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Zea mays
Black Mexican is a unique heirloom sweet corn variety with excellent flavor and a one-of-a-kind appearance. Despite its name, probably not of Mexican origin, but derived rather from a northeastern flint that acquired a natural mutation in the sugary1 gene. Regardless, we found this variety to be a joy to grow and a real treat to eat. Plants grow well with relatively little effort and produce copious amounts of pollen, which is essential for good kernel set. Ears are ready to pick three weeks after pollination, or roughly eight weeks from planting, and the uniquely colored kernels make them so much fun to shuck-- like opening a present! Kernels will eventually mature to a uniform dark purple color... More
Zea mays
Black Mexican is a unique heirloom sweet corn variety with excellent flavor and a one-of-a-kind appearance. Despite its name, probably not of Mexican origin, but derived rather from a northeastern flint that acquired a natural mutation in the sugary1 gene. Regardless, we found this variety to be a joy to grow and a real treat to eat. Plants grow well with relatively little effort and produce copious amounts of pollen, which is essential for good kernel set. Ears are ready to pick three weeks after pollination, or roughly eight weeks from planting, and the uniquely colored kernels make them so much fun to shuck-- like opening a present! Kernels will eventually mature to a uniform dark purple color but are sweetest when still somewhat white. 75 days to harvest. 50 seeds per packet.
Zea mays
Black Mexican is a unique heirloom sweet corn variety with excellent flavor and a one-of-a-kind appearance. Despite its name, probably not of Mexican origin, but derived rather from a northeastern flint that acquired a natural mutation in the sugary1 gene. Regardless, we found this variety to be a joy to grow and a real treat to eat. Plants grow well with relatively little effort and produce copious amounts of pollen, which is essential for good kernel ... read more
Zea mays
Black Mexican is a unique heirloom sweet corn variety with excellent flavor and a one-of-a-kind appearance. Despite its name, probably not of Mexican origin, but derived rather from a northeastern flint that acquired a natural mutation in the sugary1 gene. Regardless, we found this variety to be a joy to grow and a real treat to eat. Plants grow well with relatively little effort and produce copious amounts of pollen, which is essential for good kernel set. Ears are ready to pick three weeks after pollination, or roughly eight weeks from planting, and the uniquely colored kernels make them so much fun to shuck-- like opening a present! Kernels will eventually mature to a uniform dark purple color but are sweetest when still somewhat white. 75 days to harvest. 50 seeds per packet.
Disappointed I did not plant the seeds because when i was already to plant (bed was done) i was really disappointed with the way the seeds looked. they looked like some Blue Hopi corn i had also bought, not like the other Black Mexican corn seeds i had bought which were really black and large (see the links i have included below). a picture of the Thresh seeds is attached
https://us.amazon.com/Mexican-B-Iroquois-Robsrareandgiantseeds-UPC0764425788713-Pollinated/dp/B07MJ7XPNF
https://www.galleon.ph/appliances-c863/gardening-lawn-care-c1167/vegetables-c4578/1300-sweet-giant-black-mexican-corn-p44278851
Hi Humberto, thanks for your review. I'm sorry that our seeds did not meet your expectations, however they do indeed conform to our description and to historical descriptions of this variety which date back to 1857. We obtained this variety directly from the USDA germplasm collection (PI 162573) and have maintained it by hand pollination to ensure that it stays true to type.
I believe what we have is a misunderstanding. There may be other varieties called Black Mexican, but if they produce large kernels, they are not sweet corn. Sweet corn kernels, when mature, will be smaller and shriveled. This is because the sugar in the kernel is not converted to starch they way it is in field corn. Furthermore, the oldest descriptions of this variety describe it as being 5 to 6 feet tall, not 10-12 feet as the pictures in your links suggest. The USDA lists it as just under 6 feet. It may be that those links are selling a variety called Black Mexican, but it is not the variety that has been grown here for the last 150 years. Whatever the case, we guarantee all of our seeds. We will be in touch about a refund.
