Avg. 6–7" multicolor ears for roasting or grinding into high-nutrition flour or hominy grits. Bred by Dave Christensen of Big Timber, MT from multiple Native American heirlooms. Avg. 4' plants. USDA Certified Organic. Ultra-early with vibrant colors.

Along with its beautiful, obvious ornamental value, 'Painted Mountain' corn is a multi-purpose, highly nutritional food corn. The kernels have soft flour starch that grinds up wondrously for cornbread.

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Corn, 'Painted Mountain' The life work of Montana breeder Dave Christensen, Painted Mountain is one of the great farm-bred successes of our time. In a time when seed companies were breeding corn for warm, humid mid-west and east coast climates, Christensen set out to develop a more rugged, early maturing mountain corn to grow in Montana conditions.

Painted Mountain isn't just captivating to the eye; it's a versatile corn in culinary applications. Its kernels, brimming with flavor, can be roasted to perfection, milled into a unique multi-colored flour, or even popped for a delightful snack.

Painted Mountain is a great choice to grow if you want to produce corn as a staple in a short season area. It is also able to produce in cooler summer area or gardens with lower light levels due to partial shading. A proven workhorse variety over many years.

MONTANA GROWN CORN WITH NO ADDITIONAL IRRIGATION ASIDE FROM RAIN OR SNOW MELT. CERTIFIED ORGANIC AND NON-GMO. TESTED NON-GMO EVERY YEAR. SEED GROWN BY GOOD FRIENDS DAVE CHRISTENSEN AND CHARLEY OVERBAY.

Painted corn is extremely cold and drought tolerant for a corn. Painted Mountain corn grows about 5' tall producing ears about 7" long. Painted Mountain makes very tasty cornmeal for muffins, cornbread or chips.

Painted Mountain is the hardiest, fastest-maturing grain corn in the world. Dave Christensen has now spent over half a century developing it in the mountains of Montana from a diverse gene pool of about 80 strains of native corns.

Painted Mountain corn is an extremely cold and drought-tolerant corn variety. Beautifully multicolored ears about 7" long!