FLOUR CORN PROJECT UPDATE

[@waynesilva9157]

I grew some oaxacan green which had the nitrogen fixing roots which I might cross with Calhoun Creek red too see if it will retain it's nitrogen fixing trait.

[@mattm5001]

Very nice. Thanks for the video.

[@esotericagriculture6643]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@mattm5001]

@@esotericagriculture6643 Do you want my wife to give your channel a shoutout if you want more views and whatnot ? If so let me know.

[@esotericagriculture6643]

Sure! That would be awesome! 😎

[@NayrbRellimer]

Have you ever tried making hominy or masa flour from your corn? If you have some leftover woodash and a stainless-steel pot, you should easily be able to make it at home with your flour corn.

[@esotericagriculture6643]

Yes, I have made hominy many times , using wood ashes. I’ve a few times now made tortillas then as well( grinding the hominy into masa) . I prefer to use Flint corn for hominy or tortillas, as it’s harder to grind and it makes better hominy, tortillas, etc. Flour corn is quite easy to grind into a very fine flour so is better for baking.

[@waynesilva9157]

Irish spring works good for deer repellent , they hate it.

[@manatoa1]

What's the plant with the broad upright leaves at 8:30? At first I thought it was tobacco but it looks a bit odd if so.

[@esotericagriculture6643]

Canna musaefolia. I need to do a video on that one too.

[@Landsknecht89]

Very cool project. What are you doing with white flour corn? I'm looking for good recipes. I myself will try to breed painted mountain corn into "white mountain corn" next year. I will probably need a few years for this. Unfortunately, it is the only flour corn variety that can realistically ripen reliably here in Austria. Because flour corn is more susceptible to mold if it is too wet in autumn. And that's why it has to ripen as quickly as possible. greetings

[@esotericagriculture6643]

My first item to make will be cornbread. I would like to try to make something like pancakes or cookies etc, and now I finally have enough flour corn to try. 😀 I’ve grown Painted Mountain a few times before but struggled a lot with stalk strength and moldy kernels. Moldy kernels is definitely a problem with all flour corn, but these giant long season types seem a little less prone. I’m guessing you can’t finish very long season corns like these where you are? Perhaps someday I’ll have a shorter season Flour Corn with strong stalks. 😀 Good to hear from you!

[@Landsknecht89]

@@esotericagriculture6643 Hi, pancakes work great. I've already tried it ;-) The problem with long season types is when it is very wet in September. That is often the case. Therefore I only try extremely fast ripening maize varieties. Another reason for this is that normal field corn is grown here. To prevent too much crossbreeding, my corn simply has to flower faster than the others. A small, cold-tolerant variety like Painted Mountain can do this. However, with a white variety, a cross would be easily noticed in the same year. Another advantage of a white variety. I'm rather skeptical about a larger type of flour corn. I don't know of any adapted variety for this part of the world either. Thanks for your feedback.

[@Landsknecht89]

@@esotericagriculture6643 I also recently tried arepas. Looks promising. But I still haven't quite figured out how to do it. I also urgently need white corn for them. The colorful painted mountain is really not ideal. Maybe you can try them :-)

[@foodforestfolderol]

Likely nutrient deficiency rather than disease.

[@esotericagriculture6643]

Ok. Any idea of what nutrient(s) are lacking? Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@foodforestfolderol]

@@esotericagriculture6643 There are a number of good websites for nutrient deficiencies. That one picture (with the striped leaves) definitely looks like iron deficiency. There are sites with better pictures, but this was the first one I found. cropwatch.unl.edu/soils/keysnutrientdef

[@esotericagriculture6643]

I was thinking disease as I know that most of the old heirloom corn is highly susceptible to disease. Also thinking disease as the highly resistant variety was so clean and green. The same website you linked to has a disease ID page as well, some things I’m fairly sure are disease, but nutritional deficiency isn’t ruled out I suppose. As I said in the video, I’m definitely not an expert on corn disease and I’m not an expert or corn nutrition either. I’ll check more into this. Food for thought. Thanks for watching and commenting!