tlacoyo. This corn can also be eaten fresh or dried and ground into flour.
Like other varieties of corn, you can use this to assist you with garden real estate by following the 3 sisters' method of gardening created by the Native Americans. Grow this corn with any squash or pumpkin and any climbing bean variety. As the corn grows, the beans will climb up the stalk of the corn, and the pumpkins or squash will thrive at the foot of the corn stalks since the corn stalks have very deep setting roots and the squash or pumpkins are shallow and spread along the top. I support square-foot gardening, but the Native Americans nailed this one. The 3 sisters method is an ingenious way of fitting 3 vegetables in a very compact space.
Hopi corn is incredibly sweet and high in water content. Hopi corn is different from some corn as stalks are shorter and will only reach within 4-5 feet high. This may benefit gardeners with raised beds since they won't block out the sun like the 7-8 ft tall varieties.
Seed count: 30
Botanic name:
Zea mays
Plant spacing:
Plants should be spaced 10 - 12 inches apart in rows 24 - 36 inches apart.
Color:
Green foliage with dark indigo blue kernels
Sowing depth:
1 inch
Sun requirements:
Full sun
Utilization:
Hopi is a delicious sweet corn that can be enjoyed fresh, steamed, or made into traditional Native American dishes. Equally, it can be dried and turned into flour for various uses.
Frost hardy:
No
Maturity days:
100-110 days
Life cycle:
Annual
Can I start indoors:
Not recommended
Container friendly:
Yes, to a degree. Corn can be grown in containers although with limited results. Stalks can be shorter and produce less cobs. The bigger the container, the better.
Other names:
Hopi maize, Yoeme Blue, Tarahumara Maiz Azul, and Rio Grande Blue
