Pungo Creek Butcher Dent Corn, Organic, Heirloom pre-1870’s origin Pungo Creek, VA

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Pungo Creek Butcher Dent Corn, Organic, Heirloom pre-1870’s origin Pungo Creek, VA

Pungo Creek Butcher Dent Corn, Organic, Heirloom pre-1870’s origin Pungo Creek, VA

$3.50 $3.75 -7% OFF
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Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - We are excited about this one. It is always fun sourcing new corns to try.  Corn gets a bad wrap for health but corns like this are filled with minerals and nutrients and part of a well rounded diet, heirloom corns deliver nutrition. 

Pungo Creek Butcher Corn - Eastern Shore heirloom from Bill Savage, grown for 165 years by Pungo Creek, VA farmers. Genetic analysis shows it to be descended from Bloody Butcher. 

A tall, hardy corn with sturdy stalks up to 11 ft. Ears are a mixed rainbow of red, brown, yellow, and sometimes purple. 9-12 in. ears in tightly wrapped husks. Rough milled this is a nutritious feed for your flock, or the corn can be ground into a meal with rich flavor and unusual color. Pretty enough to grow just for looks, this corn is delicious baked into muffins or cornbread.
  • Certified Organic 
  • Heirloom 
  • Especially well-suited to the South-East 
  • 100 seeds on average, 28g

    Instructions - Requires a soil temperature of 65 degrees F to germinate well. Succession plantings can then be made 2-3 weeks apart. 

    Harvest and dry popcorn down as you would grinding corn. Thorough drying is important in getting kernels that will pop. Popcorns are resistant to ear damage by birds. 

    • Sow seed 1" in deep 
    • Rows: 36 in" apart 
    • Thin: 6-12 in. apart 

    Firefly Farm & Mercantile may substitute seed vendors from time to time because of the availability

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