A few years ago, we mixed about 25 varieties of corn together and planted them in a patch.
Then we planted them again the next year. Then skipped a year.
This spring, we planted again, in a huge patch.
This is what we’ve harvested so far:
The yields have not been impressive and most of the cobs are small.
However, the pollination was better this year than the last time we planted.
Interestingly, the yellow, white and purple kernels seem to have won over all the other colors in the original mix.
I would say we’re going to get about 40-50lbs of corn from 600′ of corn rows.
This might be expected, as we planted this corn in acid, sandy pasture and only gave it a sprinkling of Steve’s Mix at the beginning to get it running. The idea was to breed for survival at the beginning. It survived, and grew without further irrigation or fertilization, but any serious corn farmer would scoff at these yields.
I will plant it again and see if it improves, as the landrace may stabilize from this point and be stronger; however, I do not have high hopes.
It would be interesting to see how it performs in well-manured, rich, limed soil. Maybe it would go crazy, considering its ability to provide a yield with almost no care.
Here’s a video from the corn patch:
