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Post by milehighmike on Apr 22, 2014 11:16:22 GMT -5
Sorry for the long delay in my response. It took me a while to get in contact with the chef. He currently has seeds for two varieties of corn (collected by others), but does not know what they are. He will be traveling down there himself in about a month to gather some more (and keep track of exactly what it is).
He found a grower in Montrose who will give it a try. I will let everyone know how it works out later in the year and follow up with any more questions. Thank you all for your assistance!
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Post by dreamkatcher on May 16, 2014 7:06:39 GMT -5
Let me know what happens or if he wants someone else to try too. I am on the plains east of I-25 near Ft Collins. We have issues with coons but we can grow corn here. (I just have to make sure the motion sensor frog is out to keep the coons out of it) It would be interesting to try a little and the results here might be better than in Montrose. They are not planting the corn fields near us this year either...I don't think they are replanting them ever so now would be the time for me to try corn. I don't know that we could grow the amount he would need but a test to see how it would grow and if it would have time to mature would be doable. We would probably need to get it in before the end of May.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on May 12, 2015 12:53:10 GMT -5
I live along the front range in loveland here in colorado. And from my experience growing indian corn and the occasional popcorn or sweetcorn, and some attempts at growing teosinte and traditional mexican corn with giant flour seeds your chefs high hopes just arent possible. Like others have said though there are plenty of native american or old varieties of corn that will grow here. Its just a matter of knowing what type of kernal or flour you want. EDIT 12-26-15: You may want to look into Josephs South American corn breeding project here: alanbishop.proboards.com/thread/8202/south-american-synthetic-composite-descendants
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